Cycling Fitness / Training Advice

At least you seem to be getting some knowledge about it. Progress right? It also seems like it's not abnormal so not like an alien chestburster is about to exit your rib cage.

You don't need to just stick to commuting, you can join the "full value" audax guys and spend your days exploring the world by bike albeit a little bit slower than you might have wanted.

I'd probably get the monitors and then continue to smash it. But I view this life as a bit of an experiment.

The problem with that is that this all came to light as I replaced unfocused smash-it-every-day riding with structured training by power in order to get back up to speed after I had a baby and found I couldn't find the time to maintain the high miles I was doing. And I have another baby due in 5 weeks, so I'm going to be even more crunched for time!

My plan was to shift from high mile riding to commuting and a club 10 TT every week or so. Drop the time and up the intensity. From what I've read, that may be the healther option rather than the extreme endurance of road riding. But given my condition, maybe not the wisest move. I've found since becoming a parent the thought of pegging it does worry me an awful lot more than it used it. I'm an ex-motorbiker and used to be baffled by the number of bloke selling up sports bikes following the birth of a child, but now I get it.

Yeah, I'm trying to get all the crazy out of my system before either of us get any ideas about breeding (and also before I get too old to be competitive).

I would've thought that 10s would be worse than going long and slow but I'm no doctor. Perhaps there's a nice moderate location on the distance/speed spectrum you can inhabit?

Extended build by a week so to put 4 weeks of structured training in and then a week at lower intensity with FTP test at the end. I then tried this week to get back on the turbo - body said no three days on the bounce. Now in the weird place of knowing I need to just take some more time off, but desperate to maintain form for upcoming races. It's weirdly anxious.

My PMC says I should be fresh as daisy, which really shows how not all TSS is equal.

TSS doesn't measure mental state. I can be physically 'shit hot' (technical term) and if my head's not in the game or some other shit is going fuckyfucky at work legs pull the abort lever.

I've massively lost any self confidence to PB/race this year, which is compounded by being a total monk about training since November - FTP is highest it's ever been I think. Plan at the moment is not to ride the '10 tomorrow and just get drunk. Not sure how to turn this funk around though.

Getting drunk has worked for me for the last 20 years.

Said the Aussie to the Scot.

I have Scottish ancestry. I blame you lot for not being skinny. Ya blue-painted bastards!

;)

Watch some Pro cycling to get you in the mood - both Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico are on at the moment and MSR is next Sunday!
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I've find pro racing can get me down too.

"I bet they don't have to worry about their GPS filling with water"
"Wouldn't it be nice to have someone carry all my kit"
"I wish I had his FTP"
"Fuck, that bastard weighs less than my left arm"
"Look at the road, the weather, I should be living in Italy, not this hole"

Best bet is to watch a re-run of Legally Blonde and really enjoy life.

You miserable fucker.

:-*

Thanks dudes. I'm going to race this morning and take it from there. Nothing like an overcast H25 to provide some inspiration.

EDIT I met @skinny afterward so consider myself fully motivated.

Nice to meet you mate!

Finally getting into some good time on the bike after a series of annoying flus thru the winter. Between 7-10 hours for each of the last three weeks and feeling my legs/lungs responding well. Time to kick on.

Getting quite a bit of DOMs at night from intervals. Incipient cramp only an inadvertent leg fold away. Any tips for coping/reducing?

TSB currently way wrong - 2 interval sessions last week and a 3hr single speed race yesterday have me in bits - like aching all over. Apparently I should be fresh as a daisy.

Massage and foam rolling.

I wouldn't put too much emphasis on TSB (or TSS) that way -use it to look for trends over time, planning training volume and peaking for races/events

Listen to your body first and foremost -If your legs are in a bits, go and do some easy stuff.

+1 on this.

You've gotta take TSB with a pinch of salt, especially if you've been changing your FTP every so often to reflect your form.

Sometimes your TSB may be high and you 'should' be good to go, but if you're stressed or tired or something it won't happen... Or if you've started doing different sessions to those your normal. i.e., more intense, or more about volume etc. Your body can respond differently to different things and TSS doesn't reflect this always

Don't worry about your TSB, worry about your ESB...

Grinding a heavy singlespeed gear wont get your pulse high for 3 hours, but toll ur legz much.

What useless cunt poured that pint?

A Leave voter.

85 miles chasing a much faster friend up hills on his new Canyon yesterday. Very glad it's an easy/rest week this week, absolutely fried today.

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