Originally Posted by
thomclaire
Okay, awesome. With that being said, is it reasonable, as a beginner, to try to ride 100miles/wk? Should I aim for more or less?
As a rule of thumb it's reasonable to add about 10% per week.If you rode 23 miles a day 4 days last week, this week could be 4 25 mile rides, 5 20 mile rides, or 20 miles on 3 week days plus a 40 mile weekend ride. If you rode 10 miles 4 days, 4 11 mile rides are the next step.
There's a lot of latitude to trade lower intensity for more distance, although you don't have enough of a baseline for that.
Spread the total over 4-6 days.
Getting back in shape, my weekly mileage looked like this:
