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Chris BeHanna
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:40:45 -0400, Roger Zoul wrote:
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> :: They build their base with time in the saddle. If you do some of your
> :: hours at a lower level of intensity, it should pay off in the form
> :: of a stronger base with higher sustainable speed.
>
> Hmm....I always have trouble with this statement. I don't think riding slow
> and long will help him ride with higher sustainsable speed (the statement is
> written to imply that). If he wants to go faster, then he needs to ride
> faster. It's just that he'll burn out if he only rides fast and hard all
> the time. So the lower intensity riding will allow him to avoid that. In
> the process, he build up time in the saddle helping to adapt the body for
> riding. Combined with frequent enough (but not too frequent, at first) hard
> & fast riding, he should improve.
The notion is that a big block of long, low-intensity rides early in the
year provides a big aerobic base that allows for faster recovery from hard
efforts, both within a workout and between workouts. This lets your hard
workouts be higher-quality, and lets you have better recovery from them.
Even during the meat of the season, the easy days really do need to be
easy if they are to be used for active recovery.
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> :: They build their base with time in the saddle. If you do some of your
> :: hours at a lower level of intensity, it should pay off in the form
> :: of a stronger base with higher sustainable speed.
>
> Hmm....I always have trouble with this statement. I don't think riding slow
> and long will help him ride with higher sustainsable speed (the statement is
> written to imply that). If he wants to go faster, then he needs to ride
> faster. It's just that he'll burn out if he only rides fast and hard all
> the time. So the lower intensity riding will allow him to avoid that. In
> the process, he build up time in the saddle helping to adapt the body for
> riding. Combined with frequent enough (but not too frequent, at first) hard
> & fast riding, he should improve.
The notion is that a big block of long, low-intensity rides early in the
year provides a big aerobic base that allows for faster recovery from hard
efforts, both within a workout and between workouts. This lets your hard
workouts be higher-quality, and lets you have better recovery from them.
Even during the meat of the season, the easy days really do need to be
easy if they are to be used for active recovery.
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Chris BeHanna
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