I’m going to focus on ultra distance cycling this year. Have an mtb stage race in June which will be a massive achievement just to finish, plus I’m planning some big, multi day rides. Weekends are easy to plan; just getting out for long rides on-road or off-road, single day or overnight bivies. No …

Maybe they need a pay per workout option. There must be a bunch of people that don’t sign up because they won’t do enough rides to justify the cost.

I would start with a low-volume plan and then simply replace the weekend ride with an outdoor ride. That gives you two days of intensity with plenty of rest in between hard intervals. [image] Joe: Because three days of intensity might be 1-2 days too much. At least it is for me. Given your g…

SS ratio: I run a mahoosive 38 front 18 rear for local riding including road. 38/22 for proper off road. The problem with the polarized plans is that the vo2 workout lacks imagination. I like the extent and variety of the TR library. If I wanted to just do 4 min intervals I’d do them. Need things t…

The spring/summer of 2020, I did 6 centuries + (5 of them off road). Long 7-15hr rides were the default, always with a very heavy bike with too hard gearing. I got fiercely fit that summer. Could ride well past my previous limits and amazingly when I got to cyclocross season and we had a couple of …

[20210526_110322] Needed gears for this one!

[image] grawp: The problem with the polarized plans is that the vo2 workout lacks imagination. I like the extent and variety of the TR library. Yes, same here. The workouts felt very robotic. I know what they were going for, a very faithful implementation of polarized training. But that made …

How about a recovery ride on Monday? Would it help or is it better to just rest?

I work outside so get plenty of exercise. Monday night I’m usually just glad to put my feet up. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I’m often very up for stuff, then Friday I’m knackered and strictly do nothing when I get home.

If you do get the chance, could you incorporate whether you think an active recovery ride is meaningless in face of the fact that I would have done an 8hr day moving around loads. I’m a gardener so may walk miles each day or be digging for hours or simply crawling around weeding.

2 indoor workouts/wk. How would you structure it?

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mcalista December 5, 2021, 11:21pm 19

Take a look at at Medium Volume Polarized plans - these have a VO2Max and threshold workout during the week, and longer endurance rides on the weekends. Sounds like a great match for what you want.

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2 indoor workouts/wk. How would you structure it?

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