Know Your Limits

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Don't plan on 600 kilometre days, if you haven't ridden in a month. On long trips, statistics show that on day seven, the typical long distance rider will cover about 65 percent of the average daily mileage on a two-day trip. This means fatigue is progressive over days throughout a multiple day trek. Plan ahead for this fact. There's nothing worse than rushing a trip and getting to see nothing but white lines flash by next to you. While the kilometres may add up, you'll having nothing but stories of fatigue to show for it.  You're out on a tour and 500 kilometres are behind you. Every hour or so you have made a pit stop for fuel and/or food. Now you're really getting tired. Time for a cup of coffee, right?

WRONG!

Coffee, Coke, No-Doze and other stimulants/drugs DO NOT WORK to keep you alert when you're tired. Better, find a place to stop and take a nap. Even half an hour is sufficient to re-charge your battery enough to let you go on, if you need to. Better still, find a place to stop for the rest of the day and get a normal night's sleep.

Have a rest, fatigue will catch up with you.