Hey everyone! My brother got me into cycling a year ago, and I have fell in love with it. I'm 38 and mostly sit behind a desk at work all day. I have become so much more healthier - lost 45 pounds so far (still another 30 to go to get me down to 170). I've been training for a time trial coming up in November (17 mile ITT on Saturday and 40k TTT on Sunday with my brother). I train with power and have read both Joe Friel's Training Bible and Allen and Coggan's Training with Power. I just need validation that I am training right for this.
I just finished up my Build 1 phase and have been doing Tempo work of 1.5 hours or greater twice a week to help maintain the aerobic fitness I've gained in my base periods while also pushing the system a little. I've been doing threshold intervals right at FTP three times as week. A typical session may include 4 or 5 x 10 min threshold intervals. I threw some VO2 intervals in one last week (3.x 5 min). I will push the threshold intervals up to 4 x 15 min in Build 2.
I believe I fully understand what I need to do - train at race intensity and in as similar conditions as possible. So, since this is a TT, I've been focusing on just that - FTP. Should I worry about VO2s or even anaerobic right now? I think VO2s would be beneficial, but I think the majority of work should be at threshold. Would you tend to agree?
Regards and thanks in advance!
Adam
I just finished up my Build 1 phase and have been doing Tempo work of 1.5 hours or greater twice a week to help maintain the aerobic fitness I've gained in my base periods while also pushing the system a little. I've been doing threshold intervals right at FTP three times as week. A typical session may include 4 or 5 x 10 min threshold intervals. I threw some VO2 intervals in one last week (3.x 5 min). I will push the threshold intervals up to 4 x 15 min in Build 2.
I believe I fully understand what I need to do - train at race intensity and in as similar conditions as possible. So, since this is a TT, I've been focusing on just that - FTP. Should I worry about VO2s or even anaerobic right now? I think VO2s would be beneficial, but I think the majority of work should be at threshold. Would you tend to agree?
Regards and thanks in advance!
Adam