Hi all,

I am about to ride my first century this weekend. I've worked pretty hard all summer getting ready and I think I am, despite never having quite enough time to ride quite as much as most of the training plans I found online wanted me to... (my maximum was 150 miles/week.)

Anyway, I am considering doing a second century ride in about 5 weeks, and I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on maintaining fitness, ie., do I need to keep working as hard as I have been, or can I afford to relax a little bit?

What I was thinking of doing is riding about 20-25 miles T, Th and Saturday, and then a 50-60 mile ride on Sunday, from now until the 2nd century in Mid-October. Does that sound reasonable?

Any thoughts or input would be much appreciated!

be well.../julia