Tour de Tucson: Have I trained enough?

Less than a week until the Tour de Tucson and I have not ridden more than 50 miles since the MS150! Despite my visions of doing 60 and 70 mile training rides, I just didn’t get it done. I have been doing some indoor spinning and did get in a couple good long rides in the past few months, but nothing resembling long rides to prepare for a 109 mile ride! My visions and desires this year have tended to surpass my abilities causing me to have to step back and do a reality check on what my body is telling me it can handle. And I really don’t like it when I have to admit I have limitations. The most challenging self analysis that I’m doing is learning the difference between self imposed limitations and external imposed limitations. I am a proponent and firm believer of dreaming big, setting stretch goals, and no excuses philosophy and I haven’t been able to tell if what my body is going through this year is self imposed mental limitations that I can work through or real physical limitations calling for a change in what I’m doing.