Originally Posted by
smashndash
OK I don’t know if I’m missing something really obvious here... how is what I said “opposite” to what you said?
You:
80% really easy and 20% really hard. =
Monday : 100 minute ride; 80 minutes really easy, 20 minutes really hard.
Tuesday: 100 minute ride; 80 minutes really easy, 20 minutes really hard.
Wednesday: 100 minute ride; 80 minutes really easy, 20 minutes really hard.
Thursday: 100 minute ride; 80 minutes really easy, 20 minutes really hard.
Friday: 100 minute ride; 80 minutes really easy, 20 minutes really hard.
Saturday: 100 minute ride; 80 minutes really easy, 20 minutes really hard.
Sunday: 100 minute ride; 80 minutes really easy, 20 minutes really hard.
= 700 minutes of riding, 560 minutes really easy, 140 minutes really hard.
Me: 80% of training sessions easy, 20% hard=
Monday : 100 minute ride; 100 minutes really easy
Tuesday: 100 minute ride; 100 minutes really easy
Wednesday: 100 minute ride; 70 minutes really easy, 30 minutes really hard.
Thursday: 100 minute ride; 100 minutes really easy
Friday: 100 minute ride; 100 minutes really easy
Saturday: 100 minute ride; 100 minutes really easy
Sunday: 100 minute ride; 100 minutes really easy
= 700 minutes of riding, 670 minutes really easy, 30 minutes really hard.
140 minutes > 30 minutes.
Plus,
You: no medium-pace riding
Me: lots and lots of tempo/sweetspot/threshold (medium pace riding)