Training Schedule

Week	Number of days on which you ride	Consecutive days when you ride	Longest distance	Other distances	Difficulty and notes
1	3	2	20km	10 to 15km	Start easy with flat terrain and get your bike and body fully adjusted to each other.
2	4	2	30km	15 to 20km	Start to introduce some hills.
3	4	3	40km	15 to 20km	Try for 2 of the rides to be hilly.
4	5	3	50km	15 to 20km	Make one of the shorter rides a big hill - say a 1km climb without a break.
5	4	3	60km	30 to 40km	Keep the hills included in all your rides except one easy recovery ride. Try doing a decent hill twice early in a longer ride.
6	3	2	70km	30 to 50km	Include a 1km climb in your long ride.
7	3	3	60km	40 to 50km	Include a 1km climb twice in your long ride.
8	3	2	80km	40 to 50km	Bring it on!

MS Brissie to Bay -50k Bike Ride

The day began just prior to 5!  Bit chilly, but sprung out of bed looking forward to the ride today. Akira thought she was coming along too, so sad seeing her standing at the gate waiting to come along :(  Love the way when you are driving to these events, the number of people riding, front and back lights blinking away to warn drivers of their presence. Around 4000 riders participated in this years event and they raised a massive $300k for Multiple Sclerosis!  

In their wisdom the race is started in what they call waves, I was in the last wave. There are some real clowns in the ride, one chap had his water bottle stuck on with black tape! There were people dressed up in different outfits, all for the purpose of winning a prize at the end.

The ride itself was good, a couple of times I alighted due to the incline!!! But I wasn't the only one.  Around half way we were blessed with a "recovery" stop where they supplied us with Gatorade, banana, and a health bar! Great ride, great day!

Garden City to Southbank and Return

Freezing, freezing, freezing! Thought I would be able to take my vest of half way, but no, it was still on when I returned to the car!  Wind chill!
Interesting ride, mainly on designated Bike Path, and short stints on footpath!  Views of the city as you ride along and the ride comes out not far from the Story Bridge so it is a short stint to Southbank!
Don't know the 'k' reading as the doovie on my bike decided not to work today!
At this stage of the training it is all about completion not time, all about strengthening the muscles!