The hardest part of training is seeing the results. Always riding on the trainer, be it spinning, intervals, or resistance, I never really see the gains I hope for.
This is where taking time away from riding really helps. It allows for the body to rebuild after a hard session, and, become stronger for the next.
Looking over my training logs, last year the total number of hours ridden at 175 days was 98:23 hours with 28:45 hours ridden in my max zone. In other words 29% of the time I was riding pretty hard.
This year at 174 days, I have ridden 130:18 hours with 17:26 ridden in my max zone. Riding in my maz zone only 13% of the time you might think I was riding slower this year, I thought so too. I compared my averages from last year to this and I’m actually faster this year! My average so far is 18.8 mph versus last year’s 18.7 mph, I must be doing something right!
Rode to podcast from PodRunner called “Transit Authority”, 159 bpm, 79 rpm, worked on intervals.
