Hey guys, I signed up for a race in mid August 240 miles. Due to work schedule and family life, I don't have a ton of time to do a lot of volume, but I should have a lot of time to do single long rides. What's the furthest I should bike to comfortably complete 240 mile race? Race is around 7500ft elevation gain
Lots of different ways to go about it and also depending on what your goals for the event are. 1. Some plans say you need to be able to do 80% of the distance. = 192 mile ride
2. Some plans say you should break the race distance up in thirds and then do that distance 3 days in a row. = 3 consecutive 80 mile rides
3. Some plans say do the same distance in a week for a few weeks.= a few 240 mile weeks.
My thoughts is that fitness will get you to about 100 miles...after that proper bike fit and proper fueling are more important.
