It\’s down to the final four!

Four weeks to go until Tour de Cure; and it\’s time to get into final training for the big day!

I just got my road bike back from the shop yesterday; I had taken it in for a tune-up; and they said everything\’s fine🙂

How shall I go about these final four weeks?

This past week I did short rides on the hybrid; but it\’s not as though I didn\’t ride at all. I\’ll probably be OK doing my usual long Sunday ride tomorrow. There\’s only a 20% chance of rain; or so the forecast says. During the ensuing week, I\’ll keep to my usual ride schedule; including force work on one day.

Starting October 14, no more \”force\” exercises on the bike until after TdC. I\’m very glad that I began to do such exercises nearly a year in advance of TdC, because it took months for me to see an effect.

The weekend before TdC, I\’ll do a long ride on Saturday instead of Sunday. An easy ride on Sunday; pace rides through Thursday, and an easy ride on Friday, November 2. And the next day is IT!

As to tapering during that last week, I probably don\’t need much. It\’s not as though 63 miles is a huge jump up from my usual weekly long ride. Most things that I\’ve read about long rides say that you can do twice your usual weekly long distance in one day. I remember one article that even said you can do three times your usual long distance in a day! Does that mean I could actually go out there and ride 150 miles?

This final four will fly past; and I can\’t let myself get lazy!