Originally Posted by Machka
Here in Canada, especially in the PBP year, our brevet series starts in mid-April with our 200K, and the full series (200K, 300K, 400K, and 600K) has to be finished by mid-June in order to qualify for the PBP. Most of us will ride a brevet on just about every weekend in that time. There's nothing really gradual, or bit-by-bit, about riding a 200K on April 21st, a 200K on May 5th, a 300K on May 12, a 400K on June 2nd, and a 600K on June 9th ... which is my other option, and which I may do as well.
Actually, you're kind of lucky....our series is done by April 14, which means we need to find rides and stay in shape for four months after that last 600K. It's nice to get them out of the way, definitely, but I imagine it'll be a long four months trying to stay "in tune." That, and it gets pretty darn hot/humid by June, so that throws another wrench in the works. Ain't this fun?