I am seriously considering taking on a dream of mine and riding across the USA on a supported tour (you know, just ride your bike and the nice people prepare lunch and transport your bags to the next hotel).
I have over 10 years of riding (on and off, I must admit) experience, but have never considered something so exciting (and daunting). At present I am coming off three months of off-time due to the birth of my second child. Will be starting training again in earnest this month. My shape is ok, but I could stand to lose about 7-8kgs before I took on the challenge of a cross country tour.
Tentatively I would like to do one of the late-April/May cross country tours That fits time wise, and still provides me with a good long while to prepare. 😄
Now, how exactly does one prepare for 30 days of approximately 160 km riding days, given that I will not be able to take any time off (I must save all my vacation for the tour itself, unfortunately).
As long as the days are long, I can easily ride 30-50km a day, plus do long rides on weekends.
But then, crunch training time would be in the January-April period, when the days are short and the weather is not too good (ok, I live in Rome, so the weather is rarelyl awful, it gets cold and rains, but nothing impossible).
Can it be done comfortably? Any advice would be appreciated!
Apologies for the long and rambling post.😉