2020 Structured Training

[Ming the Merciless]

Restarted working on improving fitness. That’s means two high intensity sessions a week. Did second session this week and it went well. Let’s hope there’s a steady improvement in my power outputs etc through the summer. Ready for my Everesting attempt 😀

 

[Dogtrousers]

Yeah, I was just casting around for possible reasons why they would exclude recumbents.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yeah, I was just casting around for possible reasons why they would exclude recumbents.

Because they made a brainless decision based on UCI rules or something? Still no response from them justifying their stance.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Bizarrely they allow recumbents in Everest Roam and Everest 10K!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Too hot for me. So I’m going to skip any high intensity for now. It’s the overall consistency of training that counts rather than any individual workout.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

My recumbent FTP is now within 5 watts of my peak road bike FTP last year. Pleased with that.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Working a bit more on length strength at moment with slow cadence hill repeats. Feel like legs now holding the cardio back.

 

[HLaB]

I seem to be back on it. I kept myself ticking over with a free trial of trainer road until it ran out which coincided with interviews and a new job starting. After a couple of weeks I got the urge to do some intervals and quickly made up a session to follow.

After that I decided it wasn't structured enough. So I renewed TR and did a ramp test.

Woke up with a sensitive left knee though but it wasn't too bad so I went out for a gentle recovery

It didn't feel any worse or better though after that so I thought I was going to have to stop again. Then I realised my new cleats I fitted in a haste 🤦‍♂️ last week had slipped. The next session was a recovery so I fixed the cleat and did it.

The knee felt really good after that so I went to do the last club TT and despite stupidly knocking the knee of the bars in the warm up I set a 1 sec PB.


The knee was a bit sore after that but it seemed to ease of over night so I did the next session.

Couldn't face a solo ride today so I did the next session TR had programmed.

I might skip tomorrow's 2 hour sweet spot session though and do that solo ride 🤔

 

[HLaB]

I think I'm seeing the benefits of Structured Training today. Somehow managed a circa 58s (awaiting official results) on the Broughton TT despite the wind impact being twice as much, again having little warm up (it was freezing so I hid in the car ), having a shallow wheel and putting less effort in so I wasn’t caught out. Last time I rode it in 2016 was when the same bike was 6 months old but it had no disk or powermeter and had only been doing structured training for a year

2016


Today

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Good effort.

I’ll be getting back into structured in Nov. Got some more long rides planned in Oct before the weather completely bows out for a while.

 

[rivers]

I've decided to work with a coach for a bit more structure to my training, instead of just a couple of turbo sessions/week. It is the same coach who was hosting 2x turbo sessions/week. I have some hefty goals next year, and I'm excited to see how I progress.

 

[mattobrien]

I've decided to work with a coach for a bit more structure to my training, instead of just a couple of turbo sessions/week. It is the same coach who was hosting 2x turbo sessions/week. I have some hefty goals next year, and I'm excited to see how I progress.

Good luck, being coached was one of the better bicycle related things I have done. For me it’s about the accountability of it, it gets set, I do it. No ifs, no buts. Just, shut up and train.

 

[SWSteve]

Do any of you run alongside cycling, and how do you manage your weeks?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Now done a couple of turbo sessions. Easing myself back in to it. Currently set efforts 10% below what I was doing in July. Seems about right and happy to be at this level in Dec. My power was much lower 12 months ago.