Depends on your level of fitness. If you find 10 miles difficult then you don't want to be doing it five days on the bounce. Leave at least one rest day between rides.
Other thing is don't try to go up, and up, and up. Do a harder week, say, 50 miles in a week, then 20-30 the following week, then 60 miles the week after.
" did a five mile route, then 10, doubled it to 20 for a while, then 26 (marathon distance), 32, then 40 (which ended up being 44)." Okay, I'll do it in steps as well then. Cheers
And it's true what you said about bikes - I bought a mountain bike last year when I was over 300lbs. So I'm still using that but I really need to switch to a road bike. Can't get them anywhere now!
Built up to it. When I first got my bike it was killing me just riding laps around the village green. Ventured out onto the roads, did a five mile route, then 10, doubled it to 20 for a while, then 26 (marathon distance), 32, then 40 (which ended up being 44). Aim is to get to 50 miles by the end of this year, and 100 miles in a day next year.
PS: everyone shat on Peloton for their infamous ad ([youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijof8uw4OHs[/youtube]) but now I'm sure plenty of people would love to be gifted a bike like that this year.
