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- Path: sparky!uunet!psgrain!m2xenix!servio!marcs
- From: marcs@slc.com (Marc San Soucie)
- Subject: Re: Ridin short distances fast
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.013709.24270@slc.com>
- Organization: Servio Corp, Beaverton Oregon, US
- References: <85606@ut-emx.uucp>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:37:09 GMT
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- kipper@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kip Ingram) writes:
-
- > Hi. Some coworkers of mine and I ride about 20 miles most days at lunch. We
- > average maybe 20 mph and try *really* hard to beat one another. It's become
- > much more ruthless in the last year or so. Obviously, I'm interested in being
- > able to ride 20 miles as fast as I possibly can (rolling hills).
-
- > My question is simple. Can this be done without training 200-300 miles a week?
-
- Yes, but not by riding at 20 mph. Most of the training programs in most of
- the books emphasize using cycles containing periods of intense training
- alternating with appropriate rest. The intense periods will need to be at
- speeds considerably in excess of your desired target average (and so for
- less duration). With a carefully designed training regimen it ought to be
- possible to improve on far less than 200 miles per week.
-
-
- > How much distance do I need to put in before I can break through to 22-23
- > miles per hour on my 20 mile ride? Does a training regimen exist by which
- > riders have pushed to the higher speeds without upping the weekly mileage to
- > ridiculous levels, or is 20 mph or so just the best an average guy like me can
- > expect to do on 100 miles per week?
-
- It depends on how you ride those 100 miles. Get one of those training
- books. Better yet, get two or three and compare. Find a program that fits
- your schedule. Remember that sometimes an infuriatingly slow ride is just
- what you need.
-
- Marc San Soucie
- Portland, Oregon
- marcs@slc.com
-