Viva Bike Vegas Update

My 4 weeks to train for a metric century turned into 3 weeks when illness hit me for nearly a week. In the middle of those three weeks my amazing wife gave birth to our 8th child. As you can imagine, this further limited my, so called, "Training." Most of my workouts consisted of intervals on the stationary trainer at the gym with one 27 mile bike ride being my only real ride of any significant distance. I did a number of 10 mile or less rides in hopes of getting used to sitting on the saddle again.

Somehow, I finished the metric century. This was my only goal. With Map My Ride showing two Cat 3 and one Cat 2 climbs, I had no goal for finishing under any set length of time. And that is a good thing since I took longer doing this metric century than a full century would have taken me when I was younger.

Most of it was fun. Fourteen miles were excruciating. The finish was a peaceful sense of accomplishment.

Before

After

Sedentary to Metric Century in 4 Weeks

I have just four weeks until the metric century that I signed up for. I am too stubborn not to ride in it. However, life has really gotten in the way of my goal. Not only have I not lost the 5 lbs I wanted to lose and put in the base miles, I have instead gained 5 lbs this summer. I am starting at ground zero (or below if that is possible) and have 4 weeks to train for a metric century. I will post my progress and training here a couple of times each week.

Today:
Gym (Fitness 19) - 45 minutes on stationary bike followed by stretching.
Rode moderate with a few HIIT intervals and a few high cadence (110+) Intervals mixed in.

Note: I signed up for the "50 mile" ride, which they just announced is a 62 + mile ride. Maybe to them it's a little increase, but for some of us that's a whopping 24% increase!