| bfergie |
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| 04/07/2008 19:30 |
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When to rest?
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I have been clocking up miles for the SUS08 which is quite a hilly sportive, The big question is when to stop or taper down training, I really don't know how much is enough but time limits me to a couple of 50 mile runs and 3 or thirty milers per week since september so it will have to do, Also done 4 80+ mile runs since spring. The sportive is on the 13th july so give me a date to halt or taper down, go to gym or veg out and watch Le tour! I want the legs to be fresh but not lose form.
| kieran |
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| 04/07/2008 19:49 |
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Re: When to rest?
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generally i try to work on rotations of 4 weeks with the forth week being a rest week, where i do about half the normal amount of training.
however if over 40 you might want to make this a three week rotation.
however iMO you should rest the week before the event with only some easy light spinning. especially for the three days prior to going to the sportive
you should arrive rested and ready to go for the event.