Hi there,
First time posting here - I was hoping someone might have a little advice for me. I used to cycle about 300/450km per week - my rides usually always in Z3 and Z4 apart from rest days. I love being on my bike and I could literally ride everyday huge amounts if my body would allow it. I built up to this 300/450km/week over about 10 weeks (from never cycling beforehand). Then maintained it for a couple months. Then suddenly got Achilles injuries in both feet from what doc says 'overuse injury'. So was off the bike a couple months. And sort of built back up to 300/350km per week after the injury in about 6 weeks. Then maintained for a couple months...and bam, Achilles injuries again. Got fed up, bought a new bike, got a bike fit and stop riding for 5 months. But, now I feel like I'm totally ready and healthy to get riding again. I just don't want to break my my body again. So my question is, how long does have to take to build up tendon strength? Does the below training schedule seem feasible - this is less intense than what I did beforehand.
Would this sort of training schedule be okay? Week 13 is sort of what I like to do - the right amount of cycling I like to do, my problem is how to get back there without breaking stuff.
Some notes about me:
I'm in my early 30s, a girl, have a beautiful full carbon bike etc and all the right gear, HR monitors etc. My bike has been fitted to my body and all that, so that's not a problem anymore. It really is just how intense can my training be... this will be my second season of training (but third year since I started riding due to long breaks because of injuries).
THANKS SO MUCH!!
Week 1: easy - 3 rides of 35km, very little climbing, Z3 - Z5
Week 2: easy - 2 rides of 35 km, very little climbing Z3 - Z5 + 1 ride of 45 km, 1100m of climbing Z3-5
Week 3 easy - 1 ride of 35 km, very little climbing Z1- Z2 + 2 rides of 45 1100m of climbing Z3-5
week 4 easy but more climbing - 3 rides of 45km, 1100m of climbing Z3-5
Week 5 - same as week 4
Week 6 - 1 ride of 35km, very little climbing, Z1-2 + 3 rides of 45km, 1100m of climbing Z3-5 +1 ride of 100km, 1600m of climbing z3-5
week 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12: same as week 6
week 13, 14, 15, 16: 4 rides of 45km, very little climbing, Z1-2 + 4 rides of 45km, 1100m of climbing Z3-5 +1 ride of 100km, 1600m of climbing z3-5
First time posting here - I was hoping someone might have a little advice for me. I used to cycle about 300/450km per week - my rides usually always in Z3 and Z4 apart from rest days. I love being on my bike and I could literally ride everyday huge amounts if my body would allow it. I built up to this 300/450km/week over about 10 weeks (from never cycling beforehand). Then maintained it for a couple months. Then suddenly got Achilles injuries in both feet from what doc says 'overuse injury'. So was off the bike a couple months. And sort of built back up to 300/350km per week after the injury in about 6 weeks. Then maintained for a couple months...and bam, Achilles injuries again. Got fed up, bought a new bike, got a bike fit and stop riding for 5 months. But, now I feel like I'm totally ready and healthy to get riding again. I just don't want to break my my body again. So my question is, how long does have to take to build up tendon strength? Does the below training schedule seem feasible - this is less intense than what I did beforehand.
Would this sort of training schedule be okay? Week 13 is sort of what I like to do - the right amount of cycling I like to do, my problem is how to get back there without breaking stuff.
Some notes about me:
I'm in my early 30s, a girl, have a beautiful full carbon bike etc and all the right gear, HR monitors etc. My bike has been fitted to my body and all that, so that's not a problem anymore. It really is just how intense can my training be... this will be my second season of training (but third year since I started riding due to long breaks because of injuries).
THANKS SO MUCH!!
Week 1: easy - 3 rides of 35km, very little climbing, Z3 - Z5
Week 2: easy - 2 rides of 35 km, very little climbing Z3 - Z5 + 1 ride of 45 km, 1100m of climbing Z3-5
Week 3 easy - 1 ride of 35 km, very little climbing Z1- Z2 + 2 rides of 45 1100m of climbing Z3-5
week 4 easy but more climbing - 3 rides of 45km, 1100m of climbing Z3-5
Week 5 - same as week 4
Week 6 - 1 ride of 35km, very little climbing, Z1-2 + 3 rides of 45km, 1100m of climbing Z3-5 +1 ride of 100km, 1600m of climbing z3-5
week 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12: same as week 6
week 13, 14, 15, 16: 4 rides of 45km, very little climbing, Z1-2 + 4 rides of 45km, 1100m of climbing Z3-5 +1 ride of 100km, 1600m of climbing z3-5