Don't want to overdo it....
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UFTriGator posted 22 weeks ago.
Upping mileage on the bike is a lot easier than doing it on the run. You'll be fine. You can probably do a good bit more than 12, too.
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dollfin04 posted 22 weeks ago.
Sweet...thanks! My hubby wants to do this one too and I think it would kill me to have to watch him do it from the sidelines! :) And now since he wants to go do it, I have to go buy a bike!
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tsilcyc posted 21 weeks ago.
+1 on Gator's comments.
I also wanted to point out the fact that he has "999" posts.
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dollfin04 posted 21 weeks ago.
Good cause I just signed up for two more! :)
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burnman posted 21 weeks ago.
I think anyone in reasonably good health should have no problem riding 15-20 miles a shot. With 6 weeks in front of you, that should be no problem.
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dollfin04 posted 21 weeks ago.
Well my first bike outdoors (in about 5 or 6 years) back in November was about 12 miles (not intentionally it just sort of happened that way). I had to get off and walk up some of the steeper hills...but I'm def in much better shape now.
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TriSooner posted 21 weeks ago.
You are way underestimating what you can do. For comparison purposes, look at this training plan in TriFuel:
http://www.trifuel.com/triathlon-training/Sprint-Triathlon-Training.php
Look at week 5: it has you riding twice a week for a total of 2 hours. (You might not be riding that long right now, but just follow along for a sec.) Jump ahead to week 10 - the long week - and you've gone up to just under three hours for the week (nearly a 50% increase).
Now assume you average 15mph (any number will do): you've gone from 30 hours a week to almost 45 miles a week, again nearly a 50% increase. The point being that adding 5 miles a week (and taking six weeks to do it) is not much mileage at all, even for a sprint. You could easily double what you are doing now in the next six weeks.
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kylie posted 21 weeks ago.
yup, you are addicted :) And like others have said, adding mileage on the bike can be done with much less caution than on the run. It's mostly a matter of how much your tush can take!
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dollfin04 posted 21 weeks ago.
haha....good point! Thanks guys!
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Is 6 weeks enough time to up my biking mileage by 5 miles or would that be really overdoing it? I was training for a 12 mile bike, but about a month or two before I dropped down to about 5-7 (because thats what the length for my first tri was). I was originally planning on doing another one in August and figured that would give me plenty of time to increase, but now that I've been bitten by the bug I want to do one sooner. So would it be stupid to try and increase it that much in 6 weeks or should I just wait and do the one I was planning on doing in August (which is 12 weeks away)?
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