That's what I did to get to a 40 mile ride. I'm aiming for a metric century next month.

My friend and I want to focus on increasing our average speed, it's the time in the saddle that gets us, more than the distance, so we figured less time/more miles equals less sore?

We've been going for a 13 mile ride three times a week, pushing hard the whole time, but I wonder if intervals would be better? I plan to take longer rides on the weekends, but my schedule hasn't cooperated much for that lately.

Ellen