socalsurfer

I woke up at 7, ate a bagel and a banana, filled my new discovery channel water bottles and left the house at 7:45. Rode 15 miles out to the beach and sat on a rock for 20 minutes and ate a snickers marathon bar while finishing one bottle of water. Riding back I saw a coyote trying to scope out a calf for breakfast so I got off my bike and threw some rocks at it. It didnt help but lucky enough the mother cow came to the calf and the coyote took off. I drafted a big truck down one hill and partially up another hill. I almost became victim to a clipless pedal fall at a stoplight in front of a busy intersection. I charged a small but steep hill by my house and beat my last time by 10 seconds. I got home at 9:55 and took a nap. That was my ride, it was really flat and I enjoyed it.

Question// If I want to start training seriously, where/how should I start?

cuski

If you have to ask, you're not ready for it.

socalsurfer

oh

merlinextraligh

1)buy a book about training. Chris carmichael and Joel Friel are authors people find helpful

2) find a local group ride or club where the fast people ride.

phoenity

Sounds just like a RyanF ride report.

roadfix

You're doing just fine. But if you need some posing lessons, you come see me first.

donrhummy

I'd start with joe Friel's book. And don't listen to cuski, there's no reason why you can't start training seriously.

Toastytofu

start riding... alot....
build a mileage base: something like 30-40 miles a day, every day. buy a heart rate monitor and read up on friel.

DanielS

I would say before you consider a training plan - choose a goal (or goals). Be it a race, century ride, whatever. Its very hard to train 'seriously' without a goal in mind.

Firstly, because you need to know what to train for. Is it distance, speed, both? And a goal helps to motivate you on the days when you really don't want to ride.

I second the reccommendation of getting a book... and most of them will talk about goal setting first up