I've got about 2 weeks til my yearly big event. It's a 540km race. I am confident in my equipment and endurance. Speed could always be improved, but I'm where I want to be almost in terms of my goals for this event.
So how do I spend my next 2 weeks? Do I try for some last minute intervals this week to try to squeeze out a bit more power, or should I go on long rides to lose as much of my spare-tire as possible? I'm about 8kg overweight and I suffer on ascents because of it.
So how is 2 weeks best spent, marginal increases in power, or marginal decreases in weight?
I've got about 2 weeks til my yearly big event. It's a 540km race. I am confident in my equipment and endurance. Speed could always be improved, but I'm where I want to be almost in terms of my goals for this event.
So how do I spend my next 2 weeks? Do I try for some last minute intervals this week to try to squeeze out a bit more power, or should I go on long rides to lose as much of my spare-tire as possible? I'm about 8kg overweight and I suffer on ascents because of it.
So how is 2 weeks best spent, marginal increases in power, or marginal decreases in weight?
Joseph
Racing for 540 km in a day, I would see a psychiatrist and try for a marginal increase in mental stability.
I've got about 2 weeks til my yearly big event. It's a 540km race. I am confident in my equipment and endurance. Speed could always be improved, but I'm where I want to be almost in terms of my goals for this event.
So how do I spend my next 2 weeks? Do I try for some last minute intervals this week to try to squeeze out a bit more power, or should I go on long rides to lose as much of my spare-tire as possible? I'm about 8kg overweight and I suffer on ascents because of it.
So how is 2 weeks best spent, marginal increases in power, or marginal decreases in weight?
The last week or ten days should be spent recovering, doing perhaps half your normal volume of training but at regular intensity.
In terms of what to do right now, I think you should keep doing whatever seemed to help you recently. Sorry that that's a little vague.
JT
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It is likely that you will not gain more power in the next two weeks, and trying to lose weight by dieting will not serve you well either. If try to drop weight in these weeks you're likely only to arrive at your event tired and depleted or even sick. The very best thing you can do is rest and recover and trust in the hard work you've already done. At this point you're not looking for gains from training load, but rather from being well rested.
I've got about 2 weeks til my yearly big event. It's a 540km race. I am confident in my equipment and endurance. Speed could always be improved, but I'm where I want to be almost in terms of my goals for this event.
What I want to know is, how can you be confident in your endurance when you have only 8-10 hours per week to train?
I've got about 2 weeks til my yearly big event. It's a 540km race. I am confident in my equipment and endurance. Speed could always be improved, but I'm where I want to be almost in terms of my goals for this event.
What I want to know is, how can you be confident in your endurance when you have only 8-10 hours per week to train?
Because I have done the race 4 times before in poorer form, and the 8-10 is only an average that doesn't include the events I've done thus far this year (non-stop at a much more demanding pace) which range from 170-250km, as well as a couple solo 200 km rides where the only limiting factor was my available time, otherwise I would have ridden further. I felt great.
