- Jul 28, 2009
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I've had a long first "season" as a beginner cyclist, dozens of fast club rides, 14 10-mile timetrials since April, a 6 week interval training schedule and dozens of solo rides.
I noticed as I got fitter I sort of got "lazy" on group rides. Let me explain. I would be cruising with riders I used to get dropped by and finish the ride in good shape. Then in a timetrial or during an interval session I would be thinking "holy mother of god this hurts" but I knew I was going at the same or slightly faster pace than before but I almost forgot how to handle the pain once I got fitter and didn't spend entire rides suffering. Anyone know what I mean?
Also most of my club are starting interval schedules and are quite looking forward to it. I can't think of anything I would want to do less than more high intensity stuff so my question, has anyone any experience of long steady pace riding in the winter being of benefit? I am constantly told quality over quantity but I feel I'm sorta sick of high intensity training. All I want to do when I think of tomorrows ride is to pick a distance say 100km and ride it at a steady pace.
I noticed as I got fitter I sort of got "lazy" on group rides. Let me explain. I would be cruising with riders I used to get dropped by and finish the ride in good shape. Then in a timetrial or during an interval session I would be thinking "holy mother of god this hurts" but I knew I was going at the same or slightly faster pace than before but I almost forgot how to handle the pain once I got fitter and didn't spend entire rides suffering. Anyone know what I mean?
Also most of my club are starting interval schedules and are quite looking forward to it. I can't think of anything I would want to do less than more high intensity stuff so my question, has anyone any experience of long steady pace riding in the winter being of benefit? I am constantly told quality over quantity but I feel I'm sorta sick of high intensity training. All I want to do when I think of tomorrows ride is to pick a distance say 100km and ride it at a steady pace.