I better start my training.

wot bike??

Is that all? Bugger.

Or, 1.01 mile today, 2.02 miles tomorrow, 3.03 miles on Saturday, etc.

Then you can take the day before off. Tapering, innit.

How long until we can start asking about gearing, tyres, etc?

😉

That's about the same distance as the race I did last weekend, easy!

Just hope for all your sakes it isn't 37C like it was here…

100 miles is a good old slog, not entered but going to pop over for a mingle, beers and heckle.

Training ride on Saturday! I think this is number 3 of our organised ones. Done plenty of other miles but solo/road riding. Should be around 60-70 miles of challenging offroad around Dalby and too to the coast (hopefully not too much fireroad).

I thought we'd already done tyres? Summer tyres for hardpack/loose and fire roads as that's the majority of riding. Slip and slide on the mud.

Clothing decisions will need to wait although I have bought some dhb knowle shorts in preparation.

I'm still thinking the 20th June for a nice Kielder ride over to Newcastleton. Also I've entered the selkirk and grassington CRC marathon is anyone is going.

I have an entry but may be moving it on . Strong possibility Will be away on work – got meeting tomorrow ..how does face value plus 15 quid sound ……..

Note last part a joke in referance to the mayhem entry the other week……i will only be looking for face value once i have conformation from work and a flight ticket….

100 days to go…… blimey.

Need to really start upping my game and start power training.
tyres will be fast as hell, trust me you dont need alot of grip last year.

Bike = xc race HT altho at 10UTB my body ( or rather wrists ) was buggered next day.

If anyones interested in Scotland area might try and get 3 or 4 training rides in as a group over summer. Look at maybe road riding or can do some long days out on the bike, say 3 or 4 laps of kirro black or even Glentrool with a lap of kirro black thrown in ( makes it a 75 mile day).

my training was coming along well – built up to 10utb 2 weeks ago , did 200k laden for overnight on sat and 200k unladen both with 3000m climbing on sunday last weekend

2 big ones this weekend before the biggy ….

600kms and 10000m climbing

then the plan was to hit the interval sessions

It's not him you have to worry about. It's Smee.

wasnt just training for keilder greig – doing the UK24s 2 weeks after kirroughtree – my last big interval session 6 x 45 hr sprints with 45mins rest between

meeting is currently going on .

at best im looking at trying to arrange it so i do my 4 on -then keilder is my middle weekend of my 2 off …

dont have much say in the matter other than "id like that does it work"

first job was at the end of september – its been brought to the 18th august now !

Mike, I am well within that, 85 miles last month (yes, month!) All quality miles naturally but a little saddle time would be nice, I see today is being filled productively, got a hometime yet? 😉

Jan 195 miles
Feb 160 miles
March 30 miles (!!)
April 95 miles
May 65 miles so far

Don't really know what's happened to my 'regime'… *goes outside to have a word with self*…

It's time in the saddle on training rides that is going to count. Simply clocking up some miles is perhaps fools gold as riding up Mt Kenya is very little distance but a killer climb! You have to be quick to the 50 mile check point, which is where about 1/3 of the 203 riders failed. I'm also coming to the conclusion that time in the saddle on road rides is maybe the way to train effectively as there's no letting up on the cadence.

Don't just work on distance at the expemse of speed. Have some long days but don't go easy on your speed or you'll be sent back to Kielder at the 1/2 way point.

There are going to be a lot more riders this year, so that might get a little awkward at times – not sure quite how it'll work, but they'll have a solution. Book your accommodation if you haven't already! Consider that move to a 29er – many riders did very well on their 29ers last year (it looked like most of the UK's 29ers were lined up on the start line last September).

Perhaps go up there for a long w/end and ride the trails to better get a feel for the terrain and task? Either way, it's alreay become a legendry event and it's only its 2nd year in 2010!

Hope this helps.

Rest is vital and over training is going backwards full-tilt. Especially the older you get, the more quality rest your body (& mind) requires. FWIW, take this w/end off as stress can put you back no end as well as your HRmax can be adversely affected; besides, the weather looks poor until Monday!

I think a few drinks can be a spanner in works too, alcohol and hard-graft training are poor bed-fellows.

Yep – pedal powered individual transportation style shuttle