Hi everyone!

I have a Garmin watch that tracks miles and pace, is that good enough?

My friends who did it last year (and are doing it again) said they thought of it as 5, 20 mile rides. And what she did was break it down more into: every 5 miles, half a bottle of water. Every ten miles, a small snack. Every 20 was the rest stop. In 20 miles she had two bottles of water and two snack stops and a pee stop.

5 miles goes by pretty quickly so that's a good way to get your mind off of it (if you need to).

Not sure I am ready for weekly ten mile increases. Maybe? I did an 8 mile increase despite two full weeks off training, so maybe I could. Let's see how the next few weeks go.

What time of the day did you all ride? I'm leaving at 7 AM and when I get up to 40 miles I'm going to start at 6 AM.