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Old 05-03-08 | 06:03 AM
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patrick07
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From: South Michigan

Bikes: 2005 Specialized Langster, 2005 Giant TCR C3, 2006 Bianchi Castro Valley, 2007 Redline Monocog 29er, 2007 Trek 5000

I'm not competitive but my basic week so far this year looks like this:

Monday - Off
Tuesday - 1 to 1.5 hours including hill repeats
Wednesday - 1 to 1.5 hours big gear/low cadence drills
Thursday - 1.5 hours of "easy riding", meaning avg HR = 70-ish% of max HR
Friday - Off
Saturday - Long Ride Day #1 (currently 35-45 miles)
Sunday - Long Ride Day #2 (currently 45-65 miles)

The weekend rides are done so that cumulative miles/hours is more than 100 miles or 5 hours. This plan, even in the few weeks I have been doing it, has added nearly one mph to my long ride average speed. That's a 5% improvement in about a month.
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