Regular training

A mate of mine has recently moved up here from sydney, and is a pretty fit bloke and rather keen on cycling. his old mountain bike is pretty well clapped out, and he is looking to upgrade to a nice new roadie in the next couple of weeks. he has been riding to work each day this week and today i joined him, which meant a nice 35ish k ride bright and early this morning. i think that in order to ensure he doesnt leave me for dead on his new roadie (he is doing an excellent job on his old mtb) i am going to ride down and meet him for his commute each day (work permitting). I should be able to turn this into a nice daily 40-50 k ride, plus some long rides on the weekend. Things are looking up for the 8 hour in october...