Seattle to Portland (STP) ride is 16 weeks away. Cascade Bicycle Club has a series of organized rides that provide a great foundation for anyone planning on completing the STP event - either in the typical 2 days ride, or the more strenuous 1 day format.
My cycling training this year will consist of the following rides:
- Weekend Cascade Training Series rides - typically on a Sunday, with distances increasing each week until a century mark. The training series is a great way to get comfortable riding in a large group and meeting other STP participants looking to form your own "pace line" team for the event itself. The first ride was 30 miles in distance and it increased by about ~5 miles each week.
- Weekly Eastside Tours - Tuesday edition. 20 to 30 miles around the eastside in king-county, WA. The rides starts and ends at Marymoor Park parking lot K and mostly goes through different hills around Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, and Woodinville.
- Week Eastside Tours - Thursday Edition. The same format as the Tuesday series.
- One weekly ride of my own. My chance to practice my pace, work on my form, and ride w/ friends who might make up my pace line team for the STP.
I will mix these training rides with some official events, such as the Tour de Cure century in May, Seven Hills of Kirkland, and the Flying Wheels century in June.
The Tuesday and Thursday training rides are great early in the season, later on, as the STP approaches, the pace is too slow for any serious training and your time might be better spent on more strenuous rides of your own.
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