Hi
Yes, I know, and how long is a piece of string?
I have my first event of the season in a week's time, a 100 mile sportive event in the UK, I'm looking for a decent time. I've been building my CTL and got it up to 95.7 last Sunday and this week I have been easing back and as of today it is 89.8. I've been running a TSB of about -25. I started my build in October and have been building my CTL at about 3-5 TSS/d.
I am planning 3 main "peaks" this year, the first in one week's time, one in July (La Marmotte) and an event at the very end of August.
I don't want to "spend" (as Dave R would put it) too much CTL, or any more than I have to, but I also want to do as well as I can, what sort of TSB would you ideally go into an event with? As I said my CTL is falling now and TSB today is 8.2, the first time it has been positive since I had a bad cold at the end of January and had to ease right off. My understanding is that above a certain point more TSB gives no benefits and you will be detraining, my problem is I've not been using this technique for long enough to know how much TSB is "enough" and would greatly appreciate the benefit of your experience.
Thank you for any advice.
PBUK
Yes, I know, and how long is a piece of string?
I have my first event of the season in a week's time, a 100 mile sportive event in the UK, I'm looking for a decent time. I've been building my CTL and got it up to 95.7 last Sunday and this week I have been easing back and as of today it is 89.8. I've been running a TSB of about -25. I started my build in October and have been building my CTL at about 3-5 TSS/d.
I am planning 3 main "peaks" this year, the first in one week's time, one in July (La Marmotte) and an event at the very end of August.
I don't want to "spend" (as Dave R would put it) too much CTL, or any more than I have to, but I also want to do as well as I can, what sort of TSB would you ideally go into an event with? As I said my CTL is falling now and TSB today is 8.2, the first time it has been positive since I had a bad cold at the end of January and had to ease right off. My understanding is that above a certain point more TSB gives no benefits and you will be detraining, my problem is I've not been using this technique for long enough to know how much TSB is "enough" and would greatly appreciate the benefit of your experience.
Thank you for any advice.
PBUK