Getting With the Programme...

Nana has circulated a training schedule that's cunningly constructed to get us all up to speed (and distance) for the ride, which is just 14 weeks away. He's aiming for an average speed of 25 km/h on the days of the event while we're actually riding, which means two or three hours for stops, given the short African day. We don't want to be riding in the dark. This is what it looks like, with distances in kilometres and times in decimal hours. C/T is cross training and w/o is a general workout. No free weekends for couple of months then!

Week Start	% Effort	Training	Dist/Time	Actual
14 Oct	25	Mon: Rest	100/3.50	TEST
		Tue: C/T
		Wed: 1.0h
		Thu: Rest
		Fri: C/T
		Sat: 2.5h ride
		Sun: Light w/o
21 Oct	30	Mon: Rest	105/4.25	85/4.0
		Tue: C/T
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: 0.75h
		Fri: C/T
		Sat: 1.5h
		Sun: 2.0h
28 Oct	30	Mon: Rest	105/4.25	100/4.5
		Tue: C/T
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: 0.75h
		Fri: C/T
		Sat: 1.5h
		Sun: 2.0h
04 Nov	38	Mon: Rest	145/5.75	134/5.5
		Tue: C/T
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: 0.75h
		Fri: C/T
		Sat: 2.5h
		Sun: 2.5h
11 Nov	38	Mon: Rest	145/5.75	121/4.8
		Tue: C/T
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: 0.75h
		Fri: C/T
		Sat: 2.5h
		Sun: 2.5h
18 Nov	30	Mon: Rest	105/4.25	155/6.3
		Tue: C/T
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: 0.75h
		Fri: C/T
		Sat: 1.50h
		Sun: 2.0h
25 Nov	45	Mon: Rest	150/6.75
		Tue: C/T
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: 0.75h
		Fri: C/T
		Sat: 3.0h
		Sun: 3.0h
02 Dec	50	Mon: Rest	175/7.50
		Tue: 0.75 h
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: 0.75h
		Fri: C/T
		Sat: 3.0h
		Sun: 3.0h
09 Dec	50	Mon: Rest	175/7.50
		Tue: 0.75 h
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: 0.75h
		Fri: C/T
		Sat: 3.0h
		Sun: 3.0h
16 Dec	55	Mon: Rest	200/8.00
		Tue: 1.0h
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: 1.0h
		Fri: C/T
		Sat: 2.0h
		Sun: 4.0h
23 Dec	65	Mon: Rest	250/10.0
		Tue: 1.0h
		Wed: Rest
		Thu
		Fri: C/T
		Sat: 4.0h
		Sun: 4.0h
30 Dec	75	Mon: Rest	275/11.0
		Tue: 1.0h
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: C/T
		Fri: 2.0h
		Sat: 3.0h
		Sun: 5.0h
06 Jan	85	Mon: Rest	325/13.0
		Tue: 1.0h
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: 1.0h
		Fri: 1.0h
		Sat: 5.0h
		Sun: 5.0h
13 Jan	65	Mon: Rest	250/10.0
		Tue: 1.0h
		Wed: Rest
		Thu: Rest
		Fri: 1.0h
		Sat: 3.0h
		Sun: 5.0h
Event	100	Mon: Rest	370/17.0
		Tue: 1 h
		Wed: 1 h
		Thu: Rest
		Fri: Travel to Basse
		Sat: 8 hours
		Sun: 7 hours