Originally Posted by
Lycosa
That's good advice. I pretty much figured I'd be told what you've written, but I also hoped someone would say...sure, 20 miles to 100 miles is a pretty logical step. Do you think 1 month is enough to train from 20 miles to 100?
First, you might want to have a look at the Long Distance forum, and especially the Century Tips sticky thread.
http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdispl...urance-Cycling
Second, 20 miles to 100 miles is NOT a logical step.
The general recommendation is 10% per week. So you're doing 20 miles this week ... next week, do 22 ... the following week, do 25 ... the following week, do 27.5 ... etc.
However, you could try a slight faster pace than that ... this coming weekend, try a 25 mile ride ... the following weekend, go for 35 miles and see how that goes ... the next weekend, make an attempt on 50 miles ... then you might try 60 or 65 ... next try 80.
If you struggle with any of those distances, do it again the next week.
1 month is quite a short time period to accomplish all that.