Hello there,
Hopefully, this isn't totally bad form to post a question in someone else's thread (excuse me if it is and sincerest apologies!). There seems to be a huge amount of knowledge in this thread and great deal of posters
So my question is - I'm trying to get back to where I was prior to 2 long breaks caused by Achilles ruptures in both feet. (doc says injuries caused from overuse and overtraining)
I'm trying to work out if the schedule I've planned is intense enough to rebuild my previous form quickly or if it's too intense and going to break my body again
I did this sort of thing in about 10 weeks previously, so I thought adding an additional 3 weeks to get back there is enough but I don't know, I'm a dork apparently because I've broken my Achilles twice with overtraining. I usually cycle in the morning and the afternoon and do one longer cycle on weekends - this is ideally what I'd like to get back up to. I take rest days as well of course.
I'm 32 years old, a girl if that makes a difference. Any thoughts on the below training schedule? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I realise there aren't any interval rides in here strictly but I usually substitute one of the Z3-Z5 rides for intervals about once a week.
Thanks SO MUCH!
Week 1:
3 rides of 35km, very little climbing, Z3 - Z5
Week 2:
2 rides of 35 km, very little climbing Z3 - Z5
+ 1 ride of 45 km, 1100m of climbing Z3-Z5
Week 3:
1 ride of 35 km, very little climbing Z1- Z2
+ 2 rides of 45 1100m of climbing Z3-5
Week 4:
3 rides of 45km, 1100m of climbing Z3-5
Week 5:
same as week 4
Week 6:
2 ride of 35km, very little climbing, Z1-2
+ 2 rides of 45km, 1100m of climbing Z3-5
+1 ride of 100km, 1600m of climbing z3-5
Week 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12:
same as week 6
Week 13, 14, 15, 16:
4 rides of 45km, very little climbing, Z1-2
+ 4 rides of 45km, 1100m of climbing Z3-5
+1 ride of 100km, 1600m of climbing z3-5