'All day' Pace; Reality of.

tomUK said:

If possible, I would like a little input regarding the fesibilty of 'all day' pace.

Is it really obtainable, day-in, day-out to literally ride at 56%-75% threshold power? I mean could I person ride in this powerband for 2 hours, 365 days per year without overtraining?

From *my* experience it seems extremely tough to do such, however, I would like to hear from anyone who is able to achieve this.

Thanks.

Hi Tom,
Now I don't think anyone ever seriously suggested that one train the same way seven days a week, 52 weeks a year ... but wrt. to the core issue of whether one could train seven days a week with 2hrs at say mid-range L2 IF=0.65 I'm sure I could train that way.

TSS/dy=200*0.65^2= 84 pts/dy or ~590 pts/wk or ~30,000 pts/yr.

The last three years I've accumulated 30-35,000 TSS pts/yr and that includes reduced training volume by plan and due to injury/illness/work constraints. I was targetting ~40,000 this year but recent injuries have thrown me behind schedule.

I would not want to train as monotonically as you suggest but feel one could definitely sustain such a program. I'm a 40+ Masters cyclist, full-time job, etc. etc.

rmur

tomUK said:

If possible, I would like a little input regarding the fesibilty of 'all day' pace.

Is it really obtainable, day-in, day-out to literally ride at 56%-75% threshold power? I mean could I person ride in this powerband for 2 hours, 365 days per year without overtraining?

From *my* experience it seems extremely tough to do such, however, I would like to hear from anyone who is able to achieve this.

Thanks.

I ride more than 2 hours per day on average. Pro's ride way more than 2 hours per day on average.

If you ride 2 hours per day at your 'all day pace' you will become extremely efficient at riding 2 hours per day at your 'all day pace.' This does not sound like optimal training to me.