|   Current thinking on duration of low HR arobic base training? | d
Dec 17, 2001 3:37 PM | | It used to be about a months worth of slow mileage to get your aerobic base up to speed. Whats the latest or has it not changed? Thanks. |
| at least 1,000 miles? nm | Dog
Dec 17, 2001 3:40 PM | | |
| Not slow | Kerry Irons
Dec 17, 2001 4:50 PM | | You state "a months worth of slow mileage" but I think this characterizes it incorrectly. 1K miles makes a good aerobic base, but these miles should not be done slowly, but rather at zone 3 (82-88% of LT). Some people may call this pace "slow" but that is only because they think that the only pace that is worth riding is "hammer." |
| Not slow, don't go. | allervite
Dec 18, 2001 10:58 PM | | And some call that "No mans Land" or "Garbage Miles". Too fast to recover from well and too slow to get a real training benefit from. I am not arguing, just telling what some say.
Where does the thousand miles quote come from? Is that a good goal for Freddy Rodriguez, or a Cat 5 racer, or someone who has never ridden before. I think it's a bit more relative than 1000 miles. |
| Zone 3? | Len J
Dec 19, 2001 4:21 AM | | Friel is very specific that Aerobic Base milage should be on Zone 2 not zone 3 (However you are correct in the %'s). He even calls zone 2 Aerobic as opposed to zone 3 which is tempo.
Len |
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