Cycling Fitness / Training Advice

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miro_o in reply to @Acliff

I’m planning on adding 1h at mid-high zone 2 at 90-95rpm every morning before breakfast, see whether I can build a higher level of fatigue resistance.

I would be interested to hear how this works for you.

I’m better setup for weekday very short rides (1-1.5hrs) this winter. I’m lucky I do have some good roads for training (inc a TT course just up the road).

I need to build ‘base’ but have no idea how to do that with these short rides. Just ride everything just below threshold? Who knows.

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Acliff in reply to @miro_o

4-5 sessions of 1-1.5h just below threshold sounds pretty grim, and will probably put you into a dark hole...

Riding intervals at sweetspot seems to provide enough training stress while not stressing your body too much. With regular small increases in watts throughout the winter?

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miro_o in reply to @Acliff

4-5 sessions of 1-1.5h just below threshold sounds pretty grim, and will probably put you into a dark hole...

So to clarify. It’s outside - riding as close to target as the road/traffic/body allows. In practice it’s usually around an hour of sweetspot with around 40 mins of that consisting of steady 8-20 min efforts.

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