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  • Reverse periodisation. Hard, horrible type 2 turbo fun when the weather is shite in winter. Long, sunny sausage rolled filled rides in Spring to build in some conditioning for bike position. Throw in a bit of gym and stretching.

  • Reverse periodisation. Hard, horrible type 2 turbo fun when the weather is shite in winter. Long, sunny sausage rolled filled rides in Spring to build in some conditioning for bike position. Throw in a bit of gym and stretching.

    I think this is definitely the way to do it and is my plan now - having tried most of the alternatives.

    I used to just do long rides and not bother with turbo at all. That worked ok but I probably could have been faster if I'd done some harder sessions.

    Then - after we had a baby = much less time for long rides, I tried to do much more turbo and far fewer long rides. I actually got fitter that way but lack of long rides meant my conditioning wasn't there which led to issues and a DNF in TCR.

    EDIT I actually tried a third method which was basically hardly ride at all and just rock up at the start and rely on experience and long term base fitness. That worked, but it was a bit painful and clearly sub-optimal.

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