Originally Posted by waterrockets

Training example 2 was pretty much described to me by UT_Dude's coach (our state TT champ) for his group ride training. For the Tuesday Nighter or ATC (our two main fast weekly rides), he will go to the front on all the flats and descents and pull really hard (not an attack -- though it feels like it to mortals). Then when he gets to the hills, all the guys who have been drafting will attack and/or keep the pressure on, he drops to the back of the pack and tries to recover without falling off, then does it again on the next flat.

Seems to work ok for him

I don't know if I'll ever have the maturity to treat the Tuesday Nighter as an SST opportunity, but maybe if I can race more on weekends I won't be so hungry to race on Tuesdays. Of course, there is a bit of a fitness differential -- if I went hard on the flats, I'd be OTB on the next hill.

I have been rotating an SST ride in every couple weeks, trading off with 10 minute and 20 minute intervals, depending on the week. Still never miss the sprints, 1-minute, and 4-minute intervals though.