Road Cycling - aahh

I've been riding everyday for the last 4 days doing intervals..My legs hurt, I think I need a rest day.

Intervals! :D You're turning into a real roadie now, fubar! Keep it up.

Should I ride easy tomorrow? I haven't decided yet. I'm probably going to ride hard anyway. Easy spin is not as easy as it sounds:D

Ride easy! Intervals break your muscles down. It's during recovery that you get stronger.

I think I'll do one more day of hard riding, and then Wednesday I'll take it easy.

Just don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy!


Oh, that was bad...

I love the sound of my wheels..But they are so quiet I can't hear them.. Road cycling is coolio.
I think I need a HRM though, so I can TT.

Recover/rest at least one day in seven. Exercise doesn't make you stronger; rest after exercise makes you stronger.

I tried to TT about 10 miles the other day...I didn't have a HRM, so I was going by how much pain I was in..ouch. I feel like a pansy if I'm not in total pain.

A HRM will help you find the point just below your anaerobic threshold where you can put out the greatest amount of energy for the longest time... But it's not essential for TTs. For now, find a long, unobstructed place to ride, chose a speed and gear ratio that you can push with some effort consistently for one hour, and then keep increasing that every day until you reach a point where you can't push it for more than about five minutes at a time. That'll probably be your anaerobic threshold. What you do then is do intense intervals [long intervals once a week, short intervals once a week] pushing beyond that. That will help raise your AT, and allow you to go faster longer.

That's how they trained for TTs before they invented HRMs.

BTW, always follow a hard workout with an easy workout... and it's usually a good idea to put you hardest workout at the begiining of your microcycle... So your microcycle might look like:

Sunday: Intense threshold training/climbing
Monday: Long distance endurance training
Tuesday: Short Intervals/Sprints
Wednesday: Long distance endurance
Thursday: Long, steady, fast, hilly
Friday: Long slow distance
Saturday: Recovery day [VERY easy ride or none]

Pain is good... but you have to vary your routine. :)

Our little fubar is growing up sooo fast.

Remember when he used to mountain bike?

;)

Originally posted by Greg
Our little fubar is growing up sooo fast.

Remember when he used to mountain bike?

;)

ha ha..My MTB is lonely..He's sitting in the back with no shifters. It doesn't even get to hang on the bike stand...

Fubar, are you stretching well after your workouts?
A weekly long stretch session is good, as well as post ride stretches.
A little pre-ride stretching is also good, but only after your warm-up.
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If you do that from a young age, you will stay flexible and injury-free for much longer. Cyclists are notorious for not stretching properly. Dont make them up, some stretches can damage you; get some lessons from a good instructor. Martial arts are good for stretch techniques.

Originally posted by fubar5


ha ha..My MTB is lonely..He's sitting in the back with no shifters. It doesn't even get to hang on the bike stand...


Fubar fubar fubar what are we going to do with you. Hey good luck with all of your training. Do you have a goal in mind??? Crit's, road race humm??? I'm starting to put a lot of miles in and doing some intense trainer (spinning) classes and am about ready to race. It will all be MTBing though. There are some really neat races coming up that have MTB TT's, crit's and races that's fun stuff man.
T

Ps take the old mtb out for a stole every now and then she lonely.