Century Training Series: Day 2

Today would see me actually doing my first ride as part of the Century Training Series. It was nothing serious, just an hour at endurance pace. I consulted with @331miles regarding how to work in my warm up and we agreed that I ride my warm up of six miles then do an hour at my projected century pace which is 15 mph. The weather was pretty nice actually with it not being as hot or humid as it has been the last...

Century Training Series: Day 1

Well, today kicked off my Century Training Series in which I’ll be blogging daily during my 12-week training plan as I get ready to ride my first century in September. I’m following the basic plan in the June 2009 issue of Bicycling magazine for those interested in following along. Since it’s Day 1 it means it’s Monday which is sort of anti-climactic since it’s a scheduled rest day. ...