Hello. I will be riding Land’s End to John O’Groats 7-15 September 2019. That’s very nearly 1000 miles over 9 days. Having now completed both Base and Build phases of training using TR, I am just about to start the Specialty phase with the 8 week block “Century Low Volume”. On completion of those 8…

I’m planning to do JOGLE in July, but am not enough of an expert to usefully critique your plan. In your shoes I probably would have headed more towards using your remaining 24 weeks after build with some more base, build, then specialty rather than going straight to specialty then maintenance for a…

I’d suggest Century is probably the training block you want to finish with in early September. TR’s Blog “Too much time” https://support.trainerroad.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005942606-Too-Much-Time- has advice on how to adjust your plan. If I count right, you have about 25 weeks before your ride, …

Thanks. I like the sound of that. I am just coming off “Sustained Power Build Low Volume”. Repeating that again after the “Century” block and then finishing with “Century” before the event does seem a more sensible approach.

Hi Bill, I did LEJOG last year after doing a lot of Sweet Spot on TR. My only advice to you is to not neglect long outdoor endurance rides, to my mind you have to get used to those 100 mile days and I don’t think theres any shorcut to that. It’s a good idea to do a few back to back 100 mile days. Th…

Sound advice there. Some long outdoor rides are definitely needed for so much time on the bike in such a short time. What about routes you used? Any tips, things you did good and bad? Thanks.

The biggest advice I would give is plan your route carefully. I live in the Highlands and see lots of LEJOG and JOGLE riders. I would strongly advise avoiding the A9 between Perth and John O’Groats. There are so many more scenic and safe routes available. There are three roads in the Highlands I…

I’m guessing given the dates that this is threshold sports’ Ride Across Britain. I did it in 2013 (John O’Groats to Land’s End) and last year (Land’s End to John O’Groats). The new route through the Cairngorms is massively harder than the old route that went over Glen Coe and had a far higher failu…

Thank you everyone for your words of advice and guidance. Trying to answer all the points as I recall them: I am getting the outdoor rides in. TR = quality. Outdoor = quantity. I live in Shropshire and we have a good number of challenging hills which I am building into my outdoor rides. Back-to-ba…

You will have an absolute blast. As long as you do enough training to get through each day in ok shape, you will really be able to enjoy the ‘bubble’. It’s a brilliant environment populated by amazing people - both the other riders and the staff. It’s the people that make the event. RAB is certainl…

Some very sound advice from Paul in the thread below. I think the routes are pretty easy to get a hold of on strava or sustrans. I use Garmin and their route creator tool will keep you on bike friendly routes. By way of tips, a light waterproof jacket and waterproof overshoes will be your best frie…

Advice about training plan for Land’s End to John O’Groats ride (7-15 September 2019]

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Thanks. I have 50-34 on the front and 11-32 on the back. I did a training camp in Dartmoor last year and was managing ok with 12-30 on the back.

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