Advice needed please 60m a day tour

[donnylad]

Am doing the TPT in june the thing is i did doncaster to york yesterday.And it works out about 52 miles avg about 11mph. Round about 30m i was struggling had some dinner and carried on.
Felt ok but bloody tired today how many miles should i be doing a week to make it easier. By the way am 50 yrs 5,11 17 st so not what you call a lycra lout .should i be doing more longer rides.
I'm doing round about 10 m 3 times a week at the moment . I done a 28m and a 18 m on the odd weekend,

 

[rollinstok]

Sounds like you are doing great. I bet you'll be fine by June if you keep riding as you do now.

 

[snorri]

IME cycling in summer is a lot easier than in winter.
In summer with more daylight and better weather there is not the same rush to cover the distances and just maintaining a steady pace gets you where you want to go. It's difficult to recommend a distance you should be covering at this stage, but I think it is good to get out several times a week for a shorter run rather than just going for bigger miles on one day in the week. I wouldn't worry about average speed, get the miles in and let the speed look after itself.
What is TPT anyway?

 

[P.H]

Sounds to me like you'll be fine. It's a long time till June, so just build up steadily. You don't mention discomfort on the bike, so I'm hoping there wasn't any, that's a bigger issue to overcome than building fitness. Structure your training, I'm sure there'll be guides on the internet, otherwise the book "The Long Distance Cyclists Handbook" is excellent. Also try some back to back days, you'll be surprised how quickly those aches can ease when you're back on the bike. The big thing to consider is do you have to do it at a certain speed, like to keep up with a group? If so you do need to work on speed as well as distance. If not and you've got all day you could probably manage it now. At 11 mph it's only a few hours riding, you could break it up into 4 X 15 mile rides with a couple of hours between each. You see how that instantly looks more doable than a 60 mile ride

 

[vernon]

IME cycling in summer is a lot easier than in winter.
What is TPT anyway?

Trans Pennine Trail - a coast to coast ride from Southport to Hornsea you can read about it here

 

[vernon]

Am doing the TPT in june the thing is i did doncaster to york yesterday.And it works out about 52 miles avg about 11mph. Round about 30m i was struggling had some dinner and carried on.
Felt ok but bloody tired today how many miles should i be doing a week to make it easier. By the way am 50 yrs 5,11 17 st so not what you call a lycra lout .should i be doing more longer rides.
I'm doing round about 10 m 3 times a week at the moment . I done a 28m and a 18 m on the odd weekend,

I'd not worry too much about your pace. 11 mph is fine. You might need to look at your nutrition. Your struggle at 30 miles was probaly due to lack of calories. I'd be looking to eat something at around thirty miles. That would mark half a day's riding if I read your intentions correctly. Try eating porridge for breakfast and top up with jelly babies, bananas or slices of malt loaf at regular intervals to get you through to lunch time. Don't forget to drink regularly too. 500-750 ml of fluid per hour is recommended. I get through around three litres on a sixty mile ride though I have got by on half of that in cold weather.

If you can do 52 miles you can certainly do sixty mile rides back to back. Just get your calorie and fluid intakes sorted.

 

[jay clock]

I am the same height (or an inch less) and age and used to be 16st7. Tons of cycling, eating sensibly has dropped the weight a lot. Which helps up hills.

In terms of training keep up the shorter rides in the week, and progressively up the mileages at weekends. Every 4th week have a lighter week. So something like
wk 1 10/10/10/25
wk 2 10/10/10/30
wk3 10/10/10/35
wk4 7/7/7/15
wk5 10/10/10/40
wk6 10/10/10/45
wk7 10/10/10/50
wk 8 10/10/10/25
wk9 10/10/10/55
etc

Also, do get good quality cycling shorts (no pants underneath) and do eat and drink well

 

[donnylad]

Thank you for all the advice it a great help, cheers Jay I,ll do that looks like a good program.
Feeling chuffed to bits this morning thinking about what I have achieved.think I might have been a bit
hard On my self.
Big thank you again

 

[JamieRegan]

Oops. I'm doing my first ever tour of 300 miles in 3 weeks time - April 7th to 11th.

I cycle to work about 2-3 times a week - 6 miles each way and I've done a 15 miler and an 11 miler, so far. That's it.

I have a good base fitness though and although I'm 41, about 17 stone, I did run a marathon last year.

I suspect I am underestimating how tough this is going to be, but hey-ho. It's a learning curve.

 

[wintonbina]

I'd not worry too much about your pace. 11 mph is fine. You might need to look at your nutrition. Your struggle at 30 miles was probaly due to lack of calories. I'd be looking to eat something at around thirty miles. That would mark half a day's riding if I read your intentions correctly. Try eating porridge for breakfast and top up with jelly babies, bananas or slices of malt loaf at regular intervals to get you through to lunch time. Don't forget to drink regularly too. 500-750 ml of fluid per hour is recommended. I get through around three litres on a sixty mile ride though I have got by on half of that in cold weather.

If you can do 52 miles you can certainly do sixty mile rides back to back. Just get your calorie and fluid intakes sorted.

+1

 

[the snail]

I suspect I am underestimating how tough this is going to be, but hey-ho. It's a learning curve.

15 miles to 75 miles x 4 is a big jump, in fitness and also you may find your bike very uncomfortable after 75m. If I were you I'd get a couple of 50 mile rides in over the next two weekends, and take some Sudocrem with you!