Training advice for bike and hike

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irishjoe

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Hi,

I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice to a good training plan.
I am doing a charity bike and hike for Maggies cancer care centres in Scotland on the 29th and 30th of April.
That gives me about 6 weeks to get ready for it. I wasn’t planning on doing much training the week before incase I get injured so that gives me 5 weeks or so.

We start at 8am on the Saturday morning and cycle 30 miles along fairly solid dirt tracks. I am thinking this will take us about 3 hours because a couple of our team hasn’t sat on a bike in 10+ years…
That will take us up to 11am ish. From there, we walk another 43 miles. We don’t know how long this will take us but we are planning on getting into Inverness before dawn. That means we will be walking through the nite which should be interesting to say the least.

Anyway, back to the point of the question. Can anyone recommend a training regime to help me survive this ordeal?

I currently cycle to work every day which is 15-25 mins depending on the wind. I play indoor football on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I would usually go to the gym about twice a week or more if I’m not doing anything on the weekend.
I haven’t been to the gym much lately because Aberdeen has been white, which makes the half-hour walk to the gym about an hour so I ain’t been going. And now to make things worse, I landed funny on my back last week at footy and playing on Monday nite didn’t help it so I am taking a couple of days off to let it heal.

I am in ok shape, not that worried about the cycling part but I need something to harden my legs and joints for the walking.

If anyone has any advice, please let me know.

(Wish me luck!)
 
Hike with a back back 2 days a week. Insert several gallon milk jugs filled with water in said pack. Each gallon jug weighs ~8 pounds. 43 miles is along distance to hike. So, if your training hiking includes having 40 pounds on your back, you will feel light and surprisingly energetic when the actual event comes.

Keep up biking to work. And, add on long bike ride per week. On your long bike ride day, I would shoot for at least 90 minutes of continuous riding.

Six weeks is not a long time, so I would not skip one workout! And, you are dea on about taking it easy your last week. Not to avoid injury, but to allow your body to pyramid down and repair. You could still ride to work, but stop the heavy weight hiking and long bike day. Plus, except for walking, don't do ANY strenuous activity for two days before the main event.

Good-luck and let us know how it goes!

-Rip
 
Thanks for replying.

I'll try your idea but I'll need to get a decent backpack cause the one I use for going to work and back is just a normal backpack with no padding.

Now to find some milk cartons.......
 
irishjoe said:
Thanks for replying.

I'll try your idea but I'll need to get a decent backpack cause the one I use for going to work and back is just a normal backpack with no padding.

Now to find some milk cartons.......
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How about glass beer growlers..??

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Urm... What are glass beer growlers???

Ain't been out walking but in a week, Ive been playing indoor footy once, gym 5 times and went cycling for a couple of hours.
 
Does anyone have any advice as to what to eat while walking?
There are 2 checkpoints where we can meet our support team to get some grub. We were thinking of macaroni and cheese. We are getting bottles of lucozade and water, bars of chocolate and bags of nuts for consuming while walking.

Anyone got any suggestions?
 
Well I would think you might want to eat pasta the day before your charity event. As far as during the event, def drink plenty of water, add some fruit in there as well. Also maybe a quality meal replacement bar may be benficial at your checkpoint.
 
Hi,

What would contain a good amount of sodium to combat hyponatremia?
Ive been looking into the amount of calories that I will use on the event. I am taking my basic usage (1600) and adding 3 hours of cycling (1180) and 20 hours of walking (6144) to give 8924. If I divide this by 23, I get 388.
This means I need to take on 388 Cals per hour to keep going.

Is this right or is my math letting me down...?
I've been looking into the calorie content of some foods.
Apple: 53
Banana: 100
500ml Lucozade Sport: 590
Lucozade sports bar: 185
mars bar: 294
Snickers: 323

Is there anything else that I should be packing in my bag apart from loads of water?

We are getting a hot meal half way thru the walk stage, Pasta the nite before and a light breakfast.

Wish me luck, its this weekend!!!
 
Its all over, the fat lady has sung.

I've never been in so much pain in my life. The last 5 miles were agony. It was like controlling a drunk guys body with a sober head. Legs wouldnt listen to the head! I stumbled the last 5 miles but finished the event in 22h 50m.
 
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