I am still very new to this and need some advice. I started riding my road bike about a month ago. Prior to that I rode my hybrid at most once a week, usually a little over 20 miles. Now that I have my new bike, I love to ride and have been riding about 4 times a week. My goals are to to build up my endurance and speed, hopefully eventually building up to riding a century.

I am not sure what type of training program I should follow, so I have just been kind of randomly riding (I am very goal oriented and like programs ) What I have been is this - one ride a week is a hilly (for Texas) ride that is ~22 miles. The next ride is usually a little easier (I ride with someone slower on this ride) but the same distance. The third ride is with a cycling club and is ~ 30 miles (pace is not that challenging) and the fourth ride is with a friend's husband (who has ridden forever) and we go a little farther each week (54 miles this Sunday!! !)

Any suggestions on books/websites with good training programs? I am having fun with what I am doing, but I want to make sure that I am heading in the right direction and will make progress.

Thanks.