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Old 05-08-11, 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Cleave
Hi cyclinfool, welcome to the "club." I read that book cover-to-cover. It was pretty interesting but I am too undisciplined in my training to establish that kind of plan. The other thing about the approach (and I have heard of other approaches like it) is that get you to a high level of fitness quickly for a very specific short period of time and then you have to take it back down just as quickly. Chris Carmichael provides that caveat quite clearly in the book.
Cleave - Thanks for the warning. No doubt after the race I will need to take a few weeks of light riding.
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