This year ride your series. Next year ride two series before PBP. That is what I did in '07 and I completed it with not problems
Just ride the brevets in order and you should be OK. I can only train about 100 miles a week but I get out on a Friday between brevets and ride a hard hilly 90 mile loop. Larry Powers Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 05:05:14 -0700 > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: [RBW] 400k plus > > I know several of you in the group ride brevets so it's time to pick your > brains. I've taken them up again this year. In 2011 i completed a 200k, had a > DNF 300k followed by finishing a planned 175 mile ride. I've had no rides > over 50-60 miles since until this year, got fat, etc. I decided I needed a > goal to help motivate me so I put PBP 2015 on the calendar. I've lost over 45 > lbs and am loving riding again. I did a 200k a couple of weeks ago and have a > 300k next week which I'm nervous about but fairly confident. My question is > about beyond that. I'm wondering if I need to progress to the other > distances. In other words, should I try 350k before 400 then 500 before 600? > Or do you think that by the time I've gone 300k that the base is built up > enough to sustain the larger jumps in time and distance? Riv content: I'm > riding this on my Homer and loving it! I'd like to complete the whole series > (200,300,400, 600) this summer so I'll have a good taste for what's in store > next year in Paris. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
