How long between longer rides???

[SadieKate]

I'm reading the responses from everyone who rides centuries seemingly every weekend, did you do this when you first started riding these distances?

TrekHawk just rode her first century. She's been building up to the distance. What did you do at the same point in your cycling career?

Or did you start riding centuries every weekend after building up a consistent base over a period of time? Personally? I would have risked an overuse injury if I ramped up the work load that fast.

It takes one level of conditioning to ride one century. It takes another to ride back to back centuries.