Originally Posted by
Knarsbrocycling
Hey guys, thanks for the replies, much appreciated. Effectively, I've been doing 25 or 40 mile time trials five times per week and have plateaued out - I can see what I'm doing wrong now.
I think I'll do intervals for say the first 30 mins three times per week, with perhaps a 45 min ride home at 85%, plus a couple of longer rides on other days at more casual speed. I'll just see how it goes. Think I'll invest in a turbo trainer as well, so I can do short burst of 10 mins in the garage, then recover etc without having to go out for a ride, or for bad weather when I can't get out.
That's a major problem. If you only have 100% you can give all week, why divide it up into 5? Why not focus on 1 to 3 days of hard, with a rest in between.
When I get caught up in training, I get caught up in the fast days, but it's the slow days that matter more (to an extent). Without the slow days, your body never fully recovers even with A+ nutrition and modern-day recovery techniques.
Every ride needs a purpose: but that purpose can be to recover or just get in distance for the day.