Gulp ! what have i signed up for ?

[cyberknight]

Sent of my application today for the midland monster sportive on the 22nd of may, i have never done one before or cycled that far in one go .

It should give me some motivation to get some mileage in

 

[Leaway2]

Good luck mate, whats the farthest you have done? Just looking at the website it looks like a toughie. I am a commuter (15 miles a day). I did a gentle 25 mile charity a couple of weekends ago, which was very pleasant.

 

[cyberknight]

Did a 45 miler last Saturday , i normally do 10 miles each way on my commute with around 450 feet of climbing in the last half .
About to go out for another spin , maybe 25 ish then another big ride saturday.

I have printed a 3 a4 size of the route and i can go do some of the loops as the start is 3 mile from my house.

 

[Hacienda71]

Are you doing the longer or shorter distance?

You will be fine just don't go off too fast. Pace yourself, drink and eat enough and keep doing your training rides as well as your commute. I would suggest staying off the bike for two or three days before the ride. You will find you get a real benefit on the day from riding in a group with other riders, it almost sucks you along.

Good Luck

 

[VamP]

Which one are you going for? The 103 or the 73?

The 103 looks properly tuff

I am sure you will be fine! As said above pace yourself, it's all about lasting the course.

 

[cyberknight]

Signed up for the 73 to start with and looking at the 64 miler in loughborough in june as well so far .

Run today was maybe 28 ish miles but i had not fueled for it so i was hungry ,just as a side not don't try children's fruit stars as a sugar boost they stick to your teeth

 

[Bluebell72]

Hi there,

We're in the same boat! Been cycling longer distances and thought I'd enter a sportive.
But when I got the email 'confirmation of paypal transaction' that's when it's real! Gulp!!!

My first one isn't until June - and it's too far for me to go and try out, but I did the route of another one last weekend - I hopefully will be able to try it again tomorrow.

So far, that's my best advice, do the actual route - as on mine, there were surprise hills up and down, which meant I wasted time being unprepared.

Fingers crossed for a better attempt tomorrow

For sugar boost, I like Haribo sour snakes.