Century Training Series: Days 44, 45 and 46

Day 44 – 4×6 Intervals at RPE9 All my interval sessions up to this point had been 4×8 (four intervals at 8 minute duration) so I was looking forward to something new and to see just how hard I could push for 6 minutes. It was hot when I started the ride with a stiff wind out of the Northeast which made the second and fourth intervals particularly difficult. After my warm up I waited until I had a...

Century Training Series: Days 40, 41, 42 & 43 (Week 6 Re-Cap)

Today marks the end of six weeks of training for my first century. Last week was a somewhat lighter load as far as mileage goes but I still managed over 100 miles for the week thanks to the 63 mile ride on Saturday. Here’s the breakdown and re-cap. Day 40 – Off Day Day 41 – 4 Hour Endurance Pace Ride I was a little nervous going into this ride because I had not ridden this long at one time in a...

Century Training Series: Days 37, 38 and 39

This week in the Century Training Plan is basically a recovery week so in addition to having Monday as a normal rest day I also had Tuesday off with Wednesday as an easy spin day. I believe this week was positioned this way to give riders a chance to recover some after having put in three hard weeks prior to this week. I can tell you that I needed it. Here’s the daily breakdown: Day 37 – Rest Day...

Century Training Series: Days 33, 34, 35 & 36 (Week 5 Re-Cap)

Day 33 – Rest Day Not much to be said about that. I considered riding anyway because I had missed a day earlier in the week due to rain but decided against it so I didn’t compromise my Saturday morning ride. Day 34 – 3 Hour Endurance Pace Ride I woke up a little before 7 AM and headed on down to White Rock Lake to get this ride in. The morning was just beautiful and the temp was still in the...

Century Training Series: Days 30, 31 and 32

Day 30 – 1.5 Hour Endurance with 4×8 Intervals This was my infamous ride that left me miserable, doubting my abilities, and lead me to write 3 minutes to a better bike ride. By now you’ve all probably read that my problem was a rubbing brake pad on my rear wheel that was basically giving me tons of resistance for the 45 minutes I rode. Not a good day. I’m better now though. Day 31 –...