Originally Posted by
Wylde06
Good hard group ride last night. Walking up the one flight of stairs to the office this morning was interesting.
Ive been doing this ride on Tuesdays in place of structured intervals. This group of guys makes for just as hard of a workout, plus I feel like its better actual race training rather than trying to hit a certain target wattage for x number of minutes.
Tuesday night racing starts next week.
Funny, I was going to post a question about this same thing. My Tuesday Worlds is a really, really tough ride, but the standard advice (which I've always blindly followed) seems to be that you need structure. If a group ride stresses the right zones and especially since it's race specific, why is it not perfect training (as a substitute for intervals)?