We may be doing nothing wrong ?
But I thought I would check and see what you lot have to say...
I have been a recreational cyclist for more then 30 years, I’m fit but still people pass me when I’m riding and when I look up and see they’re ten years older then reality (and I’m 55) is telling me something I didn’t want to hear !
Well that was true a year ago, now I’m doing some passing of my own. Time to get serious, 7 hours on the bike every single week
2 hours every Saturday hunting hills. 5 hours during the week on an indoor trainer... it’s just the way it is.
The year begins..
First three months spending an hour and quarter on Sunday afternoons and two hours on Monday nights working at a constant 70% of max heart rate ( no power monitors )
Tuesday and Wednesday have off
Thursday 45min doing a standard RPM ( Les mills thing ) in a indoor cycling class, nine 5 minute blocks, two blocks taken to Anaerobic threshold.
Friday, same class different gym
Saturday on the road looking for hills.( 2 hrs )
March comes..
started doing some 3 x 7 min aerobic threshold blocks with four and a half minute recoveries between on Sundays. Now I read that the done thing was 4.5 minute aerobic threshold blocks and 8 minute recoveries but I found it takes about 3 minutes to get the heart up to 88% of max and 4.5 minute recoveries for this intensity seemed enough ?
takes 45 min.
On Mondays we started finishing the 2 hour block with a new drill I just dreamt up. 12 minutes of 5 seconds at attempted double pace in the saddle and 30 seconds out of the saddle climbing cadence. HR doesn’t get out of hand but Tuesday morning the legs are talking to me so some sought of training effect is going on..
April...
Start lifting the HR in the Monday 2 hour sessions to a sustained 75% of max HR.
Saturday still on the road but doing some group rides not just hill trying to hang onto the young bloods
Sundays doing the odd 30min MSLL session
May...
Start lifting the HR in the Monday 2 hour sessions to sustained 80% of max HR.
June.. I’m not sure where I’m going from here... thinking from here on in doing a 4 week mini period of all of the above with three weeks building and a fourth week recovery ( drop in volume or intensity )
Start speed work in August.. looking to peek in early November.
Aim... in 5 year be the fastest short distance 60 year old on the planet !
Oh and I'm not alone.. there are a few of us, so I thought I'd check because they're in on it too....
But I thought I would check and see what you lot have to say...
I have been a recreational cyclist for more then 30 years, I’m fit but still people pass me when I’m riding and when I look up and see they’re ten years older then reality (and I’m 55) is telling me something I didn’t want to hear !
Well that was true a year ago, now I’m doing some passing of my own. Time to get serious, 7 hours on the bike every single week
2 hours every Saturday hunting hills. 5 hours during the week on an indoor trainer... it’s just the way it is.
The year begins..
First three months spending an hour and quarter on Sunday afternoons and two hours on Monday nights working at a constant 70% of max heart rate ( no power monitors )
Tuesday and Wednesday have off
Thursday 45min doing a standard RPM ( Les mills thing ) in a indoor cycling class, nine 5 minute blocks, two blocks taken to Anaerobic threshold.
Friday, same class different gym
Saturday on the road looking for hills.( 2 hrs )
March comes..
started doing some 3 x 7 min aerobic threshold blocks with four and a half minute recoveries between on Sundays. Now I read that the done thing was 4.5 minute aerobic threshold blocks and 8 minute recoveries but I found it takes about 3 minutes to get the heart up to 88% of max and 4.5 minute recoveries for this intensity seemed enough ?
takes 45 min.
On Mondays we started finishing the 2 hour block with a new drill I just dreamt up. 12 minutes of 5 seconds at attempted double pace in the saddle and 30 seconds out of the saddle climbing cadence. HR doesn’t get out of hand but Tuesday morning the legs are talking to me so some sought of training effect is going on..
April...
Start lifting the HR in the Monday 2 hour sessions to a sustained 75% of max HR.
Saturday still on the road but doing some group rides not just hill trying to hang onto the young bloods
Sundays doing the odd 30min MSLL session
May...
Start lifting the HR in the Monday 2 hour sessions to sustained 80% of max HR.
June.. I’m not sure where I’m going from here... thinking from here on in doing a 4 week mini period of all of the above with three weeks building and a fourth week recovery ( drop in volume or intensity )
Start speed work in August.. looking to peek in early November.
Aim... in 5 year be the fastest short distance 60 year old on the planet !
Oh and I'm not alone.. there are a few of us, so I thought I'd check because they're in on it too....