Double sessions

atomicrc11 said:

As the days get shorter it gets harder to find time to ride. In past years I have been in college so there was always time to ride during the day. Now that I have a job there are constraints on time. Is it possible to do longer rides in a morning and night session. I've also heard contradictions in that one should do that harder ride first then the easier ride. Which is the proper order? Thanks for any info.

My opinion is (I'm no expert) it shouldn't matter. If you ride hard in the AM you can recuperate in the PM. If you ride easy in the AM, you can ride hard in the PM (kind of a warm-up). But I would probably ride hard in the AM and spin easy in the PM to recuperate.

eortiz said:

My opinion is (I'm no expert) it shouldn't matter. If you ride hard in the AM you can recuperate in the PM. If you ride easy in the AM, you can ride hard in the PM (kind of a warm-up). But I would probably ride hard in the AM and spin easy in the PM to recuperate.

I'm in the same boat as you. I'm working too and I'm still competative.

I just find its hard to wake up in the morning so I usually do 1hr in the morning and between 1.5 to 2hrs at night.

I dont think it matters when you do what as long as you ride and that its a quality session.

I'm in an even worse situation. I work 12 hour night shifts, sometimes 6 days a week and then I have to fit in my cycle rides as well. I usually do my hardest ride on my day off and more moderate rides when I have to go to work. The problem is that on working days my bike rides have to be short and intense as I lack time to do a longer run (unless it's a non-working day).

atomicrc11 said:

As the days get shorter it gets harder to find time to ride. In past years I have been in college so there was always time to ride during the day. Now that I have a job there are constraints on time. Is it possible to do longer rides in a morning and night session. I've also heard contradictions in that one should do that harder ride first then the easier ride. Which is the proper order? Thanks for any info.

And I thought I was the only one working 12 hrs M-F and 6 hrs on Sat. What I do is ride on my trainer in the evening ~ 2hrs. for easy rides. For hard rides, I still do it in the evening after work and follow the Spinervals training. I have the first 5 volumes and it helped me when I was starting to get back on the saddle. But I can feel that I am not getting enough rest/sleep in the evening. I just hope my body will hold up with all these work and workout.

Carrera said:

I'm in an even worse situation. I work 12 hour night shifts, sometimes 6 days a week and then I have to fit in my cycle rides as well. I usually do my hardest ride on my day off and more moderate rides when I have to go to work. The problem is that on working days my bike rides have to be short and intense as I lack time to do a longer run (unless it's a non-working day).