Hello all. I’ve just downloaded the Trainerroad software and wanted to ask a question about the best training plans to use for preparing for a long distance (112 miles) bike race in June 2019. My target is less than 5 hours. I’m used to riding time trials up to 30 miles and have competed in Olympic…

Yup, all on open roads which some don’t like. Personally I feel safer on a busier wider road where traffic can give you more room than smaller roads which might have less traffic but are much tighter. The road surfaces tend to be better (faster) and with generally fewer turns it’s easier to find a r…

That’s my TT territory, A66, as part of Velo Club Cumbria. Good idea using the 50 and 100 TT’s as practice, I might also look in the national races. Going back to the Trainer Road plans, I expected the specific bike ‘Century’ to be harder and more intense than the ‘Long distance Tri’ plan because o…

I think that the century plans are more aimed at completing the distance rather than racing the distance, I might be wrong about that though. Depending on how much riding and TSS you are used to one of the full distance plans might be ideal or maybe as I thought the climbing road race speciality pl…

[image] JulianM: I think that the century plans are more aimed at completing the distance rather than racing the distance, I might be wrong about that though. I used to think that too… until I used the Century plan earlier this year. It is far more work than I would have guessed based on the…

[image] JulianM: I think that the century plans are more aimed at completing the distance rather than racing the distance, I might be wrong about that though. This is false just looking at the two plans briefly. The century plan is a mash up of SSB and Sustained power build. It rotates throug…

Fair point. Having had another look at the Century plans there is pretty much the same or slightly more TSS than some of the other road speciality plans…I might have to give it a go :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::grinning: In fairness although I’m primarily a triathlete I’ve more often than not fol…

I completed my first 20mph metric century this year, and am building up for a sub-5 hour 100 miler in 2019. The Century plan looks good, but I’m more likely to go with 40k TT for the extra helpings of threshold work: [40%20AM]

That’s a SUPER cool chart. Where do you see that?

Here’s a quick side by side of some Mid-Vol plans: Century / 40k TT / Climbing RR [image] Plenty of work to be had in all, and it’s really minor differences in focus.

Training for a 112 mile bike race

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bbarrera November 6, 2018, 10:24pm 32

No, unless you are a premium member and create your own library of workouts. I provided an example here:

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Training for a 112 mile bike race

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