hairingtons
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Agree with gds58.
Your 10 times are a good standard already, so the type of training and riding you already doing is obviously sending you in the right direction. If you are going under 24mins in a 10 then you're clearly capable of the kinda pace you need to go under the hour.
I think the major step from the 10 to the 25 is training yourself to keep focussed for 25 miles. If you are doing one or two riders a week of 30miles plus, then you'll have the endurance to do a 25 at race pace, it's just learning to hold that concetration for the extra distance.
Doing intervals will benefit for sure, and you're already doing that type of training. It's been a while since I was training properly, but simply doing say 2 or 3 miles at race pace, then 'resting' for 1 mile or so, then going race pace again for 2 or 3 miles etc etc, will help teach your legs to do it for the full 25 (at a faster pace).
Personally, and you gotta remember it's all about what suits your body really, I found that going out on my local chain gang was one of the biggest benefits. It helped in Road Racing and TTs. A decent 10-15 mile chain gang ride at race pace will beneift you similar to intervals. You're doing race pace most of the time, even when you're resting.
It's hard to replicate a race though, so just get yourself in some more 25s and set a new goal for each one. Whether it's taking 30 seconds or 1minute each time, whatever. As you do more 25s your body will just get used to it more, obviously.
Your 10 times are a good standard already, so the type of training and riding you already doing is obviously sending you in the right direction. If you are going under 24mins in a 10 then you're clearly capable of the kinda pace you need to go under the hour.
I think the major step from the 10 to the 25 is training yourself to keep focussed for 25 miles. If you are doing one or two riders a week of 30miles plus, then you'll have the endurance to do a 25 at race pace, it's just learning to hold that concetration for the extra distance.
Doing intervals will benefit for sure, and you're already doing that type of training. It's been a while since I was training properly, but simply doing say 2 or 3 miles at race pace, then 'resting' for 1 mile or so, then going race pace again for 2 or 3 miles etc etc, will help teach your legs to do it for the full 25 (at a faster pace).
Personally, and you gotta remember it's all about what suits your body really, I found that going out on my local chain gang was one of the biggest benefits. It helped in Road Racing and TTs. A decent 10-15 mile chain gang ride at race pace will beneift you similar to intervals. You're doing race pace most of the time, even when you're resting.
It's hard to replicate a race though, so just get yourself in some more 25s and set a new goal for each one. Whether it's taking 30 seconds or 1minute each time, whatever. As you do more 25s your body will just get used to it more, obviously.
