A week in the training life of Tao Geoghegan Hart

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Pretty interesting read

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Woow! If the data is right I wont let anyone call me skinny anymore :crazy_face:

He has 6ft (1.82m) and only 61kg :thinking:

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And that confirms my suspicionsā€¦ at 1.7m and 70kilos I am well overweight!

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ā€œThe numbers: 24hr 45min total riding, 185min Z3+ effortā€ā€¦ :exploding_head:

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Everyone getting on the traditional base bandwagon is nodding in self approval right now @bbarrera

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thanks @Cleanneon98 its a busy day at workā€¦ Hmm 185min z3+ on 24.75 hours is 12.5% at z3 and above. So cutting total time from 24+ hours down to a more reasonable amateurā€™s 8-12 hour commitment you would expect some additional time at z3+. Right now Iā€™m in base 3 and this 9 hour week is 12.6% z3+ on the calendar. And over this 12 week base progression Iā€™ve been getting faster on bike and stronger in the gym.

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I made it through about 5 weeks of TBMV at the start of lockdown and whilst I wasnā€™t doing it long enough to see big fitness improvements felt much more comfortable on the bike (I normally get neck / upper back pain at 90min but it wasnā€™t hitting until well over two hours).

Having not touched my bike for about 10 weeks think some TB is where Iā€™ll start this off season.

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This wasnā€™t a week of base training. This was the final build just a few weeks before his Giro Dā€™italia debut.

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Looking at TB3 mid and high volume, they both have 3 a week of threshold, sweetspot, tempo/sweetspot (in that order). Did you change things up for more Z2?

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Iā€™m coached now, and not doing a TR plan.

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Ah you threw me with base 3 :grinning:

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Sounds more epic - ā€œget the sherpas we have to make a push for BASE 3 before the storm rolls in!ā€

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Hmm. I did 194 mins in Z3+ last week out of 12h3m total (27%) and 23% the week before that. Makes me think I might be overcooking it. On the other hand maybe pros start like that and just add more and more easy stuff to get the hours in.

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I did 13 hours and 5 hours (38%) of Z3+ workouts. Itā€™d be good to know how these things scale down from 24 hours to ā€˜mere mortalā€™ hours. As usual Iā€™m guessing thatā€™s highly individual. Youā€™d expect the requirement for higher intensity to crank up a fair bit IMO.

Also, are we talking specifically interval TiZ or total workout duration? I used the latter metric - my actual Z3+ TiZ was actually more like 245 mins (30%ish), which seems more sensible.

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I was talking ā€œtime in zonesā€. You are still a bit more.

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Iā€™m still doing 2 hours/week in the gym, which is part of the reason for doing so much z2 at this point in base.

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How much coasting/descending is in TGHā€™s 24 hours?