Workouts one and two of the weekly schedule are considered the toughest and they recommend that you have 72 hours between them. What they don't explain is how then to get the rest of the workouts in since there are 5 total per week. Taking 2 full days off between one and 2 would mean that all the rest of the sessions are back to back. Even though those others are not as intense, one of them is a minimum of 3 1/2 hours long, and as such this doesn't seem practical either. Of course I must remind myself again that the program is intended for cyclists, not triathletes.
Anyway, as I mentioned a few days ago I'm working on an 8 day cycle and feeling my way through the bike sessions. I decided to give the second hard workout a shot with only one day in between. It went reasonably well this time and in fact this is the first time I have managed these 2 workouts in a row. Today was two, 20 minute intervals at 227 watts, with 10 minutes rest in between. I actually did this workout once before but not in tandem with a successful workout #1.
So there!!
And it's a real learning experience I will tell you. I have never worked as hard on my bike training, or any kind of training for that matter, and it literally wipes me out. The only thing I have energy left for is sleeping and eating. Thank goodness those are my two highest skill areas!!
...and this one works good for today's post...
"Masochism is a valuable job skill."---Chuck Palahniuk
Love
Peter
Anyway, as I mentioned a few days ago I'm working on an 8 day cycle and feeling my way through the bike sessions. I decided to give the second hard workout a shot with only one day in between. It went reasonably well this time and in fact this is the first time I have managed these 2 workouts in a row. Today was two, 20 minute intervals at 227 watts, with 10 minutes rest in between. I actually did this workout once before but not in tandem with a successful workout #1.
So there!!
And it's a real learning experience I will tell you. I have never worked as hard on my bike training, or any kind of training for that matter, and it literally wipes me out. The only thing I have energy left for is sleeping and eating. Thank goodness those are my two highest skill areas!!
...and this one works good for today's post...
"Masochism is a valuable job skill."---Chuck Palahniuk
Love
Peter
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