Hello people, I’ve got a question related to outdoor Z2 rides. Conditions Adding z2 outdoor rides to my training plan Normal outdoor elevation: around 1500m for 100km Power distribution during last unstructured ride: [Screenshot 2023-05-18 195038] Overall data during last unstructured ride: […

I have the same problem: Many hills with 8-15% for some kilometers. They take forever in Z2 and the cadence is low (<60rpm). Sometimes I fall into low tempo zone. Also some hills are so steep you need to weight down the front of the bike, which adds additional stress. Depending on the street/path i…

[image] greenbike: cadence is low (<60rpm). Change gearing, compact up front (50/34) and 11-34 on the back is your friend :slight_smile: [image] greenbike: I am also not sure if those low cadence hills stress my muscles a bit more. They do, more torque is required since cadence is low…

[image] Dubadai: Change gearing, compact up front (50/34) and 11-34 on the back is your friend :slight_smile: I think I already maxed out: Sram Rival cassette with 10-36 and in the front 48/35. I think there is a smaller crankset, but that’s a bit too much to change at the moment. My FTP is n…

Just ride your bike. This obsession with always staying within “zone 2” is not only foolish, but counterproductive. That’s not how cycling works, and it’s most definitely not how physiology works. PPP: The training levels are descriptive, not prescriptive. PPP: They’re called levels and not zones …

Finally some common sense in all this! Workouts in z2 outside are better done by HR, or even by RPE, if it feels easy then it’s easy…

[image] Dubadai: I averaged Z2 watts during my last race, was it a Z2 session? No… What sort of race ? My last event avg watts was sweet spot, 100 miles/6000ft climbing. It felt hard.

Was a shorter 2h race, averaged 41km/h, pretty flat with some shorter hills! Since we don’t have proper climbs here in Sweden it’s hard to get the average up since it’s either pretty easy or really hard! [image]

It’s also as much about endurance adaptations as it is about limiting fatigue. You are likely doing these long endurance rides around other higher intensity training that you want to be fresh for. So by doing these 30-60s threshold+ intervals you aren’t going hard enough for those adaptations but …

Lol, riding bikes is always fun. And it’s one thing to “worry about going out of Z2 now and then” and another to spend ~1hr40m over your intended zone and 1hr45m soft pedaling. If you were doing a 20m threshold interval and 6m was VO2+ and 6m was Z2 then you’d say that you didn’t do that interval…

Doing Z2 rides in hilly regions?

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Jhardisk May 19, 2023, 10:53am 14

There’s already a great thread which hits on some of the questions you pose along with examples of other members’ Z2 rides. You may find that thread helpful too?

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