I have a MS ride - 160 miles City to Shore (Cherry Hill NJ to Ocean City, NJ) Sept 24 and 25. I've ridden it 4 times and know that the course is flat, except for the 2 bridges in OC. I am low on miles this year due to a crash and then unrelated minor surgery.

My problem is after being off the bike for 7 weeks I've lost a bit of fitness, well a lot! I have been riding for a couple of weeks and have gotten back to 17 miles/day for 2 days then 1 day off repeat. I'm wondering if it would be better to increase my daily mileage or keep the mileage at 17 miles but go to a 3 day on 1 day off. Then start increasing the mileage. Any ideas? Oh I am 70, well next week anyway.

To help remind me that finishing is the KEY not a fast time I had a sticker made up:


Thanks,

Bill