Hi all, I’m a 41 year old female and I have a running background. I’ve got into cycling in the last couple of years and have done a few centuries but I’ve never followed any sort of training plan on the bike - I’ve just got on and ridden wherever I fancy with whatever time I have available. I live …

If you follow a base → build → peak/Specialty plan that encompasses 28 weeks, leaving you 10 weeks to fit another plan in. Personally, I would go one of two routes given your goal is a century ride. Option 1: Sweet Spot Base 1/2 (12 weeks, 26 weeks to go) → Sustain Power Build (8 weeks, 18 weeks …

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How many hours and days per week are you planning to devote towards your training plan?

Thanks Ox - I’ve got the trainer set up and I’m good to get started with sweet spot :+1:

Hi Peter, I will be able to do 5 days a week and at least 10 hours. My youngest has just started full time school and I work from home a fair bit so I’m going to have much more time available.

[image] sheepysheep: I will be able to do 5 days a week and at least 10 hours. As this is your first foray into structured training on bike and even given your endurance background, there is wisdom in staring with the low volume plan and adding in easy volume as you understand how you adapt a…

[image] ExpertOrBust: You have plenty of time to adjust upwards. . . . and along the way, you can choose the +1, +2 variations of most workouts in the Workout library, if you are finding the workouts aren’t challenging enough. I think that you will find with your marathon training, your endu…

I’d say that if you’re comfortable with the time commitment, go for the MV plan or do the LV plan and stick a long ride (4+hrs outside or on the trainer if you love Netflix) on the weekends. If your body composition goals are a primary push, look for longer rides in Z2. In my experience, moderately…

Thanks very much for all your advice. I did my first ramp test this morning and struggled because the power was all over the place and cadence was way too high! I squashed the rear wheel a bit more and properly calibrated the turbo with the power meter and redid it. It was about where I expected on …

Newbie training plan help please

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ExpertOrBust September 17, 2019, 12:30am 11

Good luck @sheepysheep and enjoy the journey.

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Newbie training plan help please

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