Two hard days in a row

markos1963

SBezza wrote:

okgo wrote:

I'm not willing to pay for the train so there we are

Totally agree there, I cycle to work because I don't want to travel on public transport.

LOL! I cycle to work because I work on public transport!

markos1963

Trev The Rev wrote:

markos1963 wrote:

I found this year that riding hard several days in a row before any rest or recovery had a big positive effect on me. My commute is 18 miles each way and I ride it as hard as I can, usually doing 15 miles of it at threashold. I then find I am able to race in the evening at a club10TT much better with little warm up and have managed to knock off 90s from my PB.

Over on the other thread you said you need to make a real effort to make a breakthrough and get competitive. I don't know your background but on the miles you are doing you should be competitive already. Have you considered you might be going even better by interspersing more easy days / recovery days between the hard days but keeping up the volume of 'hard' efforts?

Well I have been commuting for about three months now and as a shift worker my weeks can be split up quite a lot ie mon/tues on then fri/sat on so I do get rest days. By competitive I meant going from mid 24m for a 10TT to get into the 22-23s and under the hour for a 25

Trev The Rev

markos1963 wrote:

Trev The Rev wrote:

markos1963 wrote:

I found this year that riding hard several days in a row before any rest or recovery had a big positive effect on me. My commute is 18 miles each way and I ride it as hard as I can, usually doing 15 miles of it at threashold. I then find I am able to race in the evening at a club10TT much better with little warm up and have managed to knock off 90s from my PB.

Over on the other thread you said you need to make a real effort to make a breakthrough and get competitive. I don't know your background but on the miles you are doing you should be competitive already. Have you considered you might be going even better by interspersing more easy days / recovery days between the hard days but keeping up the volume of 'hard' efforts?

Well I have been commuting for about three months now and as a shift worker my weeks can be split up quite a lot ie mon/tues on then fri/sat on so I do get rest days. By competitive I meant going from mid 24m for a 10TT to get into the 22-23s and under the hour for a 25

I'm sure you will get down to those times. Just make sure you get enough rest & recovery. Doing 30 miles at threshold day in day out is a lot of hard riding. And if you are new to cycling you are asking a lot of your body, do not underestimate the need for easy days. Good luck.