Originally Posted by sswartzl
This has lots of good tips for training for a century (and more).
I'll second the recommendation for the Complete Book Long Distance Cycling. I started out with a seven week schedule that was printed in Cooking Light Magazine a few years ago - that got me to 25 miles for my long ride. Then I used the information in that book and extended their 10 week program out to the 18 weeks I have left before my first century (on August 4th), fingers crossed that it works.