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heavyheavylolo said:

hi im 16 and yesterday was the first time i rode a bike in years. im very athletic and want to get into road racing. well i rode around for about 30 minutes with no real purpose just climbing hills and stuff. so i wanted to know how to train like how many miles a day. by the way i only have my sisters bmx bike but im getting a new one within the coming weeks.

Hey, welcome. I'm 17, and a reliaively new cyclist myself (few weeks). I've found that I personally like to go out for very long rides (I just came in fom a ride that lasted 3:38), but one of the reasons I lke that is that I'm also a long-distance runner, so I like really long workouts. What sport/sports do you do besides cycling?

I'd say for now, just get out and ride some evry day (or almost every day). No need for 3-hour rides, but do somehting that will give you a bit of a challenge (maybe alternate a day of sprints/hills with long flats). At this point, though, your main priority should be just to get out and do it.

Arathald said:

Hey, welcome. I'm 17, and a reliaively new cyclist myself (few weeks). I've found that I personally like to go out for very long rides (I just came in fom a ride that lasted 3:38), but one of the reasons I lke that is that I'm also a long-distance runner, so I like really long workouts. What sport/sports do you do besides cycling?

I'd say for now, just get out and ride some evry day (or almost every day). No need for 3-hour rides, but do somehting that will give you a bit of a challenge (maybe alternate a day of sprints/hills with long flats). At this point, though, your main priority should be just to get out and do it.

hey, i did track and football and i was a sprinter cuz, long distances kill me, but im prepared to work on that. i found a good place to ride today so i might go out for about an hour tomorrow, mostly flat but with a few small hills. thanks for the help

heavyheavylolo said:

hey, i did track and football and i was a sprinter cuz, long distances kill me, but im prepared to work on that. i found a good place to ride today so i might go out for about an hour tomorrow, mostly flat but with a few small hills. thanks for the help

Yeah, if you were a sprinter, you should have all the strength you need for now-- you prolly want to work on endurance once you start thinking about training more seriously. Until then, just enjoy riding. If you feel up to it, I'd suggest also taking longer runs too -- build up endurance in a familiar sport (but then again, I'm prolly just saying that cause im a distancce runner....).