Originally Posted by
coasthead
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Carbonfiberboy - thanks for the advice on time, that's exactly what I'm short on unfortunately which is why I've been doing the shorter / harder rides! I'm probably at 5 hours of riding per week right now, so only around what I expect the 65 ride to take. I'm definitely planning on stretching my longer rides the next two weekends before taper, so that should help. The 1.5x the ride time is a great rule of thumb to know!
Not really any great rule of thumb. In general for rides of about that length 1Xdistance/week = finish; 2Xdistance/week = finish strong. The multipliers usually increase for shorter distances of less than a century and decrease for distances over. Lots of variability, though, depending . . .