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UMCA Mileage Challenge
Preparing for and Riding a Century

Larry Schwartz Year-Rounder Century Challenge
Can you complete a century every month?

Whether you are a new bicycle century rider or a veteran century cyclist, these articles on training, equipment and nutrition will help you enjoy century rides!

Year-Rounder Century Challenge  | Training  | Equipment  | Nutrition  | Calendar  | Stories  ]




We did it!
Aidan Washatka, age 10,
and her father, Francis
finish the Great Alaska Century
Peter Lekisch photo
Year-Rounder Challenge
  Ride a century every month
   
Training for a Century
  Endurance: training basics for century riders
  Part 1: Choosing which century to ride
  Part 2: Riding a fast century
  Part 3: Strength training for a century
  Part 4: Planning workouts for a century
  Part 5: Power on the bike for a century
  Part 6: Moving to double centuries
  Speed: Training for a faster century
   
Bicycle Equipment
  Choosing a bicycle for a century or double
  Points of contact: hands, seat and feet
  Bicycle fit for endurance riders
   
Nutrition for Centuries and Longer Rides
  Prinicples of nutrition for a century
  Eating for a century, brevet and double century
  Daily nutrition for century, brevet and double riders
  Recovery after a long-distance ride
   
Calendar
  Directory UMCA century HUB rides
  Calendar of double century, brevet and selected century rides
   
Rider stories
  An Alaskan century; Tons of birds and snow-capped peaks.
  New Year's century; A Colorado rider starts a tradition.
  Winter Cycling: a Washington DC rider shares her tips.
  Year-Rounder: Alaska Style: an Alaskan couple on tandem complete the century Year-Rounder 2005
  Bragging Rights: an Oregon wife and mother rides a century a month.
  Ohio Flèchetones: a Florida Easter ride
  Storybook: a cold Christmas ride in New York.
  Nature Channel: wildlife in western Mass.
  Big Dogs: a chilly century in Iowa
  Crabcakes: a rainy day with friends
  Sandgates: 12°
  Platinum: only 100 counts!
 

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