Back in the dark ages (early 1980s) we were not allowed into the big
chainring until we had 1000 miles in for the season. Many riders are
in the big ring too much, too soon and too early. This time of year I
don't get the HR over 150. (But I'm a fat old man)

It's tough to keep yourself in this range. Rides like the TH ride and
even the tuesday night ride can succumb to peer pressure and ego and
goad people into riding too hard.

A couple of friends of mine who raced internationally, one who won the
Irish Milk Race twice, tell me that 90% of their training was in the
42 x 19 or 17 at 17mph. Think about that next time you let the avg.
mph on your 'puter push you too much.

Sooo....

Kepp Tuesday night open for low intensity, social, quick riding.

This year will be the 5th season of Boulevard pacelines. Watch this
space.

Go Wolverines! http://www.lmb.org/wsc/
http://www.usbhof.com/inductees/1990.cfm



--- In brown-cycling-club@yahoogroups.com, "Bernstein, Ethan"
<Ethan_Bernstein@b...> wrote:
>
> Good questions and thoughts. In my understanding, this type of
low-intensity, low-heartrate training should be done annually. And it
really does work. My first racing season I had prescribed that very
regimen for myself, and literally continued it up until the day of my
first race. I probably put in a couple thousand low-heartrate
training miles, and did not sprint at all. It really paid off, and I
finished 3rd in my first criterium (with some 60 starters). Now my
first approach was quite extreme, especially for someone who has a few
racing seasons under their belt. But the philosophy still remains in
spirit. As a rule, the more miles you train, the less intense they
should be. Assuming you are talking road-racing and longer crits, it
takes a very short amount of time (in the grand scheme of things) to
peak out your speed. If you train for 7 or 8 months, it should only
take only 1-3 months of training "hard" at the end to reach full
potential. The rest should really be low-intensity.
>
> In any case, all your training at this point should be low-intensity
spinning (you should sweat and breathe hard, but not strain). If you
plan on racing this ECCC season, start doing sprints and training hard
during february. If you race on and off during March and april, you
should be in peak form by the ECCC championships in mid-may.
>
> Hope that helps Geoff
>
> ~Ethan
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: brown-cycling-club@yahoogroups.com on behalf of GeWilli
> Sent: Mon 1/9/2006 5:05 PM
> To: brown-cycling-club@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Brown Cycling] Training philosophy/physiology thoughts
>
>
>
> Okay - somewhat out of the blue, but with all this talk about spinning
> classes and different workouts (from the ride and carry over
> discussions from a bit ago)...
>
> How does the 'group' feel about the old Walden school thoughts that
> produced the likes of Frankie Andreu?
> "Michigan coaching legend Mike Walden kept his road racers on a 42/15
> fixed gear at a heart rate never to exceed 65% of their maximum until
> they had logged 1000 miles for the season, and he claimed a single
> sprint would negate all the "capillary developing" of this phase"
>
> specifically the capillary development in the low intensity workouts?
>
> I had a friend who was a successful junior racer in the New England
> scene back in the mid-late 80s who went back to cycling in California
> a few years ago and a coach "prescribed" a regime not unlike Walden's
> 1000 miles at 65% before any efforts. And it worked extremely well
> for him.
>
> Now does this base need to be done just once in a career? Or is it
> the critical element of any successful annual road racing program?
>
> thoughts? comments? suggestions?
> sure the big issue is who has time this time of year (esp with the
> early start to the ECCC calendar) to get 1000 miles of base in before
> focusing on specific training like sprinting and hill climbing. What
> is the beneficial threshold? 500 miles of low intensity?
>
> stuff to think about when ya are doing hamster miles inside ;)
>
> -Geoff
>
> oh and BTW thanks for the great ride on Saturday, it felt great to be
> out in the Sun!
>
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