Bicycling ~~ 10 weeks to a century ride.

tdecel

Signed up to do a century bike ride in 10 weeks. I was doing 120 to 140 miles most weeks February to June. The heat and humidity just beat me up every summer. Add lots of travel in July and August (30 out of 60 days), I was off the bike for 2 months. Lower temps (mid 80's) last week. Im back on the bike.

Sunday and Monday: Easy peasey 16 miles... Weights on Tuesday... Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday stepped it up to 21 milers... Just trying to get my legs back last week... Gym Friday and Sunday. This morning started the real training: 22 miles but really cranked up the intensity.

Planning on 2 or 3 more 22 milers this week and 40 either Saturday or Sunday.

My goal is 4 or 5 days on the bike and at the gym fighting gravity on the off bike days. Going to stay with 40 miles for my long ride on weekends for the next 3 or 4 weeks, but will start doing 50 and 60 milers hopefully at the end of this month.

Anyone here doing similar? Want to join in? Start a group? I don't spend much time here so I have no clue how to do that.

sijomial

You might like the monthly cycling challenge thread?
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10692337/september-2018-biking-cycling-bicycling-bike-bicycle-unicycle-tricycle-challenge#latest

There's a couple of existing cycling groups but they are very quiet.

I'm under 3 weeks to go to a closed roads and hilly century so well into my training.
(My weekly training pattern is normally 4 rides: two moderate intensity and distance, one long, one very hilly.)

Four years ago ! was quite detrained and entered a 114 mile event with only 8 weeks notice and although it was hard it went really well.

Machka9

I've got a Century-A-Month Facebook group, but I don't know if I'm allowed to post the link here even though it is completely casual, social, and non-profit.