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Preparation for a Century
Whether you are a new bicycle century rider or a veteran century cyclist, these articles will help you with training, equipment and nutrition for century rides!
and her father, Francis finish the Great Alaska Century Peter Lekisch photo |
| Training for a Century | |
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| 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 training for a century | |
| Part 5: Power on the bike for a century | |
| Part 6: Moving to double centuries and longer rides | |
| Speed: Train spontaneously for a faster century | |
| Bicycle Equipment | |
| Choosing a bicycle for a century or double century | |
| 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 and double century | |
| Recovery after a long-distance ride | |
| Century rides | |
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| Calendar of double century, brevet and selected century rides | |
| Century Mileage Challenge of the Ultra Marathon Cycling Association | |