| Tuesday | | | | | Cycle | | 60 - 90 MIN, OVER ANY TERRAIN, AS LONG AS THERE ARE A FEW STEEPISH HILLS. AFTER ABOUT 15 MIN WARMING UP, INCLUDE 6 - 8 EFFORTS OF 4 - 5 MIN EACH, AT 80 - 90 MHR, SEPARATED BY 3 - 5 MIN REST, WHICH CAN BE ANYTHING FROM NO RIDING AT ALL TO CRUISING ALONG AT ABOUT 60% OF MHR. DO THESE EFFORTS AT DIFFERENT CADENCES (BETWEEN 75 - 95 RPM) AND ON VARYING TERRAIN. THESE EFFORTS ARE USUALLY BEST DONE ON A HILL, AS THE TOP OF THE HILL PROVIDES A GOOD MOTIVATOR TO KEEP GOING AT WHAT SHOULD BE QUITE AN UNCOMFORTABLE PACE. IF YOU WANT TO GET REALLY SOPHISTICATED, YOU CAN FIRST DO A 20 KM RIDE AT THE HIGHEST PACE YOU CAN MANAGE (PREFERABLY ON A FLAT COURSE) AND USE THE AVERAGE HEART RATE FROM THAT RIDE AS YOUR TARGET RATE DURING THE 5 MIN EFFORTS.
| | | | | | Wednesday | | | | | Cycle | | EASY OR REST DAY, DEPENDING ON HOW YOUR LEGS FEEL. A 30 - 45 MIN EASY RIDE AT 60% OF MHR IS PLENTY. | | | | | | Thursday | | | | | Cycle | | NOW IT GETS A BIT MORE COMPLICATED, DEPENDING ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE DOING FUNRIDES. FOR A DAY 7 FUNRIDE, THE TRAINING IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS BLOCK, JUST DO MORE OF THE SAME: 60 - 90 MIN, AT A COMFORTABLE PACE, WHICH SHOULD BE BETWEEN 60 - 75% MHR, AT A MEDIUM TO HIGH CADENCE (85 - 105 RPM). THIS CAN BE DONE ON ANY ROUTE. THROW IN A FEW (ABOUT 10) MEDIUM-LENGTH (ABOUT 10 SEC) ACCELERATIONS, AS WELL AS 3 FLAT-OUT SPRINTS, AS THE MOOD TAKES YOU. FOR A DAY 6 FUNRIDE, STICK WITH A 60 - 90 MIN STEADY RIDE AT 60 - 70% MHR.
| | | | | | Saturday | | | | | Cycle | | FUNRIDE OR EASY 45 MIN AT 50 - 70% MHR IF YOU'RE DOING A DAY 7 FUNRIDE, OTHERWISE DO A 2-HOUR RIDE. AS BEFORE, THIS IS A COMBINATION OF DAY 2 AND DAY 4 RIDES, AS DETERMINED BY THE CONDITION YOUR LEGS ARE IN, BUT SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF HALF THE DAY 2 SESSION AND SPRINTS AFTER THAT AS YOUR LEGS ALLOW. IT IS QUITE OK FOR YOUR LEGS TO BE REALLY TIRED AFTER THIS SESSION, BUT DON'T BE TOO AMBITIOUS. | | | | | | Sunday | | | | | Cycle | | FUNRIDE OR OPTIONAL EASY RIDE OF ONE TO 2 HOURS AT A PACE DETERMINED BY YOUR LEGS. THIS IS MORE SMELL-THE-FLOWERS RIDING, FOR PURE ENJOYMENT. | | | | | |