Training & Nutrition - Time to change things up?

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jslopez
09-10-05, 04:24 PM
So here my riding schedule for the past 6 months or so.

Monday - easy ride to work (zone 1-2)
Tuesday - easy ride to work (zone 1-2), 1 hour Spining class at night (mostly zone 3)
Wednesday - easy ride to work (zone 1-2), 1 hr. Spining class at night (mostly zone 3)
Thursday - easy ride to work (zone 1-2), 1hr. Spining class at night (mostly zone 3)
Friday - easy ride to work (zone 1-2)

Saturday - Hard 60 mile plus, ride with climbing (zone 3 and 4)
Sunday - Hard 60 mile plus, ride with climbing (zone 3 and 4)

Now the above is mainly me trying to adapt rides with my current time constraints/situation. I won't wake up earlier during the week to ride more bike miles and I spin at night so my wife has company.Obviously I feel beat for the Sunday ride but my thinking is, if it helps me in the long rung then that's ok.

A friend of mine was suggesting that I change Sunday to a long moderate pace ride and turn one of the spinning rides to a moderate and consistent zone2 ride as well.

Thoughts?

DannoXYZ
09-11-05, 04:28 AM
What is your goal? What will you measure to determine whether or not you've achieved it?

What distance is your ride to work?

Basically your training is in conflict. Shortest distance rides should be the most intense and longest rides should be at lowest intensity. You're doing too much quantity without quality.
jslopez
09-11-05, 08:51 AM
What is your goal? What will you measure to determine whether or not you've achieved it?

What distance is your ride to work?

Basically your training is in conflict. Shortest distance rides should be the most intense and longest rides should be at lowest intensity. You're doing too much quantity without quality.


To basically become a stronger rider on the flats and climbs. With the current ride schedule I think the miles have really helped but I also feel like I'm plateuing as people I ride with (who I'm marker as my current measuring stick) who are slightly faster and ride less miles seem to still be stronger and more consistent.

As far as ride schedule goes, l like I said it's really a matter of the situation versus me actually creating a ride plan. I can take out a few rides or modify my weekend rides but adding on a different ride will be tough.

The ride to work is 6 miles each way, plenty of stoplights and quite honestly I don't want to be a sweaty mess before or after work.

I do have short intense "rides" via the spinning class and long hilly ones on Saturday and sunday. Would making the Sunday ride a long low intensity one help?