Originally Posted by
Machka
6) Get fit and ride lots. If you're only doing one century a year, it is going to hurt. Do many of them. Do a century a month. And if you want a century to feel good ... do a double century. Then do a century a few weeks later. All of a sudden that century is just another training ride.
On Saturday, Rowan and I rode a century. It had been 7 weeks since our last century, and in those 7 weeks we hadn't done much in the way of long distance cycling. I also haven't been doing much in the way of core and upper body work.
So ... Saturday's century was a little bit more painful than our centuries usually are.
Being in shape does indeed make a difference.
