another 2x20 question

chrisw12

So ok, I want to incoporate these into my routine as of now. The question is where.

I'm training for flat long time trials but I've identifeid my weakness as being the shorter events, I'm thinking increase my short time span power and my long time span power will increase as well, hence the 2x20s

I have access to a censored turbo trainer, a flat road and a hill which takes 20 mins to climb (aint I lucky.)

I'm rulling out the turbo, so the question is:-

I know that on the hill, I'll push myself hard and do the intervals properly but I'll loose the specificity of doing them on the flats (remember I'm training for flat tt's)

Now if I do them on the flat, I know I wont do them quite as intensley, my friends will see me training (very important, must keep my training secret. ) and I'll have to contend with the traffic.

So which one?

SteveR_100Milers

Whats wrong with the hills? Just use a low enough gear to spin at TT speeds and get in the aero position. Your CV system isnt sensitive to gradient as far as I know.

BeaconRuth

I agree with Steve as long as the hill isn't too steep.

Ruth

Alex_Simmons/RST

+2. A 20-min not too steep gradient is a nice hill to have - you are lucky.

However plenty of folk have trouble producing the same power on the flat as they do on a hill and that is mainly a concentration thing as your inertia is much higher than when riding up a hill it is easier to have regular moments when you take the pressure off the pedals. That concentration on the flat does need to be trained, so I'd suggest including some flat land work into the routine and be really focussed when doing them.

Other option of course is to upgrade the turbo.