Comments on: training for a 100km cycle ride

By: John Girvin

John Girvin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:04:07 +0000

Yes, “100Km” sounds more impressive than “62.13 miles”!

Normally I do think of distance in miles – I’m old school like that – but the original article was in terms of kilometres, so I kept those units for consistency.

By: KingsMoss CC

KingsMoss CC — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:05:30 +0000

Stop thinking of it as 100km but more of the mileage equivalent and it psychologically isn’t as bad John.

As long as you have a great day out, the rain stays away (unlike last years) and if you get tired jump on someones wheel!

We’re of to Donegal for Inishowen 100 that day which will be a bitch.

By: John Girvin

John Girvin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:27:29 +0000

Eating and drinking are where I fail, I don’t do enough of either!

The 100Km ride I’ve entered is reasonably flat – 1200ft climbing over 62 miles – but I’ve been training in the hills with 50-100% more climbing than I can expect on the day.

By: redbike

redbike — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:22:19 +0000

Keep eating and drinking and the miles will soon fly by.
By the sounds of it you’ll easily manage a 100km ride.

It’s also worth making sure you’re riding simular terrain to the ‘big day’. If the 100km ride is hilly then you need to make sure some of your training rides are too!