8 Week Training Plan for a Century
Are any of you preparing for your first century this year? Maybe you're looking for a plan to help you begin building up your miles this spring. We found this 8-week plan on Garmin's website to be pretty helpful.
Here's a summary of the plan. The days can be moved around during the week to meet your weekly schedule:
Week 1: 61 total miles
- Day 1: 12 miles
- Day 2: rest
- Day 3: 12 miles
- Day 4: rest
- Day 5: 12 miles
- Day 6 rest
- Day 7: 25 miles
Week 2: 75 total miles
- Day 1: 10 miles
- Day 2: rest
- Day 3: 20 miles
- Day 4: rest
- Day 5: 35 miles
- Day 6: rest
- Day 7: 10 miles
Week 3: 95 total miles
- Day 1: 20 miles
- Day 2: rest
- Day 3: 25 miles
- Day 4: rest
- Day 5: 40 miles
- Day 6: rest
- Day 7: 10 miles
Week 4: 105 total miles
- Day 1: 15 miles
- Day 2: rest
- Day 3: 20 miles
- Day 4: rest
- Day 5: 50 miles
- Day 6: rest
- Day 7: 20 miles
Week 5: 125 total miles
- Day 1: 20 miles
- Day 2: rest
- Day 3: 30 miles
- Day 4: rest
- Day 5: 60 miles
- Day 6: rest
- Day 7: 15 miles
Week 6: 135 total miles
- Day 1: 20 miles
- Day 2: rest
- Day 3: 30 miles
- Day 4: rest
- Day 5: 70 miles
- Day 6: rest
- Day 7: 15 miles
Week 7: 55 total miles
- Day 1: 25 miles
- Day 2: rest
- Day 3: 20 miles
- Day 4: rest
- Day 5: 10 miles
- Day 6: rest
- Day 7: rest
Week 8: Century!
What training plans do you use to get in cycling shape?