'Dale Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Er, I meant 4.0 hour rides...And 3 months of at 60% effort 4.0 HR rides is a lekka base to incorporate shorter, steeper, tougher rides into,,,With consistent sub 3 century races as a goal.
vanniri Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Hi, Just interested to know when you all starting your base training. What do you consider as base training and what sort of rides do you do? IMO I consider base as clocking 1000km. If the 1000km criteria applies to each ride you will have created one hell of a base, you will also be very tired, have high maintenance bills and have no friends left and your family would have deserted you. If it refers to the cumulative km´s over the total base period, I agree you are far-off
Oltremo Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 My Base training starts now, for about 12 weeks, then a few weeks Build Phase till August.Will try and maintain an average 11hrs riding per week, comprising 2 x 3 hr rides weekends Z1, 2 x 1 hr gym sessions, 1-2 x 2 hr rides in week (1 off tempo eventually becoming intervals and 1 off z1).
Me-rider Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 I came across this article a few years back when I was training for something other than cycling. I found it pretty useful for my purposes. http://www.markallenonline.com/maoArticles.aspx?AID=4 From what I have gathered, distance and time is impportant but so is Heart rate. I am by no means an expert but from what I understand training at the correct heart rates is the most efficient approach. Offcourse maintaining certain heart rates is difficult on a Mountain bike where the intensity of the course is not alway under your control. I am fairly new to cycling so I am too impatient to try it, but based on this article it may prove a useful experiment for a hubber to pick a route and cycle it regularly trying to maintain the targetted heart rate. After a few months report back to us whether it works? As a consolisation prize (in unlikely event it does not help) each hubber can also agree to buy you one beer at the end of your program? Fair trade?
'Dale Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 I'm clearly too old for this!Maybe you just have a smaller base, Prince?
Brakkies Sport Fotos Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 not a lot of us will be on the poduim at finishes or making a living out of cycling. just get on your bike, go ride till you cant wait for Muldervlei's coffee, turn around, have some coffee, cycle back home, kick the dog, clean the pool, send the wife to the shop, and get on your back, and watch the rugby. Man, just cycle because you love it, than the 5-6hour rides is not a problem at all.
Eldron Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 not a lot of us will be on the poduim at finishes or making a living out of cycling. just get on your bike, go ride till you cant wait for Muldervlei's coffee, turn around, have some coffee, cycle back home, kick the dog, clean the pool, send the wife to the shop, and get on your back, and watch the rugby. Man, just cycle because you love it, than the 5-6hour rides is not a problem at all. Some of us like the podium but only have 8-10 hours/week available to train... Intervals become extremely important if you want to make the most out of those 8-10 hours... That said - if you like cycling and don't care much for results and best times then I'm 100% with popeye - why make cycling a chore when the enjoyment is in the riding not the planning?
Prince Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Maybe you just have a smaller base, Prince? Now you are getting personal
Me-rider Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Check this out: (Very good info) TriFuel Nice link, thanks.
nuge Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 I came across this article a few years back when I was training for something other than cycling. I found it pretty useful for my purposes. http://www.markallenonline.com/maoArticles.aspx?AID=4 From what I have gathered, distance and time is impportant but so is Heart rate. I am by no means an expert but from what I understand training at the correct heart rates is the most efficient approach. Offcourse maintaining certain heart rates is difficult on a Mountain bike where the intensity of the course is not alway under your control. I am fairly new to cycling so I am too impatient to try it, but based on this article it may prove a useful experiment for a hubber to pick a route and cycle it regularly trying to maintain the targetted heart rate. After a few months report back to us whether it works? As a consolisation prize (in unlikely event it does not help) each hubber can also agree to buy you one beer at the end of your program? Fair trade?good article!
Antoni Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 I came across this article a few years back when I was training for something other than cycling. I found it pretty useful for my purposes. http://www.markallenonline.com/maoArticles.aspx?AID=4 From what I have gathered, distance and time is impportant but so is Heart rate. I am by no means an expert but from what I understand training at the correct heart rates is the most efficient approach. Offcourse maintaining certain heart rates is difficult on a Mountain bike where the intensity of the course is not alway under your control. I am fairly new to cycling so I am too impatient to try it, but based on this article it may prove a useful experiment for a hubber to pick a route and cycle it regularly trying to maintain the targetted heart rate. After a few months report back to us whether it works? As a consolisation prize (in unlikely event it does not help) each hubber can also agree to buy you one beer at the end of your program? Fair trade? Very interesting!! I'll defineitly try it. I drink Windhoek light, should this fail.
Mads Posted April 4, 2011 Posted April 4, 2011 OK Call me stupid, but I don't understand. Does Base training means that once a week (or more by preference) for a period of 12- 16 weeks I take a ride for - say 4 hours at 60 - 70 % of my heart rate irrespective of the distance and the rest of the week I ride at which ever HR ( MTB 90% HR) OR Does it means that for 12-14 weeks any effort on my bike , my HR should - at all times - be with in 60- 70 % of my HR. No exceptions - at all- ever? Which means for the next 3 - 4 months. No MTB races - Not that I race- It is more of: Another one I survived within the cut off times
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