More or Longer? 🤔
Should I make my force-development intervals more; or longer? Or both? I’m now constantly mindful of the hills on RAGBRAI; and I have no idea how long and steep they might be. I hope the organizers come out with more information soon.
Week before last, I extended my force intervals to 45 seconds; and did two sets of three efforts. Last week I took a break from such intense work; then today I did intervals 45 seconds long; and two sets of four efforts.
But I expect that the hills on the RAGBRAI route will take more than 45 seconds to climb; so I need to do s’more of those hard efforts! But more; or longer? I’m glad I still have about four months left to train!
Four Months 🗓️
This much is sure: with four months to go, there’s no time for pussyfooting around. I’ve got to get out there and ride! For the most part, the weather has cooperated; and I hope it continues to do so.
Aside from pondering whether my force efforts should be more or longer, I think I can stick to my usual riding schedule. I want to increase my Sunday long ride by a few miles each week; and make the Monday ride about equal in length. Over four months, that will let me work up to 60-mile rides well before RAGBRAI.
One YouTube that I watched suggested working up to rides equal to the average daily distance on RAGBRAI; this year, that’s 58 miles. And you don’t really need to do rides that long every day. Who’s got time like that?
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