Training - Week 9 - April 27 to May 3
Plan
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| 11 miles | 2 x 3 | 45 miles |
Notes
I’ve been working this week on gathering my gear and getting it loaded onto the bike. The first order of business was my camping set-up. I was pleased that my one-person tent is still in good shape.
I haven’t decided if I am going to go with sleeping bag or down quilt. I think there are advantages to both. I’m tabling that one for now.
This week I got in two rides of 20 miles each. I’ll up that a bit next week. I felt a bit tired after each to be perfectly honest. I am encouraged though because I still have almost a month to go before the launch date.
Yes, the “training plan” says I should be up to 45 miles in a go by now. I’m not there yet. It feels like I’m about two weeks behind in the plan. On the other hand, the plan itself was just a guess and it wasn’t based on much more than speculation. I’m going to have dedicated sag support for the first 400 miles. That is going to be a great help. In a sense, although this is certainly not the way something like this should be planned, that first week of the tour will actually be a training week of sorts.
