[Bunnicula]

Which Cannondale hybrid do you have?

[bmakabayan]

hi,

two things... 7 weeks is pretty good... you can do it, just try to ride every day for the duration and rest for the last day before race but if you're thinking of winning i would be regretful to inform you that it will be impossible. as I said.. two things... finishing 50 mile will be possible but winning in 1st place would be impossible for sure there are professional riders that will join the event and they have trained for years....

no offense meant...

[PlatyPius]

Originally Posted by bmakabayan

hi,

two things... 7 weeks is pretty good... you can do it, just try to ride every day for the duration and rest for the last day before race but if you're thinking of winning i would be regretful to inform you that it will be impossible. as I said.. two things... finishing 50 mile will be possible but winning in 1st place would be impossible for sure there are professional riders that will join the event and they have trained for years....

no offense meant...

There is no "first place" or "winning" in a charity RIDE.

There's always a group who thinks there is, though, and shows the rest of us what total $#@%$#% they are....

[froze]

Wow guys it's not that difficult.

So your riding 10 miles comfortable. You need a schedule so you can train and stay on track, so here is a schedule, there are others but this works just as well, see: Training for a Century Ride

Now note on the schedule that first off Saturdays are your long rides, also note that the first week Sat is 30 miles...I know, that's too much so you reduce all the mileage figures for all the days of the week for that week by 2/3rds so that on Saturday your riding 10 miles; then the next week your riding 20; then the third week your doing 30 and using the schedule for that week just as it's laid out. Thus by the 7th week your Saturday ride will be the 50 mile charity ride and you'll be ready!

Please pay close attention, no matter how you feel stay exactly with the schedule, it is designed to increase your mileage with out making you too tired for the long Saturday rides and without injuries. Don't say one day where your schedule to do 10 miles and you feel like doing 15, stay on the track you will be far better off for the charity ride if you do.

Good luck, you can do this, it isn't a big deal, just follow the plan to the letter and you'll make it.

[mom_of_3_ts]

I look forward to hearing how you do on this ride because I'm kind of in the same boat. i plan on going on a 50 mile ride in Septemer down in Mexico so far the most I've went is 30 miles but am thinking about going for a long ride in the next couple of days. and I've only been riding for about 6 weeks and had not been on a bike in over 20 years.

[froze]

Originally Posted by mom_of_3_ts

I look forward to hearing how you do on this ride because I'm kind of in the same boat. i plan on going on a 50 mile ride in Septemer down in Mexico so far the most I've went is 30 miles but am thinking about going for a long ride in the next couple of days. and I've only been riding for about 6 weeks and had not been on a bike in over 20 years.

20 years is not a big deal unless you gained 200 pounds in those year, but if you had just modest gains of about 50 pounds then doing the training schedule I provided earlier will get you where you as far as you want to go. But get a doctors exam to makes sure your healthy enough for high physical activity, and tell the doctor what you will be doing.

[mom_of_3_ts]

oh yes bike shorts are a must oh yes they are. I'm going to have to get a second pair or maybe a 3rd I ware the ones I have every day so they are getting washed every day and i think that's hard one them. but oh wont even get on a bike and ride to the pool with out them over my swim suite. I don't care how strange they look I sware by them

[mom_of_3_ts]

I like the idea of taking a week off before the ride. as we have a cruised booked from vancouver to LA then we fly to San Diego to his brother's then the next day is the ride so we shall have a week off before the ride and with a house full of Itilan men I'm sure we will have a kitchen full of pasta the night before the ride I am really excited about riding and also going to Mexico as I've not been there and the ride is along the coast. I am looking forward to hearing about how you do on your ride so I'll have a bit more confidence for mine. How far have you gone so far? are you riding every day? and any thing else you can give me hints with would be so very welcome