Bicycle Training
Whether you are training to bike a century or race your bicycle across the country, effective training is essential. The Ultra Marathon Cycling Association provides expertise on training for long distance bike riders to help you build endurance and speed to reach your goals.

Training for Success — Hughes The success factors: mental, training, nutrition, equipment, technique. Cold Weather Training — Burke Fluid and nutritional requirements in the winter. Season Planning — Hughes Selecting your century and cycling events. Cycling Economy — Hughes Going farther with less effort. Indoor Training — Simonds Why, how and suggested workouts. Resistance Training — Hughes & Kehlenbach Five part program for endurance rides. Older Riders — Hughes Training for master cyclists. Limited Time Training — Hughes Three articles on fitting it all in. Off-Season — Hughes Recovery and transition to 2010. Distance Training — Tower Training for a double century. The Century Pages — Dougherty Training for a century, a faster century and a double century. Eliminating the Show-stoppers — Hughes Solving common problems in endurance cycling. Road Bike Training — Matheny Reviewed by Hughes. Other Bicycle Training Articles Handbook Training, equipment & nutrition for long rides Centuries Preparing for & riding a century Double Centuries Training for & completing a double century 12- & 24-Hour Preparing for 12 and 24 Hour races Team Events Preparing for and racing team ultra events

For century and double century riders