Originally Posted by
CoogansBluff
Talk about your training, a typical week, etc. What has helped you maintain and improve into your 60s?
The biggest difference for me is more time to train, and the opportunity to spend time in the Mountains.
The program is basically 5 days on with Monday and Friday being rest days, intervals on Tuesday and Thursday. Then an endurance ride on Wednesday. And a hard group ride or race on the weekend, and and another endurance ride on other weekend day.
the program also has rhythm of 3 progressively harder weeks before a recovery week the 4 week, then starting the cycle again with another 4 week block
Because my goals for the year were long events with lots of climbing, the intervals have been mostly focused on raising ftp, so lots of tempo, sweet spot, and steady states, and just a smattering of shorter intervals.
300,000 feet plus of climbing this year has definitely helped