why am I slower? Help

love2ride
love2ride Posts: 224
edited August 2009 in Training, fitness and health
Hi
At around june time I was doing 10m tts at around 24:30. Now I just did one with similar conditions in 25:30. Between this I have done quite alot of road cycling. long and short distance. I have been doing atleast 2 10m tts a week with a 2 longer rides a week and at least one ride with intervals. Before I did my best tt on a night with average conditions I did a lot of turbo training and intervals pretty much every night because I didn't have that long.
What has happened to me? Why have I got slower.
I have a big 10 mile tt on the 12th of september. How can I save and aim to be on my best form for that?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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  • brownbosh
    brownbosh Posts: 602
    Rest. Do some easy rides. Hopefully you are already taking a good protein shake after each hard session already to aid recovery. If not, start.
  • chriskempton
    chriskempton Posts: 1,245
    +1 you're knackered at the end of a long hard season. To peak for 12th sept, have an easy week now (til 22nd aug), then back to normal for 2 weeks (til 5th sept), then an easy week again and you'll be fresh for the 12th. Also be sure to get good sleep, and minimise stress at work etc.
  • SBezza
    SBezza Posts: 2,173
    You might just also have had a bad night, it happens sometimes. Don't get too worried about 1 performance, if you have a string of them it is different.

    I would say as above though, perhaps a bit of rest, the body will not adapt if you don't let it recover. Also if you are targetting a 10m TT, then drop some of the endurance stuff, and focus on quality intervals, I would do these on a turbo personally. If you want to go out for a ride, just do it at a very easy pace, and use it as a recovery ride.

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