Originally Posted by Prioria
All is about a balance, same as in running. I do not deny that training fast will make you faster, but you also need endurance workouts!! So it aounds, as jnbacon mention it, you need to double check your max HR!
Candidly, I wish I could get more balance. I think I do too many club rides, and our rides tend to be quite competitive. The road race that I participated in last weekend did not have anywhere near the intensity of our standard rides. I often plan to just spin, but I get caught up in the excitement and wind up doing long, fast pulls, and then contest all of the sprints. The good news is that whatever I have been doing seems to work quite well to make one competitively proficient.