Like trainerroad itself recommends me 4:45 (a majority of which is hard intervals!): [Screenshot 2025-02-17 at 10.34.09] But when I add one more day of volume and remove 1 hard day (totalling 5:15), it suggests I might be overtraining: [Screenshot 2025-02-17 at 10.32.27] This makes no sense to…

Ok. They’re just warning you not to increase too fast, based on whatever info they have from the recent past. We all know stuff that TR doesn’t know, about our history and about our daily lives. If you think you can handle it, then go for it. They won’t punish or ridicule you, unless you ask them t…

Somewhat similar very recent thread, including a response from TR, that you might find helpful. [image] New user experience isn’t great TrainerRoad Software I’ve seen other posts from a few years back and it seems trainerroad isn’t setup for someone with some training unde…

[image] nene: For the last few years I’ve been riding around 15000 km During summer I regularly do 20 hour weeks. My goal is ultra-distance events (so more volume really is key for me). TR is primarily designed around the time crunched cyclist. It can still work great for high volume, but y…

OK. Thanks. Then I think I’ll just continue doing what I’m already doing. I’m also pretty happy with the interval workout recommendations for the hard days. I mainly wanted to point out how strange it is that doing considerably less intensity and a bit more endurance triggers this potential overtra…

i Agree with you. I also find it very rigid when looking at adding volume in trade of to much intensity. Not totally in sync

You can tell TR you have more time available and it will increase the length of your workouts. When I put in my plan, I told TR during the week i only had 1 hour to train but at the weekends I have 3 hours on a Sat and 2 hours on a Sun. My TR plan has now built up to these maximums.

How do I do that? How do I tell to TrainerRoad how much time I have available?

You already did it in the first post. If you run with the warning but allow red/yellow days to modify the plan on the fly then you are unlikely have an issue with fatigue. The big question is what have you been doing in the last 6 weeks. IIRC TR doesnt really care what you did last summer, just th…

OK. I thought there was some way to tell it I have X amount of time during the week.

It looks to me like you told TR you have 90mins on a Sat and 75mins on a Sunday. Go back into your plan and increase these if you want longer rides on those days.

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Trainerroad suggests I'm overtraining when I increase my volume while dropping intensity

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Somewhat similar very recent thread, including a response from TR, that you might find helpful.

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