One hundred miles through New York City
The NYC Century threads its full 100-mile route through Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx on roads that remain open to city traffic. The profile is modest at roughly 3,000 feet of climbing, but the day still demands durable pacing, repeated bridge efforts, alert group riding, and enough composure to navigate four boroughs without wasting energy.
For the rider with only six weeks left and five to nine hours a week, this rescue plan keeps the work most likely to matter across a long urban century: sustainable endurance, controlled bridge efforts, recovery, and steady handling under fatigue. It makes purposeful use of current fitness without pretending six weeks replaces a full build.
INSIDE THE SAVE MY RACE PLAN — 5–9 HR/WK
Includes zone-tailored structured rides for your devices, built-in strength with video walkthroughs, heat-training protocols for racing in the hot stuff, peloton skills workouts, and nutrition and hydration guidance.
The Complete NYC Century Bike Tour Guide — the training, the tactics, the gear and race day, explained simply and clearly: what to do, when to do it, and why it works.
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Hey, I'm Matti. I spent 11 years at TrainingPeaks, where they trusted me to teach coaches how to coach at TrainingPeaks University. I raced Amateur Elite with Rio Grande Cycling Team and podiumed my age group at Unbound 200 in 2026. I have a degree in biology and exercise physiology from St. Olaf. I'm also a middle-aged dad of three, so I know training doesn't happen in a vacuum. I help gravel riders get stupidly fast without becoming the person who brings a food scale to a party