I am a B+ rider pretty avid I generally clock 100-125 miles per week.
I'm doing training rides with a group for my first century (100mi) coming up Oct 25.
The longest ride we will do is 75 which is 3 weeks before the century followed by a 50 mile the week before.
I generally can only do 2 or 3 25-30 mile rides during the week and have one day available for a long ride.
My questions are:
1. Does this sound OK, I mean only getting to 75 and 3 weeks before the ride? The ride leader told me if I can do the 75 I should be able do the century. I'm confident, but so far the longest ride was 64 (yesterday) and I did it no problem. I've been thinking I need to get to 80 to have more confidence.
2. There is no training ride scheduled 2 weeks before the century because they are doing a ride I cannot attend so I'm considering doing an 84 mile route I on my own (can't find a riding partner as of yet).
I've read several training schedules and got a little confused I think maybe they are for a racer.
I have this as a personal goal I just want to finish and not worried about performance.
Any comments/ suggestions appreciated
I'm doing training rides with a group for my first century (100mi) coming up Oct 25.
The longest ride we will do is 75 which is 3 weeks before the century followed by a 50 mile the week before.
I generally can only do 2 or 3 25-30 mile rides during the week and have one day available for a long ride.
My questions are:
1. Does this sound OK, I mean only getting to 75 and 3 weeks before the ride? The ride leader told me if I can do the 75 I should be able do the century. I'm confident, but so far the longest ride was 64 (yesterday) and I did it no problem. I've been thinking I need to get to 80 to have more confidence.
2. There is no training ride scheduled 2 weeks before the century because they are doing a ride I cannot attend so I'm considering doing an 84 mile route I on my own (can't find a riding partner as of yet).
I've read several training schedules and got a little confused I think maybe they are for a racer.
I have this as a personal goal I just want to finish and not worried about performance.
Any comments/ suggestions appreciated