How necessary is it? Doing it on a mountain bike in June. 3 days. Distance doesn’t really concern me, should I be doing any local rides to do hill work? Also, is it just a case minutes in the saddle to get me bum hole nice & not hurty?
C2C Training
- Thread starter Longy
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Raker
Midfield
You’ve left yourself “wide open” to some terrific replies here mind longy! I’m walking it at some point in the summer if ya fancy a race
I’m here to please the crowd.
If you want to survive it and you're reasonably fit no. If you want to enjoy it, train.
Fair enough. Just keep getting out & do the miles or challenge myself on hills?
I’ve got a 10k run coming up first so I’ll be doing plenty of that. Want to get near to 50mins.
I'd strongly recommend an 80/20 split of going really easy and hills. Time in the saddle now will mean you're less likely to look at the saddle on day 3 as a bed of nails.
Boris Bear
Striker
I used to do around the back of shields and back to Seaburn every week night and the coast to coast route up to Stanley and back on a weekend. Seemed like good prep.
percy
Striker
Definitely do hill training. The more you do the easier it will be. Distance won't be be a problem.
The first year i did it with the lads off here i hadn't been cycling long. I was worried i was going to be left behind so went out doing loads of training. It ended up being a piece of piss.
The first year i did it with the lads off here i hadn't been cycling long. I was worried i was going to be left behind so went out doing loads of training. It ended up being a piece of piss.
Anybody recommend any gear that would help / make it more enjoyable?
Going to get a mobile holder for a bit google maps, or is there any decent C2C apps or websites to use? Headphones.
Owt else?
Going to get a mobile holder for a bit google maps, or is there any decent C2C apps or websites to use? Headphones.
Owt else?
Get some bone conducting Bluetooth ones then you can still hear traffic
EreManYaLittleDivvy
Midfield
Cowies.
