Hi, I hoping to get a little advice or suggestions for training for the coming season.
Due to an unusual travel and working pattern im forced into having to train for 10 days (prety much as much as I would like) then rest for 5 days (ie no training of any sort) So im attempting to prepare for the coming season in 10 day blocks.
Ill be road racing with a scattering of time trials and distances are upto 100k over rolling terrain.
this is a comback seasion for me and ive been riding again since last April.
Im trying to figure out the best way to structure those 10 day blocks. Focus on one system for 10 days ie FTP, V02, endurance,
or mix it up a little and concentrate on building CTL? CTL is slowly growing howver it drps back significantly on my 5 dyas off.
I'm using Golden Cheetah to track my training and have a PowerTap.
Any suggestions would be very welcome, I'm digging a hole for myself at the moment reading through all the possible options
and not really coming up with a plan......
Thanks in advance.
Some background---------------------------------
25 years ago I was previoulsy a 2nd cat in road racing and did a little time trialing with a 10 time of 21.38 and a 25 of 57 something (I didn't do very many).
I am 52, currently weight 183lbs (slowly loosing it) and have an estimated FTP(CP) of 274w (via 20minx 0.95 test) I need to test again as I think my FTP is up a little since last test (in December)
Im training in Norway where the weather is cold/icy wet or some variation of the three so road time is limited and has to be grabbed when available.
CTL is currenly 61.
Due to an unusual travel and working pattern im forced into having to train for 10 days (prety much as much as I would like) then rest for 5 days (ie no training of any sort) So im attempting to prepare for the coming season in 10 day blocks.
Ill be road racing with a scattering of time trials and distances are upto 100k over rolling terrain.
this is a comback seasion for me and ive been riding again since last April.
Im trying to figure out the best way to structure those 10 day blocks. Focus on one system for 10 days ie FTP, V02, endurance,
or mix it up a little and concentrate on building CTL? CTL is slowly growing howver it drps back significantly on my 5 dyas off.
I'm using Golden Cheetah to track my training and have a PowerTap.
Any suggestions would be very welcome, I'm digging a hole for myself at the moment reading through all the possible options
and not really coming up with a plan......
Thanks in advance.
Some background---------------------------------
25 years ago I was previoulsy a 2nd cat in road racing and did a little time trialing with a 10 time of 21.38 and a 25 of 57 something (I didn't do very many).
I am 52, currently weight 183lbs (slowly loosing it) and have an estimated FTP(CP) of 274w (via 20minx 0.95 test) I need to test again as I think my FTP is up a little since last test (in December)
Im training in Norway where the weather is cold/icy wet or some variation of the three so road time is limited and has to be grabbed when available.
CTL is currenly 61.