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Old 01-08-08, 10:13 PM
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What do you want to get out of riding? Do you enjoy riding? Its nice your co-worker is asking you to do this, but it really has to come from you. A century ride is a long ride divided up into intervals of maybe 20 miles with rest stops inbetween. Century rides are classified into the level of difficulty of the route. Some have hilly and challenging courses. Some century rides are very accomodating to the beginner.

If you enjoy riding, then its just a matter of riding more and riding distances gradually longer and longer. This doesn't mean you cannot stop and rest. How I train for a century may be different than the next person. But generally its getting your body conditioned to long distance riding. Along with conditionning its hydration and nutrition. If the century ride is well organized, at each stop you will get plenty of nutrition and hydration along the way.

The most important thing is that you enjoy riding. Try not to let goal setting become the all important thing here.
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