commuter training
Originally Posted by
xiyangshen
...I don't get a lot of time outside of commuting for training and I'm looking for a way to maximize my time. I have always just ridden what I feel like doing. I ride fast or slow when I feel like it. No real rhyme or reason...Any idea how I can maximize my 9 miles one way (with hills) morning and evening? I've been riding 2 to 3 time a week but plan more through the summer. I just got a heart rate meter and maybe interval type work is good?
Ideas?
Thanks!
FWIW, last year I developed for myself my“Time-restricted,Personally Ambitious, but Non-competitive Cyclist Training Routine.,”as discussed on this Fifty-Plus thread, “Riding versus Training” (also with other good training tips).
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
About two weeks ago I described a new training routine for myself combining a well-established Ten Week Century Training Schedule of daily mileage goals with a personalized intensity scale based on ”Relative Perceived Exertion (RPE).”My basic premise was that I wanted to get significantly fit, within a busy work/family time-crunched life, but not suffer so much that I would abandon the program.
I do have the advantages of a very nice minimum 14 mile one way commute that is easily extended; and a high end, very comfortable carbon fiber road bike tha tencourages riding…
I’m still riding it, and enjoying more than ever. In fact,
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
…I particularly agree with your assessment of weeklymileage, though at over 150 miles per week, I call it
hyper-fit.
Since March 6, through June 4, I have been engaged with a fitness challenge at work. This past week, I rode about 150 miles, via extended commuting routes, and still am in fourth place (of about 40 participants), neck and neck for third place.
Originally Posted by
Phil_gretz
You must WIN, Jim. Do whatever it takes ... must win...
Thanks for your encouragement, @
Phil_gretz. The Challenge ended on June 4, and I came in third place of about 40 participants, and our team came in first, by a hair-breadth (see graph below; the team standings are at the top from highest upward to lowest, and the top ten individual participants below).
Those standings were released every week, and the competition was very motivating with very beneficial effects. Now that it’s over I am trying to ride at least about 150 miles per week through the summer; 147 miles last week.
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 07-17-16 at 07:05 PM.