[slow_n_steady]

<p>Ok, so I am training for IMC, which is on Aug 29.</p>
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<p>I normally do my long rides on a Friday so as to impact the family less, then long runs on Saturday.</p>
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<p>My schedule has me riding 6 hrs today, then next weekend is a HIM, then a final 6 hr ride the following week before going into taper.</p>
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<p>I woke up this morning and it is cold and raining and 40km/hr winds. No way I am riding 6 hrs in that.</p>
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<p>So, here are my options....</p>
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<p>1. Skip this long ride altogether, do my long run tomorrow and carry on with the rest as scheduled.</p>
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<p>2. Do the long ride tomorrow, run on Sunday even though it would screw up some other scheduling things with the family. My dh is willing to go with this, though I feel a bit  guilty about it.</p>
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<p>3. Do a shorter ride tomorrow so as to impact the family less, run on Sunday.</p>
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<p>4. Suck it up and ride today. I really can' see this one happening.</p>
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<p>So, WWYD?</p>

 

[theia]

<p>Can you do a shorter ride today?  I know the weather is being uncooperative, so can you maybe do a short (2 hour?) but intense session on the trainer?  You have a race next week anyway, so maybe a shorter, higher intensity workout isn't a bad thing. </p>

 

[KitKat]

<p>How about long run today and long ride Sunday?</p>

 

[xflbk43]

Long ride tomorrow. Then go out early for your long run on Sunday. If you head out at 4, you'll still be done before everything starts....I'm assuming.

 

[jroden]

<p>I'd do a ride with more quality and a little less total duration today, perhaps four hours.  I'd dress right and head into the wind or across the wind and do some longer sub-tempo intervals of about 40 minutes with a short 5 minute recovery.  after about 2 hours of that nonsense, recover for a while and turn you back to the wind and practice driving the bike hard and fast in a big gear all the way home.  If you arrive before 4 hours, do some cooldown riding to burn off the rest of the time.</p>
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<p>You will get more out of it than 6 hours of noodling around and it will keep your mind and body warm and occupied.<br>
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[niemsco]

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<div class="quote-block">Originally Posted by <strong>jroden</strong> <a href="/forum/thread/69054/wwyd#post_1925659"><img alt="View Post" class="inlineimg" src="/img/forum/go_quote.gif" style="border-bottom:0px solid;border-left:0px solid;border-top:0px solid;border-right:0px solid;"></a><br><br><p>I'd do a ride with more quality and a little less total duration today, perhaps four hours.  </p>
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<p>Bingo!  Ride 4 hours, insert some hard segments of 2-3 x 20min harder segments after the 2 hour mark, or do the last hour at HIM pace.  That's what I normally do.<br><br>
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[fox-runr]

<p>6 hour ride???????!!!!</p>
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<p>(okay, you have my answer).    <4 hours today or tomorrow and call it a day</p>

 

[slow_n_steady]

<p>I decided to do it today and I am glad I waited. Was a gorgeous day for riding today. I didn't really want to shorten it because mentally, I needed to do it to have the confidence that I <em>could</em> do it.</p>
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<p>Foxy, we are not all speed demons like yourself. We slowpokes need that 6 hours to do our century ride.</p>
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<p>And I just have to add there was very little noodling around....my garmin tells me I had 5380 feet of climbing in there. It was hard.</p>
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<p>Thanks for the input.</p>