Originally Posted by
CACycling
+1 When I'm was consistently averaging 100 miles a week, I feel much better than when I'm only getting in 50 or so. With all the variables in my life, miles per week is the easiest goal to work toward.
I guess I need to clarify this more....
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE DISTANCE!!!!!
It's not about the actual distance, it could be 100km, it could be 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,,000,000,000,000 km. It's how you split up that distance, do it all at once, do it in even parts, uneven parts, ride whatever you want, and if your short make it up at the end. The last option, that it's too far was considered a bit of a joke, but not really.
Take a casual rider, okay, very casual, like my SO, maybe rode a
total of 150km last year, suggesting even 100km a week would have her calling the guys with white coats to bring a jacket with extra long sleeves to haul me off to the place with nice thick foam wallpaper, and flooring. She will not qualify for this group for over a decade. I sometimes find it hard myself to squeeze in even 100km a week, in fact I would like to average that much, unfortunately, life and work sometimes get in the way
I picked the uneven split, because those distances actually fit into my geography, here in one of the less cycle-able parts of Toronto, the 401 gets in the way, as I am North of it, and the crossing points don't always make sense.