Originally Posted by
adamrice
It's a controversial subject, but there is an argument that spending a lot of time at "tempo" (zone 3) is less beneficial than spending a lot of time in zone 2 and a little time in zones 4/5. Just going by your averages, it sounds like you're riding tempo, but you might want to look at your time-in-zone breakdowns.
Like I said, controversial. Some training plans seem to be designed around maximizing time in zone 3.
It's only controversial if you don't understand what it is or the point of it.
Which can be said about every training methodology out there.
Now which is most effective in a given situation...that's ripe for debate.