Figuring out how to prepare for a 500 mile per week bike trip is a bit of a mystery. I'm mostly just riding 5 days a week, with one long ride on Saturday. The long day tends to be pretty tough, but I'm not putting in anything close to 500 miles a week. The work schedule right now just won't support it. I've done two century rides so far, with two more coming in the next two weekends.
This is the kind of training I did for Ironman and for the double centuries, except I usually never rode more than 3 times a week. So far the body is holding up pretty well, although I'm starting to lose too much weight. That's never been a problem before! I want to start the ride a little heavy, since I figure I'll lose at least 10 pounds during the course of the trip.
What a bummer. I had to force myself to eat fried chicken and spaghetti for dinner tonight! Such problems... such problems.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
Wish I had that problem. Just tipped the scales at a new all time high (let's just say it got over 250). Sounds like cycling is in my future.
Dang Craig, that's a whole lotta Northcutt! Based on your email though it sounds like it's going in the right direction. Good luck with the exercise program.
hey congratulations--what an awesome feat SEEing the country on a bike--and not the motorized kind! My cousin did a cross country bike run about 20 years ago--I'll have to forward your bolg to him! Happy trails! I'm looking forwadr to reading about your trip!
Hugs,
Cheryl
Post a Comment