How do I train for this?
Hob Nob
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Looking for a bit of advice as I don't really know how to train for sustained high HR events.
So I did a 2 stage race recently which I wore my Garmin for, and was pretty shocked with the results. The qualifying event is around 25 minutes long, for which I averaged 179bpm.
The race itself is around 45-60 minutes long for which I averaged 175bpm for the whole thing. Both I peaked at ~200bpm.
Both events are at altitude (around 1500-3000m).
I really struggled with the physical side of it, and being able to put down sustained power and the ability to attack and react to attacks so would like to improve my fitness to do a bit better.
Not sure where I start with training for such an event!
So I did a 2 stage race recently which I wore my Garmin for, and was pretty shocked with the results. The qualifying event is around 25 minutes long, for which I averaged 179bpm.
The race itself is around 45-60 minutes long for which I averaged 175bpm for the whole thing. Both I peaked at ~200bpm.
Both events are at altitude (around 1500-3000m).
I really struggled with the physical side of it, and being able to put down sustained power and the ability to attack and react to attacks so would like to improve my fitness to do a bit better.
Not sure where I start with training for such an event!
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Race regularly. It sounds like you were lacking race fitness.More problems but still living....0
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there is vast amounts of info published in countless books and all across t'interweb on training for racing. Nobody can offer anything useful based on the info you have given. Looking at averages in HR or power or any other measure is pointless in a race situaton where you are in a highly variable environment. Better would be to look at the specific variations in the races you experienced and once you have built sufficient 'base' fitness, then focus on training for the specific needs of those events - forget 'average' anything...
Try buying Friels Cyling Bible book for starters. It will give you 1 solid approach that you could use to base you training on. Its packed full of ideas, plans and info.Your Past is Not Your Potential...0 -
I'm with amaferanga .. you just need to put yourself in the situation more often. Get comfortable with it and be confident that you can dig deeper .. and you need to practice digging as deep as you possibly can. Take the Olympic rowers as a good example of that.All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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Hob Nob wrote:
I really struggled with the physical side of it, and being able to put down sustained power and the ability to attack and react to attacks so would like to improve my fitness to do a bit better.
Not sure where I start with training for such an event!
It would help if you did what you said you struggled at in races, in your training. Then when you've done it often and hard enough a race should be doddle....................................................................................................
If you want to be a strong rider you have to do strong things.
However if you train like a cart horse you'll race like one.0 -
Joe Friel's book is good. So too is this one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Time-crunched-Cyclist-Powerful-Time-Crunched/dp/1934030473
It contains a number of specific plans including one for a novice racer. If you follow it you should improveMartin S. Newbury RC0
