AIDS century -- Ithaca NY

[Trek420]

Yz,

you can do this! You say you ride a "reasonable ammount". Everything's relative so how far do you ride now?

There are links here to training guides for a century on this thread

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...hlight=century

check those out and tell the nice ladies on TE where you fit into that, we'll help 8-)

If you can ride a metric century or training ride before this ride you will be fine.

I don't advise people to do this, it's do as I say not as I do. For ALC3 and ALC4 my longest training rides were 30 miles. I did the Cinderellla beforehand both years (easy metric) just 50 miles of the Primavera this year (kick your b*** century, forgot my helmet, DOH, started late and did only the first but hardest part). Yet this year I did all but 10 miles of the 7 day ride 585 mile which includes two centuries. Wasn't the fastest thing on 2 wheels but I felt good.

What was different this year is I increased the intensity. Once a week I did hill repeats, or a hard spin class or what Spazzdog describes here, jumps:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ighlight=jumps

The increased power got me in each day, gave me the recovery I needed to go again each of the 7 days and got me up most hills (ok I walked a little). But again, do as I say not as I do, if you have not done a metric before you need loooooooong rides, lots of 'em. I feel first-time century riders need to know how to manage the logistics: getting going early enough, getting in and out of rest stops in a timely manner, and most important how to stay hydrated and fed on the bike.