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lauriem	26 Apr 05:40
Joined: 26 Apr 2010 Posts: 3 Bike:	Old guys rule! Just joined as I am a man on a mission (a mature man 56 years young!). My daughter in law has just been diagnosed with Breast Cancer so me and my two sons have decided to show our support by raising Â£10,000 for Breast Cancer UK. Part of this is to ride the C2C from Whitehaven to Newcastle (my home town). This will be my first long-distance ride, and although I am reasonably fit I have started "proper" training today as we are doing this last week in July. A couple of questions spring to mind: Training My last mad scheme was to do the Great North Run a couple of years ago, and I trained pretty solidly for six months, running three times a week and generally running half the distance of the GNR, i.e. Six to seven miles, then later on stepped that up to eight to nine miles. This was on the advice of a former boss who has ran fifty half and full marathons. Does cycling work like that, or should I be aiming to do 30 miles as my "typical" session (we plan a four to five day trip). Bike I have a old Specialized Rockhopper hardtail MTB, and was planning on using it, possibly with road tyres, but also have a newer (but still old!) Ridgeback full sus bike. I could take either bike and two sets of wheels/tyres (a mate is being our back up in a big 4x4 so no problem with space. Alternatively I could just blow the budget and buy a new road or hybrid. Accomodation We are planning to stay in pu/hotels or B&B's no tents as I will need some comfort! Any recommendations gladly recieved. Thanks Laurie

lauriem

26 Apr 05:40

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Old guys rule!

Just joined as I am a man on a mission (a mature man 56 years young!).

My daughter in law has just been diagnosed with Breast Cancer so me and my two sons have decided to show our support by raising Â£10,000 for Breast Cancer UK.

Part of this is to ride the C2C from Whitehaven to Newcastle (my home town).

This will be my first long-distance ride, and although I am reasonably fit I have started "proper" training today as we are doing this last week in July.

A couple of questions spring to mind:

Training

My last mad scheme was to do the Great North Run a couple of years ago, and I trained pretty solidly for six months, running three times a week and generally running half the distance of the GNR, i.e. Six to seven miles, then later on stepped that up to eight to nine miles. This was on the advice of a former boss who has ran fifty half and full marathons. Does cycling work like that, or should I be aiming to do 30 miles as my "typical" session (we plan a four to five day trip).

Bike

I have a old Specialized Rockhopper hardtail MTB, and was planning on using it, possibly with road tyres, but also have a newer (but still old!) Ridgeback full sus bike. I could take either bike and two sets of wheels/tyres (a mate is being our back up in a big 4x4 so no problem with space.

Alternatively I could just blow the budget and buy a new road or hybrid.

Accomodation

We are planning to stay in pu/hotels or B&B's no tents as I will need some comfort!

Any recommendations gladly recieved.

Thanks

Laurie

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