This may sound really stupid, but I am new to this cycling thing. I was riding everyday 12-48 miles depending on the day / weather / other things going on. Any way I have not been able to get much time in on the bike in the last couple of weeks. But today I got in two 12 mile laps before the rains came. And much to my surprise my average speed was almost 1mph faster than anything I had averaged before the "break" My laps are mixed riding but always the same route, varied wind (speed and direction) and varied road conditions (rough and smooth) . So I got to thinking and did a little search and came up with this page: http://www.cptips.com/ovrtrng.htm and from what I have read it seems that I might have been in between overreaching and overtraining. I was wondering if anyone has any insight into this?
This may sound really stupid, but I am new to this cycling thing. I was riding everyday 12-48 miles depending on the day / weather / other things going on. Any way I have not been able to get much time in on the bike in the last couple of weeks. But today I got in two 12 mile laps before the rains came. And much to my surprise my average speed was almost 1mph faster than anything I had averaged before the "break" My laps are mixed riding but always the same route, varied wind (speed and direction) and varied road conditions (rough and smooth) . So I got to thinking and did a little search and came up with this page: http://www.cptips.com/ovrtrng.htm and from what I have read it seems that I might have been in between overreaching and overtraining. I was wondering if anyone has any insight into this?
For a non racer, that's a good quota. When i could commute to work I wuld usually put in 14-18 mies a day (total - out and back) during the week Then anywhere fron 60-120 with the bike club on weekends.
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Chris Zacho ~ "Your Friendly Neighborhood Wheelman"
Yep, generally, when you rest for several days and in this case a couple of weeks, and you're faster, then that's a sign you were suffering from over training.
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This may sound really stupid, but I am new to this cycling thing. I was riding everyday 12-48 miles depending on the day / weather / other things going on. Any way I have not been able to get much time in on the bike in the last couple of weeks. But today I got in two 12 mile laps before the rains came. And much to my surprise my average speed was almost 1mph
faster
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than anything I had averaged before the "break" My laps are mixed riding
but
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always the same route, varied wind (speed and direction) and varied road conditions (rough and smooth) . So I got to thinking and did a little
Yep, generally, when you rest for several days and in this case a couple of weeks, and you're faster, then that's a sign you were suffering from over training.
Well we used to call it 'tapering' and 'peaking' in my triathlon days, though the time frame varied depending on the discipline.
jj
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"Ken" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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This may sound really stupid, but I am new to this cycling thing. I was riding everyday 12-48 miles depending on the day / weather / other things going on. Any way I have not been able to get much time in on the bike in the last couple of weeks. But today I got in two 12 mile laps before the rains came. And much to my surprise my average speed was almost 1mph
faster
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than anything I had averaged before the "break" My laps are mixed riding
but
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always the same route, varied wind (speed and direction) and varied road conditions (rough and smooth) . So I got to thinking and did a little
