Originally Posted by
Drew Eckhardt
Yes. Threshold intervals can significantly increase the power you can sustain for an hour and fractions thereof. Shorter intervals can improve brief efforts.
What would you recommend for threshold intervals?
Originally Posted by
Drew Eckhardt
No. The chances of the group ride being hard enough to stress targeted systems but not so hard you accumulate lactate and can't do a sustained effort are approximately zero.
Conversely if you want to road race experience riding close to other people and respond to accelerations is going to help.
So targeted training should be performed at a level which can be sustained for the entire ride? Road race experience is secondary to increasing fitness right now.