As you can see from the following schedule, TBN organizes a variety of century challenges throughout the year. For mental preparation, read Bruce McCormick's A Century Primer and for physical preparation just ride bike!
| May 2 | 100 Miles | Black Horse Century |
| Jun 5 | 100 Miles | Tottenham Trailblazer |
| Jun 13 | 100 Miles | Baldwin and Beyond |
| Jun 19-20 | 100 Miles x 2 | Toronto-Niagara-Toronto Overnight |
| Jun 20 | 206 km | Pre-Hairshirt |
| Jun 27 | 200 Miles | TNT Hairshirt Double Century |
| Jul 4 | 100 Miles | Ballinafad-Inglewood |
| Aug 15 | 100 Miles | Silver Creek Century |
| Aug 29 | 100 Miles | Simcoe Century |
| Sep 5 | 100 Miles | Eden Mills Century |
| Sep 19 | 200 km | Hockley Road Hurricane |
Black Horse Century - Sunday, May 2, 2010 8:30 a.m.
To really get the season rolling we present a moderately challenging century exploring the northernmost reaches of Caledon and New Tecumseth with lunch in Alliston. Meet for an 8:30 a.m. departure at Finch Subway Park and Ride, on the northwest corner of Yonge St and Hendon (one block north of Finch Ave).
Tottenham Trailblazer 161 km - Saturday June 5, 2010
Training for the Hairshirt, but need to do the Heart and Stroke Ride on Sunday? This a new route to Tottenham via Bradford and Beeton. We'll meet for an 8:30 a.m. SHARP departure at Finch Subway Park and Ride. We'll be joined by the regular TBN riders doing shorter versions of this route for the first few hours of the ride.
Baldwin and Beyond 180 km - Sunday June 13, 2010
Introduced in 2008, this is a different take on a route to Sutton and Lake Simcoe passing through Baldwin, Pefferlaw Udora, Uxbridge and Utica. We'll meet for an 8:30 a.m. SHARP departure at Finch Subway Park and Ride. We'll be joined by the regular TBN riders doing shorter versions of this route for the first few hours of the ride.
Toronto-Niagara-Toronto Overnight - June 19-20, 2010
Now that you've ridden a century, do you wonder what it would be like to ride 100 miles two days in a row? Find out on TBN's 17th annual TNT Overnight.
The group heads out at 8:00 a.m. from Grenadier Restaurant in High Park for a 100 mile plus ride to Niagara Falls. We'll stick to largely untrafficked roads with lunch in Stoney Creek followed by a climb up the escarpment where we'll pause to take in the breathtaking view back across Lake Ontario to Toronto. 80 km or so farther we check into our motel rooms and get ready for a night on the town! For most of us that will consist of pizza to tide us over till dinner, dinner to tide us over until the ice cream shop, and finally, ice cream to tide us over until a 7:00 a.m. breakfast at one of the local all-you-can-eat breakfast buffets. Before bed, we'll make the obligatory pilgrimmage to view the Falls at night. In the a.m. we'll pack up and ride along the scenic Niagara Parkway to Niagara-on-the-Lake before heading back to Toronto for a post-ride snack at the Grenadier Café. Also available is a longer, sportif option on day one with more hills that crosses the scenic Dundas Valley before lunch in Ancaster.
Registration details available here.
Pre-Hairshirt 206 km - Sunday, June 20, 2010
For people who can't get away for two days to do TNT-Overnight owe'll be heading out for a hilly ride for some pre-Hairshirt LSD (long steady distance). Strictly an exercise in confidence- and mileage-building, this shouldn't be a hammerfest. We'll meet for an 8:30 a.m. SHARP departure at Finch Subway Park and Ride. We'll be joined by the regular TBN riders doing the 130 km version of this route for the first few hours of the ride.
Ballinafad-Belfountain 165 km - Sunday July 11, 2010
We'll be heading out for a ride up and down the hills of Halton on the way to lunch in Inglewood. We'll meet for an 8:30 a.m. SHARP departure at Kipling Subway Park and Ride. We'll be joined by the regular TBN riders doing shorter versions of this route for the first few hours of the ride.
Silver Creek Century - Sunday, August 15, 2010
Beautiful century ride through Caledon with lunch in Inglewood. Meet at Finch Subway Park and Ride for an 8:30 a.m. SHARP departure.
Simcoe Century - Sunday, August 29, 2010
Here is an old favourite we brought back a couple of years ago. The highlight of the route is the newly repaved roads along the shore of Lake Simcoe. Lunch is in Sutton and the return takes in a series of recently paved backroads. Meet at Finch Subway Park and Ride for an 8:30 a.m. SHARP departure.
Eden Mills Century - Sunday, September 5, 2010
The Eden Mills Century features the best of the quiet, rolling roads of Halton. The group makes a quick exit from Kipling Subway Park & Ride at 8:30 a.m. and heads west. Once we're past the outskirts of Mississauga what little traffic there is melts away and the next 120 kms are spent on tree-lined country roads. We'll pass through the quaint village of Eden Mills before stopping in Rockwood for a lunch break, then head back to Toronto via Glen Williams while artfully avoiding population centres along the way.
Hockley Road Hurricane Double Metric Century - Sunday, September 19, 2010
Now in it's fourteenth year, this big looping route covers a lot familiar territory plus the most scenic part of the Hockley Road sandwiched in between. All-paved and constantly-improving route. We've even got a silver Double Metric Century Patch for all those who complete the ride. Meet at Finch Subway Park and Ride for an 8:30 a.m. SHARP departure.