I've been forced into doing a monster long ride on the weekend, and a few shorter rides / runs during the week. I'm sort of in a "base" mode, and I don't forsee being able to increase the total number of hours per week until there's more daylight.
This past Sunday was my longest ride ever, 6.5 hours of saddle time, with a few 15 minute breaks (in 29F weather too) in between. I've been getting in about 2-3 rides of 4.5-5.5 hrs per 4 weeks since October, about 10 hrs/week total. There were a few scattered rest weeks, where I only managed 2-5 hours of riding/running due to the holidays or the weather.
I wonder if I get the same advantages from these rides as I would get if I were to do more hours/week, but more evenly distributed.
As a relatively green cat4, I figure there's lots of room for improvement, so any riding will get me somewhere.
This past Sunday was my longest ride ever, 6.5 hours of saddle time, with a few 15 minute breaks (in 29F weather too) in between. I've been getting in about 2-3 rides of 4.5-5.5 hrs per 4 weeks since October, about 10 hrs/week total. There were a few scattered rest weeks, where I only managed 2-5 hours of riding/running due to the holidays or the weather.
I wonder if I get the same advantages from these rides as I would get if I were to do more hours/week, but more evenly distributed.
As a relatively green cat4, I figure there's lots of room for improvement, so any riding will get me somewhere.