Dialling in How Hard is Right Enough
I've got an imperial century with 8000ft+ of climbing in 5 weeks. It starts with 25km of flat, finishes with 40km of slight down, and the middle 100 is steady up/down. There are at least 6 climbs in the 3-9km range, all somewhere between 5 and 10%.
I've not done that much vertical in one ride previous,and haven't done a ride longer than 110km in quite a few years, so I'm looking for some help around figuring out how much effort, when.
Best I have so far is use the opening 25km to ease into it, keep the climbs just under LTHR, use the downs as recovery, and spend whatever I have left on the last up, and the long gradual down to the finish.
I've a pretty good read on long steady efforts, but with all the up/down I don't know what's too aggressive, or not aggressive enough, and would appreciate a more informed perspective.
Whadyagot?
Larry Sampson
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