Bicycling Magazine's Century Training Program

Bicycling Magazine's Century Training Program presents a complete training program for riding—and enjoying—cycling's fastest growing challenge.

To ride a century means to cover 100 miles in a day—no small feat for riders at any level. But the century is becoming cycling's equivalent of the marathon, with more and more century events scheduled for thousands of riders across the country. Now, champion pro cyclist Marla Streb provides a thorough manual for anyone who wants to train for this distance. She offers guidelines for: