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My first comment would be not to take it all too seriously and getting too sciencey. If you're going on a mates trip with Benj and co there's no point ruining your life (aka cutting beer) for it. You're a strong and fit rider. You just need to adapt that to the unique demands of riding uphill for a long time.
Will get back to you with some better comments when i have a bit more time
jim1985-
Getting sciency is my thing though!
Seriously though, I'm not intending to take the trip seriously at all, I'm planning to enjoy every scenic km. I do however also like a challenge and a project, so I'll also enjoy the training.
Cutting alcohol is purely a benefit as I've begun to realise how tired it makes me. Combined with how much I work, that's not a healthy mix. I'm cutting mid week booze until Christmas and then no booze in 2017.
I'm looking forward to this in a geeky way.
Would be good to have your thoughts, especially on the benefits of weights/off bike work on injury prevention.
Cheers
TTM
I've agreed to go on a mamil friendly mountain trip in June next year. It's six days based on the Raid Pyrenees North to South, so quite bumpy and I'm looking for some help and advice (basically I want to win at mountains and need some free coaching).
So, attached is a first draft of a training plan based on TSS and a ramp rate that shouldn't see me injure myself (something for which I have history). I've never had a CTL over 88 in my life, so have aimed to have it around 90 just before the trip happens.
My weekly TSS includes commuting miles which I've measured with a PM and averaged out over a week. It's a not insignificant 300 TSS a week. Is this right to include? If not I worry that I'll struggle to find the time to do the 700+ weeks on top of commuting miles.
My plan is to also drop 4kg over the next seven months to hit 66kg. I'll be honest here and say I don't know how realistic this is as I've never been much below 69kg. However I've also never really tried to cut back on bad foods and I've never given up alcohol, both of which I am doing for this.
The next step will be composition, but for now I'm after advice on whether this looks too conservative/ambitious in terms of ramp rate etc and also thoughts on the use of commuting to hit TSS targets.
Cheers all.