The Ironman Training 2020 Thread

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There’s a good thread here

The long base ride indoors ... strategies for survival

Yes, Velonews tells us we shouldn’t do long indoor rides. We burn out, we use different muscles, it sucks. Well, riding 4 hours in a snow storm at 5am sucks as well. And I do not have the flexibility with my time slots. But I have goals. To reach these I have to do long rides. So let’s share some strategies on how to make >3h rides more bearable. Strategies that make time fly by. I’m talking here about low intensity rides. For higher intensity I find it pretty easy, see today’s ride for examp…

I’ve done 3.15-4h rides indoors the last weeks. It’s not been pleasant but I got through it and had a nice fitness boost!