oscaro wrote:
CP78 wrote:
oscaro wrote:
So what's the consensus on long rides close to IM? Would like to do another century as prep but it would have to be 13 days before race, is that too close? Obv it would be super easy pace.Not sure why you say obv easy pace, 2 weeks is plenty of time to recover from a 100 mile hard ride. That is if you've been riding centuries multiple times leading into the race and you are comfortable with the distance. I personally ride multiple 120-140 mile rides leading into an Ironman so 100 can feel like a taper.
I haven't done too many centuries unfortunately, as I wrote earlier mostly have done 3h hard rides on weekends. Going out for a long ride tomorrow, if I have time I will try to do 200k, would feel good as you say to do a longer than iron bike.
Ok well knowing your history then, now is not the time to cram. If you've only done 3 hours prior I wouldnt go over 4 hours 30 min ride time 2 weeks before. Mix in some hard efforts.