Keep your family involved in your training and event planning. Look at family friendly events where there are activities for children (the Cycletta series offer a Scootathon for the kids).

Make a weekend out of your planned sportive by camping or once your finished cycling visit a nearby place of interest. Planning with your family can go a long way towards keeping them involved and supportive of your cycling.

Training for your First 100: Route Planning for Cycling

Also, think ahead and look at your long-term schedule for the entire year with your family and discuss your cycling plans and goals. If you have a good idea of the dates of your planned event and rest times, often these could coincide with family holidays.

Lastly, don’t use all your ‘favours or passes’ up at once, try and ration yourself across the whole of the season to avoid early season friction and if your partner is really supportive with your training show how much you appreciate it.