| Vary Your Training Rides | | | | effort) or recovery rides (slow rides using little energy, |
| A common mistake amongst people training for | | | | doing just enough to get your legs moving again). |
| century rides is to simply go out and ride as much as | | | | Use The Right Fuel |
| they can, ignoring pace. While this can work it will not | | | | One of the keys to successfully riding a century is |
| allow you to get the most from your training. | | | | getting your nutrition right. Your body will burn a huge |
| It is best to vary your training rides as much as | | | | amount of calories during your century ride making it |
| possible. This will allow you to prevent training boredom | | | | vital you eat and drink during the ride itself. |
| while also allowing you to improve different aspects of | | | | Be sure to start eating and drinking as soon as you |
| your riding. | | | | start pedaling, not wait until you are hungry or thirsty. |
| Be sure to incorporate at least one long ride in your | | | | Once you fall into a deficit it will be impossible to get it |
| training week. To prevent exhaustion this should be | | | | back. |
| done at a slower pace to normal. This ride will help you | | | | Use your training rides to practise your nutrition and |
| build endurance. | | | | what works for your body. Some people use just |
| Other rides during the week can be tempo (sustained | | | | energy drinks, gels and bars while others prefer more |
| effort for a medium period), intervals (slow ride | | | | natural foods like sandwiches, fruit washed down with |
| interspersed with hard intense efforts and near to full | | | | water. |