Originally Posted by
floridamtb
Which by day 3 or 4 will most likely be needed. The nice thing about the Va Bike Tour is they have 3 route options each day with varying amounts of climbing etc. It's going to be hard to train to prepare for it without doing bridge repeats for about 4 hours a day
I live in a VERY flat place, but what we lack in climbs we make up for with wind. I do force intervals - turn into the headwind on 50x11, stay seated, and just turn the pedals. A lot of people here use the wind for that. The wind here is sometimes referred to as "Dutch Mountains." Give it a try.