Merry Christmas TrainerRoaders!
Title says it all. What are all of yours Top 3 Z2 workouts on TR that make you feel awesome and made you feel like you did something meaningful and with purpose?
Cheers,
Merry Christmas TrainerRoaders!
Title says it all. What are all of yours Top 3 Z2 workouts on TR that make you feel awesome and made you feel like you did something meaningful and with purpose?
Cheers,
For me the endurance rides I enjoy are Hawk Mountain for a more blocky approach, or something like Beehive/Brasstown/Hatch/Perkins. They are all 2 hour rides, I need that to feel like I accomplished something with Z2, if I do Pettit etc. it feels like I’m only doing it to fill a TSS gap, I don’t really feel like I’ve accomplished anything when I’m done
Oh, you’re saucy!
Perkins or Baxter+2 - has to be varied if I’m to do 2 hours zone 2 on the trainer - anything longer has to be outside and if I need more TSS then it will have to be 2 hours SS not a longer trainer zone 2 ride I’m afraid…
Spoke with my coach yesterday and it looks like its time for the good stuff!
I struggle with long trainer sessions and the thought of doing Z2 for 2+ hours is the stuff of nightmares. If I’m honest, I only do the shorter Z2 sessions on the trainer to ensure I’m good to go for the harder workouts.
My favourites are:
Collins -0.5
Custom workout I made based on the duration of Collins (75 minutes) and the profile (up then down) and intensity of Pettit. Fits perfectly in my mornings before work on easy days.
Carter -1
Another custom workout when I’m a bit more crunched for time. I much prefer the “up then down” changes in intensity rather than getting harder at the end again.
I like the free rides too. The one criticism I have with some TR workouts is the random structure. I’d rather see a slow building negative split Z2 ride, so you just make it with free ride. Some of the rides do it, others don’t.
Wow, interesting workouts, i will definitely try them. But are these two really still Z2? Seem rather intense.
I wish I could call North Pack a Z2 ride
I really like those with sprints thrown in such as Bays+1. Breaks up the time well and makes the Z2 “intervals” seem like spinning in prep for a nice sprint.
lol
Lol yourself my question was aiming exactly at this: why would these workouts be posted in a Z2 thread?
Sorry, I was agreeing with you.
Didn’t mean it to come across like that.
Dang, no outside workout option though
I have done and am doing a lot of zone 2 work and for me, it really depends. Sometimes, I can just zone out and watch something and sometimes I need to keep being engaged. That said, I’d say: