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. ...

Bike Ride 26 – New Bicycle Route & Fitness Program

Today is the day I started my new bicycling fitness plan. I haven’t posted my plan yet because I’m still writing that article. Needless to say, I took inspiration from my own goals article and developed a cycling plan that will help me accomplish 1,600 miles of bike riding before the end of 2008. But that’s another post. Today was day 1 and it started at 5:00 AM as all my weekday rides do. I...