jeffg
10-30-2006, 05:43 AM
Background:
Have been putting in 100+ hour work weeks lately leading to too little family time (not to mention little to no riding) and have obviously lost some fitness and sanity.
Among other things, I am wondering how to train to the extent I have the time. I want to be at my best in late April, so I was thinking base through January and then an 10 week build (including tapering).
The thing that has me a bit confused is how to adjust workouts to the loss in fitness. I was hoping to do lots of cadence work, some big gear repeats and lots of tempo over the winter. I just did a tempo interval lasting 1:10, but it was a lot harder than I am used to for that intensity, so much so that another 20 minute interval had me almost redlining to keep the same intensity by the end.
My trainer putatively has relatively accurate power readings, so I know I am working harder to maintain roughly the same power. I realize the longer I ride indoors cardiac drift becomes a major issue even with a fan and plenty of fluids, but most of it likely being out of shape. Any thoughts on whether I should shorten the intervals and build back, or whether HR is irrelevant and I should stick to power and only quit when the power drops too much?
Have been putting in 100+ hour work weeks lately leading to too little family time (not to mention little to no riding) and have obviously lost some fitness and sanity.
Among other things, I am wondering how to train to the extent I have the time. I want to be at my best in late April, so I was thinking base through January and then an 10 week build (including tapering).
The thing that has me a bit confused is how to adjust workouts to the loss in fitness. I was hoping to do lots of cadence work, some big gear repeats and lots of tempo over the winter. I just did a tempo interval lasting 1:10, but it was a lot harder than I am used to for that intensity, so much so that another 20 minute interval had me almost redlining to keep the same intensity by the end.
My trainer putatively has relatively accurate power readings, so I know I am working harder to maintain roughly the same power. I realize the longer I ride indoors cardiac drift becomes a major issue even with a fan and plenty of fluids, but most of it likely being out of shape. Any thoughts on whether I should shorten the intervals and build back, or whether HR is irrelevant and I should stick to power and only quit when the power drops too much?