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Hi all, I have started riding my bike to work it takes me about 70
min. one way. Can I count this time as training hours? and it kind of like a two workout day 60-70 min in the mroning and then 60-70 at night. If i stay in my zones and work some intervals in the ride I should be ok right? or am i just dreaming and wasting my time. thanks mike |
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"mike" wrote in message
ps.com... Hi all, I have started riding my bike to work it takes me about 70 min. one way. Can I count this time as training hours? and it kind of like a two workout day 60-70 min in the mroning and then 60-70 at night. If i stay in my zones and work some intervals in the ride I should be ok right? or am i just dreaming and wasting my time. thanks mike If you're serious about using the commute for intervals, or any good mixture of workouts (see Friel, The Cyclists Training Bible http://www2.trainingbible.com/about.htm for some), especially in the off-season, you can absolutely use these kinds of workouts for cross-training. JF |
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mike wrote:
Hi all, I have started riding my bike to work it takes me about 70 min. one way. Can I count this time as training hours? and it kind of like a two workout day 60-70 min in the mroning and then 60-70 at night. If i stay in my zones and work some intervals in the ride I should be ok right? or am i just dreaming and wasting my time. thanks mike Absolutely - as long as it's quality miles. I commute a couple of times a week, and try to use it for specific things - morning is 'steady state' (or as steady as I can be at 5:00), kept in zone; and afternoon, I tend to use for some pickups and hills (ok, inclines - this is Minneapolis!). Both of the days I normally commute I have other non-bike workouts planned, so this is just an easy way to get some reasonably good quality aerobic work. (and feel good about saving the environment, blah, blah, blah). Marsh J New Brighton, MN |
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