Century Advice please....

[Flybye]

I'd like some advice please.

I have been training for a century ride on 6/7.

Heres what I have left and how I have it scheduled:

5-16 (Friday) I plan to ride 70 solo.
5-23 (Friday) I plan to ride 50 with a group. Do another 20 solo??
5-30 (Friday) ????
6-7 (Satruday) Century ride.

On the 23rd, should I ride 50 with the group and throw in another 20 solo? How many miles should I ride on 5-30 if I ride 50 the week before? How many if I ride 70?

I am putting in a run or two between bike rides and sometimes a short ride here and there.

Thanks for your advice.

[Geonz]

What are the rides in between the long ones?

In my experience if you can do 35-40 any given day, without it being something you have to recover from, then a century is something you can approach with vigor and enthusiasm. (The more you'd have to recover from the 40, the more you have to plan for breaks in the century ;)

When you're at the point where you can knock off 70 on the weekend before, you're ready.

Much depends on *how* you want to do the century, of course. Five hours or 10? :D

And don't forget to taper.

[indysteel]

I, personally, think you'll be be fine riding 50 to 70 miles on 5/30 regardless of what you do on 5/23. You've got a whole week to rest your legs, which is more than adequate. If it were me, I would cut out the runs the week before the century, however, and just do a couple of short and easy spins.