nesdog

Hi All,

Does anyone have a link for a training guide to prepare for a century? Having now completed the Metric, I'd like to prepare myself for the Cruising the Conejo Century. It's local to my area but fairly intense; I believe it has about 6000' of climbing. I'm definately not going to get away with just doing my regular rides to handle this one.

So, I'm looking for a structured program, something with a week-to-week guide. The Century will be held in May.

Thanks,

Sheldon
OCR2

Brett 12

Good daily mileage is the key. Work up progressively though. Use whatever sort of gearing you need to get the miles in.

pearcem

with that sort of climbing, make sure you have enough gears, and throw some substantial climbs in your longer training rides. i would make sure the climbs came towards the end of the rides, just to make sure i could handle it and everything; just an idea. good luck

late

Hi,
back when I was a hiker I had the world's simplest training program. I started early in the spring with a hill that had 400 ft of vertical gain. Every weekend I added 200 to 400 feet of gain by hiking a slightly taller hill or mountain. Start small and add difficulty regularly. Do one hard ride with the altitude gain a week, and couple rides during the week at an easy to moderate pace.
Your body can't always progress, when the going gets tough, do a week that has lots of miles but not lots of hills.

'nother

The Bay Area Velo Girls site has some info that might be of use. See "Ride your first century" (Word doc) (also this page ). I got in touch with my feminine side and checked it out

lupowolf

Try this link and scroll down to the chart. It maps out a plan based on a few months:

https://www.aidslifecycle.org/training/

Good riding!

nesdog

That's a good link, thanks.

Thanks also to Cosmo for providing some good material as well.

I got a short 13 mile ride off today during lunch. Now I'll start planning the schedule for the next few months.

Sheldon

my58vw

Yes good information I agree...