Originally Posted by
Enthalpic
I think of bunch of it would depend on your history as well. If you did several years doing big hours then switched to fewer hours I would bet you would have greater success. I would be very surprised if gsteinb never did any big volume weeks. Wasn't mattm a randonneur before focusing on sprinting?
Exactly - history matters to a huge extent.
And yes I was a rando in a previous life, with rides up to 680km (over 40 hours, 45 mins of sleep, ugh). And I don't focus on sprinting now, I focus on winning. =]
Anyway I agree previous volume plays a part, and fwiw I still try to do big volume over the winter months, 15-20 hours/week. Probably closer to 10/week during this season for the most part, due to work constraints.