Help? Link to century training schedule

[KathiCville]

A couple of months ago I read a TE thread about training for a century in which someone posted a link to a very straightforward training schedule. I think it was one page printed out and ran 12 weeks, maybe 16 weeks? It laid out a sequence of rides, day-by-day---some short, some long, some easy, some hard, with days off, too.

Naturally, now I can't find the thread/link again to print out the schedule! :confused: Not sure how recent the discussion was, could be a couple of years old, but probably no more recent than last November......Can anyone point me to the right thread? Or to the link itself? Thanks!

[Blueberry]

Not sure this one is the link you're thinking of, but it's pretty straightforward:

http://www.planetpedal.com/goals/century/century_schedule.html

[KathiCville]

Thanks! I'm not sure if this is *the* same schedule I saw months ago, but it's probably close enough to get me rolling along in the right direction.......:)

[Starfish]

For another one, try Googling Cascade Bicycle Club in Seattle, and check out their ride link for the STP (Seattle To Portland) ride. They usually have a century training plan somewhere there.

[elk]

can you guys explain that schedule to me?
I get that the numbers are miles? And brisk is about pace..but what is "pace"?

someday I'd like to do a century too....:)

[SouthernBelle]

pace is normally expressed as how long it would take you to do a mile at your current speed. So a 5:00 pace is 5 minutes to do one mile. Addressing pace should relate to your current ability. That 5 minute pace is great for some, bad for others.

So a brisk pace would just be where you are exerting yourself, a little out of your comfort level.

[tulip]

There's a good, straightforward guide right here, on the TE website (thanks, TE!).

http://www.teamestrogen.com/articles/asa_century.asp

[makbike]

I used the following schedule as a guide for preparing for my first century. I did not follow it to the letter but had a great ride on my first century so I do believe it works.

Hope this helps and have fun!

http://www.diablocyclists.com/RiderT...anHertlein.htm

should have tried the link before i posted it - no longer works. Rats for it was a great training plan. Sorry!

[KathiCville]

Hi Marcie....Too bad about the link, but thanks for trying! I googled the Diablo Cyclists just in case the training schedule was hiding somewhere new, but no luck. The little article about how to get faster was interesting, however!.....By the way, I don't know if you noticed, but the old link you posted now apparently takes visitors to an odd little two-entry "diary" that doesn't seem to have much to do with, rrr, cycling...! :eek:

P.S. Glad to hear your dad got through his surgery successfully today. ....Like many others, I'm sending healing thoughts in his direction tonight!

[Starfish]

You might try this link. This is for the STP ride, which is a Sat/Sun ride of 100 pretty flat miles each. Maybe your training would vary a little if your ride is a one-day event, but this should have some good info for you, including a mileage build up.

http://cascade.org/EandR/stp/stp_mileage.cfm

[indigoiis]

Last year I used the diablo schedule to train for my century, and the century ran very well. I'm disappointed it is no longer there, because i have another century coming up in June!

Here is what I am using this time - it is similar to the Diablo one:

http://www.maccfund.org/trek100/riders/train.pdf

Easy means, don't overdo it.
Pace means, at the pace you expect to do the century (so, if you want to do the century in 6 hours, for example, your pace would be +/- 16 mph... if you have a speedometer you can try to keep yourself in pace.
Brisk means above pace, heart is a-thumpin.

You can also change your rest days, move the schedule around a bit. I also cross-trained in there - did a day of running instead of cycling on an "easy" day, for example.

Best wishes,
Indi