Originally Posted by vkalia

I am taking Jan easy - doing a bit of running, 1-2 rides a week, some weights and stretching. The rides are nothing particularly long so far, although I will start longer rides next month.

I just got the Kindle e-book by Hunter Allen on training for TTs - interestingly, he advises against doing LSRs during base. His argument is that for most amateur races/TTs, the loss of FTP due to LSRs takes too much time to recover and isnt worth the gains in aerobic improvement given the typical duration of the races.

I'm still in my early days of cycling, so I figure the more improvement I can make in my aerobic efficiency, the more the gains will be a year or two down the road. Am sticking with a steady mix of spinning, Z2 rides, running and weights.