Maybe a bit of an exaggeration but am I the only one somewhat fearing moving the training outside? Just in regards of the good results I’ve had following a structured training plan inside, the outside feels too free in the regard that it’s tough targeting specific training, i.e. the risk of a lot of…

The issue I have outdoors is finding roads to do 8-12 minute SS intervals. Living in Texas the best I have access to is rolling hills. 2-3 minute VO2 max intervals I can do but there are no sustained climbs and finding a stretch of urban road to do 10 minutes un-interupted is pretty difficult. Ti…

I’m in love with Zwift and all my trainings and races are in winter inside season. Summer is my time for recovery and fun rides :slight_smile:

Cheers, Not just me then :). And that is my revised plan as well - and doing some hill work now the weather is (hopefully) staying nicer.

[image] jmm: The issue I have outdoors is finding roads to do 8-12 minute SS intervals. In urban environments you need to get creative, not think in straight lines and be willing to do laps. For example I have a 2.2 mile loop in a subdivision that 9 laps out of 10 I can go without slowing at …

Good thoughts. My solo weekday routes do tend to go through office and warehouse districts where there is less traffic in the evening. I can try that although even there I have to deal with intersections where I need to at least be prepared to stop if necessary. I also have a couple of loops lik…

I used to live in the downtown of a large city so getting TR outside was never usable or of interest to me. Now I live in a place that is flat, flat, flat with nothing but long straight roads, no stop signs, and most importantly no vehicles. Perfect for intervals of any sort. It’s like riding a tra…

Same. Only negative is the roads are really bad, but the positives outweigh the negatives.

You could even say it’s like zwift, but without the other cyclists and/or runners :stuck_out_tongue:

its like Zwift, but with cows and hawks :wink:

I throw in some farm dog intervals too.

Afraid of losing fitness outside

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Rizzi March 22, 2019, 11:34pm 71

…you mean with this?

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Afraid of losing fitness outside

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