Transcontinental Race No. 6 - TCR6 - #TCRN06 - 2018

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skinny

Note. It's all about consecutive load.

“The last day of training was the toughest; I was going all-out for 270km and scored a TSS (Traings Stress Score) of 450, after averaging TSS 300 the last days. Now I am completely exhausted, my legs are burning, and I will do some recovery days next week. I know that there are riders who do more hours and more miles, but I prefer going fast and not longer than 6 hours a day. Only in this 2-week-period I rode more than 6 hours a day."

https://www.facebook.com/RAAMraces/posts/10158614603940093

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hippy in reply to @skinny

Also you left the best quote out...

“In general I advise riders not to think too much, nowadays a lot of people are afraid of too many things: wrong training, wrong nutrition, the internet permanently floods us with tips and "no-gos". Yes, it is important to have a training and nutrition plan, track your training and do analysis by the numbers. But the most important thing is to listen to your body!”

:-D

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skinny in reply to @hippy

Indeed.

But my body quite likes being lazy. So you can't always trust it!
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frank9755 in reply to @hippy
Also you left the best quote out...

Good quote.
Reminds me a bit about what Graeme obree said in his book, which was essentially
1. Ignore everything everyone else tells you
2. Do 30 minutes hard as you can on a trainer about once per week, when you have recovered.
3. Do as many miles the rest of the time as you can, all at recovery pace.

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