Beyond the Century

How to Train for and Ride 200 km to 1,200 km Brevets

By Coach John Hughes

Beyond the Century: How to Train for and Ride 200 km to 1,200 km Brevets, by Coach John Hughes, is a perfect piece for those of you looking for a longer -- or longer term -- road riding goal.

Coach Hughes provides a detailed primer on randonneuring and briefly touches on the performance requirements for brevets, including: endurance, cruising speed, power, capacity to stay on the bike, on-the-bike nutrition, and night riding. He covers the 8 basic training principles, levels of training intensity, and the various phases of a successful brevet training program. He caps it off with a detailed training program designed to take you as far as you want to go: from your first 200 km brevet, all the way to a 1,000 km event and beyond.