I'm trying to get a better understanding of cycling training, and I wanted to make sure I understand some thing properly.
My plan is following a base -> build pattern (no peak, I will be time trialling throughout the year).
The way I see training is that you do one type of training until something else is limiting your performance, so for now it is a lot of aerobic and tempo rides for the next 9 weeks, I will increase the duration steadily. I'm guessing I will reach a point where there will be diminishing returns from that type of training, and increasing volume even more isn't realistic?
Then it will be time to start increasing the intensity of the shorter rides so they are close to threshold (about 10 bpm below), while keeping the longer aerobic rides on the weekend. When the training benefit starts to decrease, then I will move on to anaerobic endurance intervals (around 5 - 8 minutes) and vo2max intervals (around 30 seconds - 3 minutes).
Does that sound like an effective way of increasing training load? I was also thinking that on weekends when I don't have a race, I will just do a solo race effort of around 6 hours max (providing I'm not risking overtraining)?
I haven't put a time frame on most of the training, because I have no idea how quickly my body will adapt to the types of training, I will be paying close attention to how my body feels, and which types of training provide the greatest benefit.
Does this sound like a plan, or have I overlooked anything?
My plan is following a base -> build pattern (no peak, I will be time trialling throughout the year).
The way I see training is that you do one type of training until something else is limiting your performance, so for now it is a lot of aerobic and tempo rides for the next 9 weeks, I will increase the duration steadily. I'm guessing I will reach a point where there will be diminishing returns from that type of training, and increasing volume even more isn't realistic?
Then it will be time to start increasing the intensity of the shorter rides so they are close to threshold (about 10 bpm below), while keeping the longer aerobic rides on the weekend. When the training benefit starts to decrease, then I will move on to anaerobic endurance intervals (around 5 - 8 minutes) and vo2max intervals (around 30 seconds - 3 minutes).
Does that sound like an effective way of increasing training load? I was also thinking that on weekends when I don't have a race, I will just do a solo race effort of around 6 hours max (providing I'm not risking overtraining)?
I haven't put a time frame on most of the training, because I have no idea how quickly my body will adapt to the types of training, I will be paying close attention to how my body feels, and which types of training provide the greatest benefit.
Does this sound like a plan, or have I overlooked anything?