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Okay, rookie mistake! I started off yesterday ready to go hard and fast. Needless to say, I died pretty quick. I won't say how quick, because it was too embarassing. I still made my distance and my average was okay. But, the last 6 miles were eeked out. I tried to look this up with the search function and it didn't find anything.
So, I have decided to start training with what I heard someone refer to as "negative sprints or intervals". From what I understand, I set a light pace for myself for a given set of miles to start, then set an increased for pace for a certain distance after that, and so on. The idea being that you end up with a faster pace than what you began with. (minus the cool down, of course) This should help me train for consistency from the beginning.
Does anyone have any suggestions or comments on this type of training? I mean, if you were to split this up for me for one ride and you knew that I wanted to have an overall average of say 17 mph for a 15 mile ride, how would you split it up? I know I should probably ask an online coach this. But, any feedback is greatly appreciated. Just throwing it out there to see if I get any bites.
So, I have decided to start training with what I heard someone refer to as "negative sprints or intervals". From what I understand, I set a light pace for myself for a given set of miles to start, then set an increased for pace for a certain distance after that, and so on. The idea being that you end up with a faster pace than what you began with. (minus the cool down, of course) This should help me train for consistency from the beginning.
Does anyone have any suggestions or comments on this type of training? I mean, if you were to split this up for me for one ride and you knew that I wanted to have an overall average of say 17 mph for a 15 mile ride, how would you split it up? I know I should probably ask an online coach this. But, any feedback is greatly appreciated. Just throwing it out there to see if I get any bites.