Wheee!!! Improvements!!!
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Wheee!!! Improvements!!!
O.K, so I did a 11.2 mile loop yesterday that I use to test my fitness. Now, I'm an average cyclist and this loop has some hills. When going all out last year I did it at an average speed of 16.2MPH (I'm no speed demon). This week, on a day with really nasty head winds, I did it at an average of 18.4MPH!
And after the loop I still felt so good that I threw in some other rolling hills (Strawberry Hill in Concord) and ended up with 17.6MPH for 19 Miles.
Its good to see improvement from last year
And after the loop I still felt so good that I threw in some other rolling hills (Strawberry Hill in Concord) and ended up with 17.6MPH for 19 Miles.
Its good to see improvement from last year
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Congratulations. You obviously worked hard throught the winter months. What kind of program did you follow?
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HI uga8589,
I made sure to ride indoors (trainer) for an 40min - 1 Hr) 3-4 times a week and since it was a relatively mild winter, on days that were not too bad (above 15-20F and sunny) I actually rode outside. I pretty much stayed within the 65%-73% heartrate most of the time.
I don't have a lot of time to train but I'm riding a century in about 6 weeks and have begun doing long rides (70 Miles is my longest so far). My riding program now that I'm theoretically out of building a base (I have 1000+ Miles of base riding so far.
Tuesday (2-3 Hour Ride) Medium 30-45 Miles
Thursday (1-1.5 Hour Ride) Easy 22 Miles or so
Saturday (4 Hr Group ride, meaning all over the place from easy to sprinting up hills) 60-70 Miles
I made sure to ride indoors (trainer) for an 40min - 1 Hr) 3-4 times a week and since it was a relatively mild winter, on days that were not too bad (above 15-20F and sunny) I actually rode outside. I pretty much stayed within the 65%-73% heartrate most of the time.
I don't have a lot of time to train but I'm riding a century in about 6 weeks and have begun doing long rides (70 Miles is my longest so far). My riding program now that I'm theoretically out of building a base (I have 1000+ Miles of base riding so far.
Tuesday (2-3 Hour Ride) Medium 30-45 Miles
Thursday (1-1.5 Hour Ride) Easy 22 Miles or so
Saturday (4 Hr Group ride, meaning all over the place from easy to sprinting up hills) 60-70 Miles
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I am suffering from not training over the winter..I did a nice rolling hill 17 mile with my wife Sunday. Today I struggled for an 8 miler..man what a bad winter can do
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Pretty refreshing to hear about someone's improvements that are related to training and the results of that training, rather than how "I've just shaved 10 grams off the weight of my steed with these brand new carbon aero bottle cages...."
Good for you--well done!
Good for you--well done!
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Originally Posted by Second Mouse
Pretty refreshing to hear about someone's improvements that are related to training and the results of that training, rather than how "I've just shaved 10 grams off the weight of my steed with these brand new carbon aero bottle cages...."
Good for you--well done!
Good for you--well done!
Of course I did shave .00000000001 pounds by going from a 120mm stem to a 100mm stem
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Originally Posted by baiskeli
Thanks Second Mouse
Of course I did shave .00000000001 pounds by going from a 120mm stem to a 100mm stem
Of course I did shave .00000000001 pounds by going from a 120mm stem to a 100mm stem
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