18 Day Quick Training Guide

I'll be looking forward to your progress. I'm not a racer, actually too heavy to race now. I'm getting back on the bike for health reasons, but I would like to do some competitive race later this summer. Good luck to you.

scottmilk9 said:

I'll be looking forward to your progress. I'm not a racer, actually too heavy to race now. I'm getting back on the bike for health reasons, but I would like to do some competitive race later this summer. Good luck to you.

Yeah im not in the greatest shape either, actually up around 215lbs, but lucky for me its mostly in the legs, which i can burn real quickly, so im not really expecting huge things for the first couple races, but mise well get out on the road now n start gettin the miles. I am about to start my 1 hour LSD ride I had planned on. I will post again on my after ride thoughts.

Postride post for monday 4/1...

Rode for about 45 of the hour planned...tried to go more but on the indoor at 10pm its just that much harder to keep motivated. Felt okay during the ride, thighs a little tight but for it being day 1, I'll take it. Tomarrow I am going to try and get my ride outdoors after school, so if the weather isnt too bad hopefully I'll have a good one.
For my ride entertainment indoors today I watched my DVR recorded Crit. International taped off of OLN. Jens dominated once again this year, but I was very supprised with Lovkvist's TT for stage 3. Hopefully the 19th can bring similar results (I wish!)

Just as a kicker, what are your early season favorites for the classics, grand tours, and young suprises this year.

For me, I would have to take Boonen in the Flandorian Classics(he seems to be in great form this year once again), for the hilly classics its a toss up between schleck, bettini, and valverde. For the grand tours Italy-Basso or Cunego, France-Basso or Kloden, Spain-Sastre Vino or Brajkovic(yes I am givin Jani some props for last year, and really think he will find his form late season, plus you have to figure he will have Tommy D supporting him to pull a Vino/Kasheshkin duo like last year. Young Guns I will have to give it to Brajkovic, Contador, Luis Sanchez, or after the Crit. Int. maybe even Lovkvist will make a good showing.

Be back tomarrow...Peace

should be a good thread good luck to ya one day i hope to get my first race in but for know just putting miles on the bike

For a crash course, I would suggest doing one minute intervals over and over again. The effort should be as hard as you can sustain for the minute. Do as many as you can handle with a 1 minute rest between. You don't have much time so focus on quality.

izatt82 said:

should be a good thread good luck to ya one day i hope to get my first race in but for know just putting miles on the bike

Day 2 and 3 have gone really well...Feeling really good about my improvement in condition. I did slip and went to get some Wings on 25cent Wing night. But I only let myself have 8, and also stuck with some water to drink. I dont think it was really that bad, I will just go that extra mile tomarrow. The weather wasn't cooperative today to make it outside, 20mph wind gusts and heavy rain. So I just did the TT train right video made by CTS. It took some hard work and I'm sure i didnt look as smooth as the athletes in the movie, except for the clips of Lance (Im sure I looked that good), anyways I finished the hour feeling pretty tired, yet good. Tomarrow I am taking a rest day, it's my little cuzins birthday. But on Thursday I am going for a run/bike with a State Cross Country runner, so the 5k run, then 50k bike we are planning should be a good one.

So still no answers to my questions bout the 07 pro season, but that isnt really for this thread so it's all good.

I guess I will be back on Thursday for post ride report.

Peace,
Eric

okay so change of plans...I just got done reading the May issue of Bicycling magazine, and on page 44, in the SPIN article by Chris Carmichael they had a Spring Break breakthrough plan. It is designed to double your hours on the bike during spring break (which I start tomarrow) and within 10 days greatly help your endurance.

It goes as follows.

Friday-150-180min Endurance
Saturday-180-240 Endurance
Sunday-180-240 Endurance
Monday-60min Recovery
Tuesday-120min Endurance w/30-45min Tempo
Wednesday-120-180min Endurance w/30-45min Tempo
Thursday-60min Recovery
Friday-240 Endurance
Saturday-240-300min Endurance
Sunday-240-300min Endurance w/45-60min Tempo
Monday-240min Endurance

I am going to follow this schedule to the letter, and then the next 2 days after that will be rest leading up to my TT on Thursday 4/19.

Talk about good timing getting that magazine. I'm taking it as a sign from the cycling gods.

In the same magazine there were articles that interviewed pros on how they managed to lose weight (an issue I have) and in the interview with Dan Schmatz who rides for the American team BMC he claims that he lost 55lbs by not eating after 7pm and also by going for a 30-60min run,bike,hike before breakfast everyday. I am thinking about giving this plan a try with the upcoming plan.

For anyone who does not have this months issue of Bicycling magazine, I DEFINATLY recommend it. Best issue in a long time for most of us that are trying to get back in top form for the upcoming season.

Ill report back tomarrow.

[QUOTE= Friday-150-180min Endurance Saturday-180-240 Endurance Sunday-180-240 Endurance Monday-60min Recovery Tuesday-120min Endurance w/30-45min Tempo Wednesday-120-180min Endurance w/30-45min Tempo Thursday-60min Recovery Friday-240 Endurance Saturday-240-300min Endurance Sunday-240-300min Endurance w/45-60min Tempo Monday-240min Endurance I am going to follow this schedule to the letter, and then the next 2 days after that will be rest leading up to my TT on Thursday 4/19. Talk about good timing getting that magazine. I'm taking it as a sign from the cycling gods. In the same magazine there were articles that interviewed pros on how they managed to lose weight (an issue I have) and in the interview with Dan Schmatz who rides for the American team BMC he claims that he lost 55lbs by not eating after 7pm and also by going for a 30-60min run,bike,hike before breakfast everyday. I am thinking about giving this plan a try with the upcoming plan. For anyone who does not have this months issue of Bicycling magazine, I DEFINATLY recommend it. Best issue in a long time for most of us that are trying to get back in top form for the upcoming season. Ill report back tomarrow.[/QUOTE]


Did you change you mind about the TT?

No I'm still planning on the TT on the 19th...im just lookin for a quick way to get in shape and from the article i read and from the looks of it, this is a good quick way to get my a~~ in shape...I figure that it is the best way to get in shape in the time period considering its a plan designed by Chris Carmichael instead of me just winging it and trying to find the right formula.

smartman213 said:

No I'm still planning on the TT on the 19th...im just lookin for a quick way to get in shape and from the article i read and from the looks of it, this is a good quick way to get my a~~ in shape...I figure that it is the best way to get in shape in the time period considering its a plan designed by Chris Carmichael instead of me just winging it and trying to find the right formula.

It's a plan to increase endurance. Do you currently lack the endurance to finish yor TT? Or is it possible that you have the basic endurance for this event and need to work on power and speed?

Realistically you don't have a lot of time before this event and you can't really cram fitness so just get out and ride, then rest and do what you can on race day. But I sure wouldn't spend your time doing L2 endurance rides unless you really can't go the distance in your TT but then I wouldn't expect much on race day.

Good luck,
Dave