Am I nuts for considering the 70-80mi ride with hills on Saturday? I've ridden the same course the past two weekends in preparation for World's Toughest and it's been amazing. I'm gaining a great deal of confidence and learning a ton about my limits, my focus and my nutrition. I have two more rides on it scheduled before World's Toughest. One of them being this Saturday before my Half-Marathon.
This past weekend I did a ~70mi ride on this course. Then I did a 3mi fast paced run and 1,000yd swim to cap off an epic day. Then Sunday I did a moderately fast paced 12.1 mi run and ~20mi bike to loosen the legs up.
I want to make sure I don't completely "nuke" myself and I also want to succeed at the Half-Marathon (hoping to go between 1:35-1:38).
Note - my main goal is to have a great race at World's Toughest and this is preparation for that.
Scenario:
This past weekend I did a ~70mi ride on this course. Then I did a 3mi fast paced run and 1,000yd swim to cap off an epic day. Then Sunday I did a moderately fast paced 12.1 mi run and ~20mi bike to loosen the legs up.
I want to make sure I don't completely "nuke" myself and I also want to succeed at the Half-Marathon (hoping to go between 1:35-1:38).
Note - my main goal is to have a great race at World's Toughest and this is preparation for that.
Scenario:
- Saturday
- 70-80mi hilly ride with ~5600+ ft of climbing
- 1,000yd swim (very ease to loosen up)
- Sunday
- Half-Marathon