If you haven’t started training yet (by which I mean either getting out on the bikes or getting down to the gym a couple of times a week) then now is the time to start! The weather seems to have picked up lately and hopefully it will stay that way for a few weeks to come. If you’ve simply been heading to the gym, perhaps it’s time to beg/borrow/steal a bike, dust it down and then get out on it and introduce the seat to your bums
As a very rough guide, I would be hoping that you can complete the following distances at least once a week to best prepare yourselves. Don’t worry if you don’t think that this is possible – I promise you that we’ll get you to Amsterdam and back no matter what! But if you put the effort in now, your trip will be a much more comfortable one!
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Weeks to go: Miles to ride:
14 6-10
12 8-12
10 10-14
8 15-20
6 20-25
4 25-30
2 30+
0 60+ :D (scary huh?!)
If you like, you can record your weekly mileage here for others to see. It may encourage the other riders to start their training, or reassure them that the mileage they're managing is adequate!
Didn't even feel particularly hard work, the worst bit was fitting it in round job, placement and the piles of college work the are throwing at us now the course is coming to an end...
