Originally Posted by
defspace
Track cat1,2 guys (enduros)
What's your hourly weekly training load like? I know we don't need to train for 5 hour road races, but I wonder if that just means there's more time for intensity work.
Thanks
I train like a crit racer. I'm a meh cat 2 crit racer, and a decent cat 2 enduro. A lot of my weeks wind up being about 12 hours, with a couple as many as 15 when I'm loading up in the spring. Once I get on 2 or more race days per week, I basically ditch actual endurance. That usually happens in mid-May for me. And there comes a time when i need to keep an eye on my fatigue levels.
There's definitely more time for intensity. on hard weeks I have 3 days of intensity (counting racing). again - watch that pot so that it doesn't boil over. A lot of my volume comes from riding easy. Riding easy lets me ride harder, sooner: it lets me recover faster. This is no mystery. For example, all spring, I'd race a crit on Tuesday, ride easy for 2+ hours on Wednesday, and then on Thursday I'd be ready for hard intervals. If I didn't ride on Wednesday, then I'd have to push intervals back until Friday - at least.
A fairly ordinary track pre-season (road season) week looked like this for me:
Monday: 1-2 hours easy
Tuesday: 2.5 hours including a training crit
Wednesday: 2 hours easy (commuting plus some extra)
Thursday: 1.5 hours with 6x2-min power intervals
Friday: rest day
Saturday: 3 hours endurance pace
Sunday: 2 hours with a bunch of tempo and some sprints
A fairly ordinary track season week looks like this for me:
Monday: 1.5 hours easy
Tuesday: 2 hours. Maybe with a training crit in here.
Wednesday: 1-1.5 hours easy
Thursday: Track night, ~2.5 hours.
Friday: 1 hour easy
Saturday: 2-3 hours easy endurance
Sunday: 2+ hours with tempo, power, or sprints