Hello everyone.
I've been cycling for about 4 years total, with a 2 year break for rehab for a shattered wrist/arm from a cycling accident I had.
I've never been one for the traditional method, I kinda wing it and see how things go. But I'm gonna be trying to organize my training to maximize this year.
What I've started doing is getting my gear..lol I bought a Cycling computer that's all in "japanese" Yay..Not helpful but does provide nice information to atleast base my status off of till I buy one that exports data into english.
So to begin my weekly riding looks like this.
Mon - 50km ride @ average speed of 25km/h + Zone 4 heart rate of roughly 150bpm I try and stay at 30km/h atleast but I'm not cocky enough to claim I can keep that pace on all the hills and with traffic it lowers my speed. So that's a good conservitive number. I struggle to keep a zone 4 HPM think that is because I've not been cycling for a while..lol But I can certainly feel that when I keep it controlled I ride better of course!
Tues - 25km ride @ 30km/h + focus is on speed with intervale sprinting every 5km for about 1km.
Weds - Rest day
Thurs - 70km ride @ the normal 25km/h and goal of 30km/h. This route has more hills to assist with training on hill climbing.
Fri - 20km ride @ 30km/h + focus is on keeping the highest continual tempo possible for the entire duration of the ride
Sat - 50km ride @ average speed of 25km/h
Sun - Rest day
No real science to my training, I try and add miles and interval training into my daily rides. I sadly cannot afford 100km + rides to often as I don't get off work till 7pm and only have at most 2 hours a night for riding. So I try to make the best of it..lol
Well, looking forward to hearing your opinions.
Oh yea, I ride a CAAD 9 with a complete 105 set.