# Is the Tour of Suff. A good prep for Knighthood **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632 "2022-02-07T00:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joey\_Roa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/joey_roa/32/6768_2.png) [@Joey\_Roa](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Joey_Roa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632/1 "2022-02-07T00:54:03Z")
Hi all I’m aspiring to go for my knighthood in late March / early April. Would the Tour be a good prep for the knighthood challenge (following 7-10 days rest)? Thanks Joey ---
**Author:** ![Glen.Coutts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/glen.coutts/32/25318_2.png) [@Glen.Coutts](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Glen.Coutts)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632/2 "2022-02-07T02:51:32Z")
Absolutely! That was me in 2018 along with 2 other local Knights. It’s a pretty popular time to quest in fact a couple years back there was a global quest post ToS. ---
**Author:** ![DameCristy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/damecristy/32/3519_2.png) [@DameCristy](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/DameCristy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632/3 "2022-02-07T02:56:43Z")
Yes! You will still need to practice doing multiple workouts in a row, both to practice your pacing and endurance and to get your setup, nutrition, and transitions perfected. But the energy of the ToS is an excellent push into a knighthood attempt. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Roa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/joey_roa/32/6768_2.png) [@Joey\_Roa](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Joey_Roa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632/4 "2022-02-07T03:15:10Z")
Thanks folks. I was hoping so. Looking forward to both challenges. Both will make racing seem easy! ---
**Author:** ![way9e0](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/way9e0/32/1121_2.png) [@way9e0](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/way9e0)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632/5 "2022-02-07T03:30:04Z")
Good luck with both the ToS and KoS preparation! Agreed with @DameCristy on doing some practice of multiple workouts in a row, especially testing out that 10 minute gap between workouts for the KoS. Also, be ready for the KoS to be a **lot** of pedalling - it’s harder in some ways than the equivalent time outside as you basically never get to stop turning the pedals while on the trainer. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Roa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/joey_roa/32/6768_2.png) [@Joey\_Roa](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Joey_Roa)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632/6 "2022-02-07T03:53:17Z")
Smart advice. The volume and 10 minutes between vids (reminds me of triathlon transitions). Loving the experience so far! ---
**Author:** ![Jacob\_Cochenour](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/jacob_cochenour/32/9663_2.png) [@Jacob\_Cochenour](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Jacob_Cochenour)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 11:41pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632/7 "2022-02-07T23:41:02Z")
I did it it backwards. I did knighthood prep and did my knighthood this past weekend. I am now doing the new week with. Then FF/HM training. Hope it gets me ready for the tour. I think it will tho. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Roa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/joey_roa/32/6768_2.png) [@Joey\_Roa](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Joey_Roa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632/8 "2022-02-08T00:56:53Z")
Nice. Congrats Joey Director, Digital Services Centre of Excellence ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/jon/32/1298_2.png) [@Jon](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632/9 "2022-02-08T09:29:15Z")
Knighthood is mostly a combination of mental preparation and understanding your fuelling needs. It’s better done when rested, but it’s best done just **when you feel ready**. If there is something that is going to give you more motivation, then I would argue that is better than being more rested. I did my Knighthood last year _in conjunction with_ the tour. I rode the Tour from Sunday through Friday and then Saturday’s final stage of the Tour was Attacker and Defender back to back. I just made those the first two rides of my Knighthood. Knighthood is never going to be easy and I tried to maintain a good percentage of total effort throughout, but I chose the final ride poorly and was shattered anyway and the last half of that ride was 100% in my head. My legs were gone, my stomach was gone (hadn’t really done a good job planning for food either) and it was just a case of constantly reminding myself it was just _x_ more minutes and if I gave up everything was for nothing. Would I recommend doing that? Absolutely not. But then, if I can do Tour + Knighthood combined, then putting a break between the two is eminently possible. Follow your body and, even more, follow your heart and mind. If you feel it’s the right time, do it. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_Roa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/joey_roa/32/6768_2.png) [@Joey\_Roa](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/Joey_Roa)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632/10 "2022-02-09T03:43:04Z")
Thanks Jon ---
**Author:** ![averydarkplace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@averydarkplace](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/averydarkplace)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/is-the-tour-of-suff-a-good-prep-for-knighthood/16632/11 "2022-02-10T05:21:06Z")
> [@Jon](#): > > give you more motivation, then I would argue that is better than being more rested. > > I did my Knighthood last year _in conjunction with_ the tour. I rode the Tour from Sunday through Friday and then Saturday’s final stage of the Tour was Attacker and Defender back to back. > I just made those the first two rides of my Knighthood. > > Knighthood is never going to be easy and I tried to maintain a good percentage of total effort throughout, but I chose the final ride poorly and was shattered anyway and the last half of that ride was 100% 🤯 just wow! that’s inspirational