bg, interesting way to approach the split of the AM/PM workouts. Many moons ago I would try and do AM on the trainer and on the way home I would go through CP and would try and catch a few wheels before I got home. I never had a good PM session but I never approached them with the balance you have. I like it. I am sure it is hard to say but would you say that if you did the AM/PM session as one session with about the same TSS, would you feel the same the next day?
btw, are you still in build or maintain on the CTL slope right now?
tb, this time of the year what type of TSS scores are you trying to hit? I am usually doing the TSS right now in the 130-150 of the five days a week atleast 4 of them and than 1 day of 100 or less. I would bring down the numbers of days of 130-150 type of score down as the weather got better.
bp, right now it is all about building for me and if you have the ability to put in those kind of hours and miles, you will be golden with these type of ride.
A little story from a few years ago in the women's racing results was one woman who nobody knew, no team and was never seen in CP training was beating everyone hands down and moving up the cats quick. A friend of mine found out her training consisted almost daily of 2-3 hours each way of rides into the city from upstate and back to pick up groceries. She had no idea of her numbers but a friend of her told her to race and tried it out. When she reached CAT 2 the success stopped and was not interested in doing more serious training.
I would still do atleast once a week now focus on the IF so the legs do not forget what that feels like when we have to do some pulling instead of pushing. BTW, 238 AP for that distance, NICE!
And since we are all sharing I had a great 3 hours on the trainer today. I finished at ~185 but what was most important was how I felt which was not bad at all. For these rides I love my 42 and since my back went whacky I have found compact to be my best friend. I will see how I wake up but I think I will see if I can do a recovery ride for an hour and spend more time in the TT bars.
I got to see Sucker Punch once and than chapter stopped to my favorite scenes...
-john
btw, are you still in build or maintain on the CTL slope right now?
tb, this time of the year what type of TSS scores are you trying to hit? I am usually doing the TSS right now in the 130-150 of the five days a week atleast 4 of them and than 1 day of 100 or less. I would bring down the numbers of days of 130-150 type of score down as the weather got better.
bp, right now it is all about building for me and if you have the ability to put in those kind of hours and miles, you will be golden with these type of ride.
A little story from a few years ago in the women's racing results was one woman who nobody knew, no team and was never seen in CP training was beating everyone hands down and moving up the cats quick. A friend of mine found out her training consisted almost daily of 2-3 hours each way of rides into the city from upstate and back to pick up groceries. She had no idea of her numbers but a friend of her told her to race and tried it out. When she reached CAT 2 the success stopped and was not interested in doing more serious training.
I would still do atleast once a week now focus on the IF so the legs do not forget what that feels like when we have to do some pulling instead of pushing. BTW, 238 AP for that distance, NICE!
And since we are all sharing I had a great 3 hours on the trainer today. I finished at ~185 but what was most important was how I felt which was not bad at all. For these rides I love my 42 and since my back went whacky I have found compact to be my best friend. I will see how I wake up but I think I will see if I can do a recovery ride for an hour and spend more time in the TT bars.
I got to see Sucker Punch once and than chapter stopped to my favorite scenes...
-john