Strategy for a Century, Part 2

Second strategy point for riding a century: Ride as close to a one-day, 100-mile ride as I can before the event itself.

A big part of a century is in your mind -- thinking you can do it.  I want to go one step farther and actually know I can do it (or at least get close) before the event.  So I've taken off two days (today and next Friday) and will be riding somewhere in the 75 to 100-mile range each day.  If nothing else, I'll learn a lot -- what I feel like at certain points in the ride, what I do need and don't need to bring, etc.  I'll let you know how it went on Monday's post.