Originally Posted by
wagontrain84
Riding 1800 miles starting 6 weeks from now.
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Training. How should I train? Have all the time in the world. Was thinking starting with 20miles and adding 5 each time, 5 times per week. Is that reasonable?
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No you don't have all the time in the world. You have almost no time. Basically, this tour would even be a good test even for a pretty serious and experienced ultra-cyclist, and becoming one of those probably takes closer to 6 years than it does 6 weeks. I am usually the last one to be a naysayer, but this time I think you should either scale back the plan, or give yourself a year to get ready - do this thing next year - but start getting serious about training NOW. A year of preparation makes this much more realistic.