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! 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/cen..._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...!

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