How many miles should i start to bike?
I am planning to do a 70 mile bike ride on July 14th, 2010 so i have like a month to prepare. I have looked at other websites and i will follow their plans (short mileage day, intermediate mileage day, and a high mileage day). The only problem is that i dont know how many miles i should start with. I will have about 1 hour and a half to bike. I am in decent shape, but i dont know how many miles i should start with
On the high mileage days, just take it at a steady easy rate.
The whole point of this is to push yourself when you need to, short fast bursts create the most muscle in a body the fastest. So good luck on your 70 mile 
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May 21st, 2010 at 12:31 am
On your short mileage days, push yourself hard, do it through fast and never stop.
On your your intermediate mileage day push yourself, not as hard as the short one but still keep it at a good upper speed.
On the high mileage days, just take it at a steady easy rate.
The whole point of this is to push yourself when you need to, short fast bursts create the most muscle in a body the fastest. So good luck on your 70 mile
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May 21st, 2010 at 12:36 am
My brother just participated in a triathlon where he biked 50 miles, and he trained in a similar method. I would say start with 5 miles 10 miles and 15 miles, or any variation of doubling and tripling if you can only do so much per hour.
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May 21st, 2010 at 12:41 am
Don’t worry about miles, do a hour or more of ridding every day. Start out with an easy 10 min warm up ride and the start pedaling with a high cadence 70-90 rpms in a gear that is easy to spin. That will use your slow twitch muscles that use fat as a fuel and can go for a very long time. Pedaling slow and mashing on the pedals will kill your legs quickly. You want to ride for distance so don’t worry about your speed, you will get faster as you progress. Do a long ride on the weekend and then a day off.
http://www.ultracycling.com/index.html
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May 21st, 2010 at 1:10 am
Alex
We have to make some assumptions…. then stop worry about it and get out and ride!
If the terrain is flat 1.5 hours would equate to a fifteen mile ride, 7.5 miles out and back, at 10 mph. If hilly cut hat back to 12 miles.
But, you need to make much greater trips than that to get the stamina for the 70 miles ride. So use the shorter rides for training during the week, and on weekends (when there is more time available) get some distance rides in. If you can manage the 15 mile rides double that on the weekends, and go further out from there.
When you get to 40 miles you need to start taking energy drinks and gels, and learn proper hydration and energy maintenance techniques….. Read up on this!
Start riding now! Use your watch to measure the distance if needed. If you have an hour to ride, go out 30 minutes and back. Pretty simple method but it works!
Just ride buddy, ride…
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May 21st, 2010 at 1:27 am
That’s not a lot of time to be ready for a 70 mile ride but OK. If you mean you have 1.5 hrs a day than that is good – but be careful not to overdue it. To answer your question directly, I would start with 5 miles for the first couple days and progress from there.
It’s easy to get wrapped up in train, train, train!!!! BUT – as you train, make sure not to neglect the other very important parts that get you up to speed. These are diet and rest. Rest is very important for recovery but is sometimes the hardes part because we feel like we should be spending our time training – I completely understand, we always want to push and push. But, rest is important. Not only loafing but getting a good amount of sleep. Good luck, train hard, eat right, rest up, and make sure you have a reliable bike.
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May 21st, 2010 at 1:47 am
Start with about an hour and a half. If you can cover 70 miles in an hour and a half, you are done preparing.
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May 21st, 2010 at 2:14 am
On the high mileage days, just take it at a steady easy rate.
The whole point of this is to push yourself when you need to, short fast bursts create the most muscle in a body the fastest. So good luck on your 70 mile
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