You have 6 wks. to "harden up". I don't know how complicated it would be to rearrange your schedule to build in more riding daily even if it means cycling for training, as well as cycling for errands with weight, etc.

As for your hubby, let him go to his own cycling.

Though you may think you need the extra motivation/drive to cycle with others in a group, just think abit differently from the standpoint of setting your own time limits to a complete a ride within xxxx hrs.

You seem way more self-sufficient on a bike alone than some of us...enough to probably camp on your own for a few days, cycle-touring.

And maybe one day you'll do it.

I am not being facetious....dearie is now cycling in Provence, France. He has been cycling solo in Burgundy and Provence area for over 2 wks. Of course I wish I was with him, but I'm at a different stage in life (not retired vs. him). Late summer he has plans to cycle south from Canada to California (again, he's done this before. This time a different route.)

It's been like this zoom-zoom for nearly the last 10 years. At least once a year, he goes off solo bike-touring for at least wk. or more.

Dumb as this may seem, I'm glad he's cycling solo at his own pace and learning about stuff around him. Because he has no one to share cycling adventures at the end of the day, I'm the willing ear...which I really am, being a cyclist too.

So I take some of his wonderful photos from some trips and blend them with mine for a thematic blog post. He does the same with some of my photos for his blog posts.

Take every advantage of being a cycling couple...either together or temporarily apart.

Live well, every day zoom zoom. Go forth on the bike.