Fried Legs!

[Cassandra_Cain]

squeaky - lol @ dh picking up parts!

Now, now, we really don't want that to be necessary!

Ok, so me personally, and it is hardly a rule or mandate, just what I do....I will do a century provided I am doing over 100 miles over a week *and* at least one ride over 60 miles.

If I couldn't do the above, then a century would not be in my plans.

Also I have to say, whatever event I would be doing, I would train on the bike that I plan to do the ride on. So if it were an off-road event, I'd ride the MTB, and vice-versa. Your body may be a bit shocked spending 6-7 hours on a bike for the century, a bike that you ride infrequently and nowhere near as long~

I used to subscribe to the 'it has to hurt'/'no pain no gain' school of thought. No more. If I am sore, then I don't ride or if I do, I'll go at a super easy, slow pace. You can't get better if you are still recovering

[Squeaky]

Thanks for all the great advice, I'm going to need it!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Squeaky, if you are going from 30 mile rides to a 100 mile century in one week, you are REALLY gonna have "fried legs"!

[RoadRaven]

Don't "THEY" say (whoever "THEY" are) that you should only increase the distance of your rides by 10% at a time?

Personally, I think if you are going to place these demands on your body, you need to make sure you build in recovery - so days off the bike is recovery... but you can also do "active recovery" which may still be commuting to work, but at much less intensity than usual so your HR stays in "Zone 1 and 2" - that is, where you can talk or sing comfortably, so it is raised hardly any more than if you were walking.

If you are commuting you are doing two rides a day - make sure you fuel yourself well, and I don't know what your work involves but make sure you are resting during the day (eg, feet up during lunch, or even lying on the floor)