Eldron can i suggest to you a bigger base period...I would recommend at least 5/6 weeks. Base work is probably the most important part of your training and i dont think you body has enough time to adapt in just three weeks. All dont neccessarily have to be big miles though....but most of the 5/6 weeks must be purely endurance ( HR below threshold). I know its hard out here because of the really early races in Jan. It all depends where your goals lie though. I know we do 2 base phases, the first one purely endurance and a very little bit of training just over threshold in the 2nd phase. Each phase for us lasts 5/6weeks then we have a recovery week after every phase throughout the year. On our recovery week we ride 1 hr - 1hr 30 EVERY day with HR less than 75% !<br /><br />A big mistake i find one tends to make out here is that because of having to ride in big bunches, there are often times during your 'base' training where you are going way over threshold. Base just becomes a time to get in big miles. But it is more important during the base phase to have then sightly lower miles and remain purely endurance.<br /><br />Does this make sense??<br /><br />If you guys do organise your ride, you can count me in!