As I think you know, I've been piling the Z2 rides in for a few weeks with very little intensity. I surprised myself a bit in the ZRL on Tuesday when I did my 3rd highest av power in 2023 which seems to suggest the Z2 is having an effect.
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As I think you know, I've been piling the Z2 rides in for a few weeks with very little intensity. I surprised myself a bit in the ZRL on Tuesday when I did my 3rd highest av power in 2023 which seems to suggest the Z2 is having an effect.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
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- Perthshire,Scotland
Similar effect to the Maffetone method lots of runners use. Seems crazy slow to start with as you have to go so slow to stay at the correct heart rate, but if you persevere you start to see the benefits after several weeks.
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
Spot on. My 'method' for the past two years was to smash it twice a week and do the rest in Z2. Works wonders. And then occasionally race the FRR tours to show the legs who's boss
So doing FRR in Z2 just means there will be a bit more of it than usual. The current tour is quite friendly for that - stages not too long or too hilly.
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Spot on. My 'method' for the past two years was to smash it twice a week and do the rest in Z2. Works wonders. And then occasionally race the FRR tours to show the legs who's boss
So doing FRR in Z2 just means there will be a bit more of it than usual. The current tour is quite friendly for that - stages not too long or too hilly.
I prefer my z2 outside and this year hasn't really been conducive to that. So I've probably done less z2 than usual.
I've raced a lot though. I expect it has hampered my "long power" improvement though. There has been a bit, but really very little.
Need to either stop being a woos and get outside or find a way to make 2hr rides indoors more palatable.
I've personally have no real structure or aims to excel to be my best form. I'm quite content with being near the front in C on flatish events. It keeps me fit. I do have periods where I try to get some regular Z2 but life gets in the way for being in a solid routine.
So it's smash it when I can and get some weight training in-between
So it's smash it when I can and get some weight training in-between
Stage 1 Frr done , 48km arounds New York , lumpy always up or down , 138th in mixed B cat waiting results on website for specific cat , Gave it a good go without going mad average 2.6w/kg ,pacing myself , saw J.Constable in the start pen . Spent the 1st 10km trying to drop a wheel sucker called S.Robinson who was very unchatty . Dropped him only for him to come back and put a minute into up the NY kom that's when I realised it wasn't our S.Robinson 👍
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steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Yeah, that's a dead giveaway that it's not me!
Johnsop99
Veteran
- Location
- Bude, Cornwall
Finished 163rd, 188 starters, 173 finishers. About 7 ½ minutes down on Phil at 2.2W/Kg. S.Robinson also passed me early on. Going to try as many stages as I can until I blow up!
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Nothing wrong with that if it fits your life.
I've had a lot of fun racing and it does help to keep things going, but I do feel the need for some zone 2 in my life now.
Stage 2 FRR tour de Brittania done , just London ,Leith hill, box hill ,London and Leith again !! 68kms . 131st of 160 in mixed B pen bottom third of my Cat . Peter Salt did the stage earlier as a zone 2 ride and was nearly 5 mins quicker than my race effort 😂
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
If 27km is accurate, then that's the lead-in out of the city, then 5 times up the North Sgurr (gravel, longer), 4 times up the South Sgurr (tarmac, shorter) and then the finish would be about halfway down the descent of the South side. I'd presume they'll be ending it at the top and it's just a rounding error.
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
Crikey. I'm glad it'll be another Z2 for me.
Yep 27km , Wish I never asked all that on zwift TT bikes , gravel wheels?
