Pro pelaton traing diary.

pbassred

I know it must be driven by forthcoming races but in general, what does their typical training schedule look like over the course of a week?

cougie

There's no typical rider or week.

imposter2.0

^^ that.

Too many variables to consider.

Alex_Simmons/RST

Some pros use Strava although not all share all ride data, but that might be a way to demonstrate how variable it is.

ugo.santalucia

I follow Nibali on Strava. He rarely posts... did a lot during the Giro. Training seems a doddle. 3-4 hours around lake Como with a couple of team mates, coffee somewhere nice... it's a great lifestyle, bearing in mind they earn between 5 and 20 times more than someone their age with the same qualification

Don't be tempted to admire them for their hard work and dedication...

burnthesheep

This is probably near impossible to read due to the file size being small, but this plan done 4 times a year can get you somewhere within the slower amateur categories on a schedule short on time. In other words, it's training for us mortals and nobodies.

I'd assume take this and multiply the time commitment by 4, multiply the suffering by 10. I mean, just for a race they go 120mi a day for weeks on end.

It would hurt the wallet to know how much food they probably eat to go through many thousands of calories a day in training.

I'd guess they burn enough calories in a single day of training it would take me a whole week. Today I think I did 650 cal at lunchtime on the trainer. I'm sure they probably burn like 4000 to 5000 in a training session. Just sooooo much power for soooo long.

This is an intro plan for someone who's never done a Cat 4/5 race before. It's hard, but absolutely nothing compared to those crazy guys (and gals).



GCN had the trainer for some team a while back show the "highlights" of the team plan for a week of training, it looked nuts.