Originally Posted by coachloren

I'm 66 years old and training for the 2012 racing season. At the present time I'm training 7 days a week. Mon and Friday are gym days for core work (no legs), Tue, Thurs and Sat are base building (zone 3-4) days Wed is a short easy (zone 1) day and Sun is a longer endurance (zone 2-3) day. As the season progress my workouts will change and as racing starts it will change again. As my workouts get harder I will have a hard day followed by and easy day for recovery. Every third week all days are easy days so that my body gets a nice recovery period. Remember increased performance and strength happens during the recovery period not during the hard work when your tearing the muscles down.