Today I needed to do a 2.5 hour rolling ride. Since this is the end of week 9 and I’m pulling some of my week 10 sessions forward due to travel next week, I decided to ride the 3 hills of the Ride 100 just to get a sense for how things will be.
I covered just over 66 km of the 160km of the full course at an average speed of 29.2 kmh. If I manage the same speed on the day, then I will need to average 34.8kmh for the other 94km in order to meet my 5 hour goal.
Several things give me confidence that I can meet the goal:
- I am a lot less rested than I will be on the day – I’ve had three pretty heavy sessions over the last few days.
- The rest of the course is a lot flatter
- I am hoping that I can work with some other riders
- The adrenaline of the event will help me go faster