How to train for 40k road race?

Quoted message said:

Here's a question for those who race road bikes: in terms of longest weekly rides, duration and
number of intervals, spinning, etc., what is the best training strategy for training for a race
in the 40 k
(24.86 mile) range?

Is this a TT, a crit or what exactly is it??

Jon Isaacs

(Jon Isaacs) said:

Quoted message said:

Here's a question for those who race road bikes: in terms of longest weekly rides, duration and
number of intervals, spinning, etc., what is the best training strategy for training for a race in
the 40 k
(24.86 mile) range?

Is this a TT, a crit or what exactly is it??

Jon Isaacs

I'll be doing mostly duathlons and triathlons with bike rides up to the 40 k range. I'd also like to
do some pure TT bike races, but can't seem to find any locally. So far, I've figured out workable
training strategies for the swim and run, but I'm somewhat stumped on the bike training. So far this
year, I've done plenty of swimming and running, but I've only trained on the stationary bike several
times a week for 30 to 45 minutes, usually at 120+ rpm. When the weather warms up a bit more, I'm
planning to get out and do some real rides.

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Quoted message said:

(Jon Isaacs) said:

Quoted message said:

Here's a question for those who race road bikes: in terms of longest weekly rides, duration and
number of intervals, spinning, etc., what is the best training strategy for training for a race
in the 40 k
(24.86 mile) range?

Is this a TT, a crit or what exactly is it??

Jon Isaacs

I'll be doing mostly duathlons and triathlons with bike rides up to the 40 k range. I'd also like
to do some pure TT bike races, but can't seem to find any locally. So far, I've figured out
workable training strategies for the swim and run, but I'm somewhat stumped on the bike training.
So far this year, I've done plenty of swimming and running, but I've only trained on the
stationary bike several times a week for 30 to 45 minutes, usually at 120+ rpm. When the weather
warms up a bit more, I'm planning to get out and do some real rides.

Training for tri-s and du-s is different than training for road/crit racing. You're looking for top
end speed, not constant accelerations, so the workouts are more threshold training, not sprinting.
Check out www.trinewbies.com for better tri/du specific training.