Originally Posted by mathmo

Am seriously thinking about doing a 400k bike race in a few months time, however I haven't been doing any serious training at all recently. Not that I have ever been much into the whole serious training thing anyway, however 400k is a long way. So I'm not so sure if I'm going to be able to do my normal "just go out and do it" on no training. Hence any hints/suggestions about how I could go about preparing for this would be handy? Am thinking if I just manage to squeeze in one (or maybe two) 200km bike rides each month beforehand that could be enough???