re: Running Mileage per Week

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CAD, what's your method for training for a long ride? Like a century?

I have a few months, and am trying to figure it out.

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just get on the bike.

hit group rides on the weekends (if you can)

try to do some efforts (any climbs in your areas?) during the long rides and recover/keep going.

by efforts = riding as hard as you can comfortably for 3 of so minutes, then back off. try to do 3 or 4 of those during a 40-50 mile group ride.


centuries are usually pretty easy with all the rest stops along the way assuming you're not doing Cherohala or 6 Gap.

where is the century?

honestly, you could get in shape for a century in as little as 3-4 weeks of riding 15-20 miles a day and 50+ on the weekends.