Originally Posted by
ridethecliche
Now my coach is having me ride 12-15 hours a week, with most of the ride at or under aerobic threshold and then the business end of the ride is LT intervals/whatever in the midst of this aerobic threshold work.
I'm going to ask my coach about this when I see him next, but what's the difference in adaptations and such with this kind of training.
Is the first batch more geared towards crits/shorter events, and the longer rides more towards building long term fitness and longer distance road/stage races?
I say let your coach worry about that. You have to trust that your coach knows better than yourself.
If you can’t let go of your own training ideologies you will end up “adjusting” or skipping prescribed workouts, and your training will remain haphazard.
I’m not saying follow the coach blindly, just foster communication and let the coach make the calls.