will doing 2x 20 min intervals be beneficial for 10 mile and 25 mile time trials?
What about 5 min intervals?
Also would doing a 20 mile circuit at TT pace be beneficial too?
I'm not keen on turbos but I'm going to give it a try if it means it'll help my TT times go down as I've not started TT specific training yet and am down to a 23:41 but I want to aim for 21 minutes and under at the best for 10's and just getting under the hour then better for a 25 mile.
On the turbo I find it easy to hold 182 constant, something I find hard on the road.
Cheers.
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Back from Manchester Will?willhub wrote:will doing 2x 20 min intervals be beneficial for 10 mile and 25 mile time trials?
What about 5 min intervals?
Also would doing a 20 mile circuit at TT pace be beneficial too?
I'm not keen on turbos but I'm going to give it a try if it means it'll help my TT times go down as I've not started TT specific training yet and am down to a 23:41 but I want to aim for 21 minutes and under at the best for 10's and just getting under the hour then better for a 25 mile.
On the turbo I find it easy to hold 182 constant, something I find hard on the road.
Cheers.
I assume you mean 182 beats per minute rather than watts?
I'm no expert but TTing is about maintaining power for the duration of your ride - in the case of a 10 or 25 that means from 20 mins to just over an hour. This is aerobic so longer sustained rides are more appropriate than short intervals. It's a bit late in the season to start on the lower zones stuff so I guess the 2x20s would be OK at around your upper LT heart rate....