Tour de Tucson

Now that budget time is almost over here at work, the next big thing to hit is my Tour de Tucson ride in November. I took last week off of the bike - that's if you can call riding only 70 miles as time off. This week the intensity has picked up but I am limiting the total time on the bike at one sitting to 2 hours. As I look to the calendar, the plan is to ride 6-8 hours per week in September, with the max time on the bike at 2 hours. October will move the mark up to 8-10 hours per week with the max ride time at 4 hours. In November, I will hit it hard and heavy in the first two week with up to 12 hours on the bike and a few 6 hours of fun before tapering off the last two weeks before the ride.

By doing this, I feel I will be ready to knock out 5 1/2 hours for the 109 miles. The last time, we hit 7 hours total time. I stopped too many times and the pancakes did me in at mile 70. The plan is to get out and get busy, not stopping til Brooklyn or other bladder related issues arise.

I am pumped to be on the bike in the sun. The last few days have been nice and warmer, allowing me to get loose earlier and put in some good times. I have hit under 30 minute 10 mile splits multiple times this last week. The legs are feeling good. The rest has helped as well.

Time to get back to my budget practice.