Originally Posted by little_lance
i'll have to see if i can bring the road bike to my house. it stays at dad's, which is in the city, where there are lot's more smooth roads to ride on (not that the stuff here's to rough, but it might not be to comfy on a road bike) my next step will probably be raising my average speed, it's 12.5 right now. what do guys think i should bring it up to.
First, get your endurance up. Dont raise it by more than 10%-15% per week. Then you can start doing interval training to get your average speed up some more.
The pros, depending on the course, will be running anywhere from 20-30mph average, usually somewhere towards the upper half of that if on a course that isnt excessively full of climbs.