Hi everyone,
I am new to cycle racing and just establishing a training programme. I used to cycle a lot on a touring bike but had done nothing at all for about 5 years until deciding that marathon running is shooting my knees to pieces and moving into triathlon/duathlon. My first race is July 12th and I have two tris and a duathlon over the summer, all with a 20K time trial ride. I am doing 11 training sessions a week - 5 run, 4 bike and 2 swim. For the bike, I do a 1 hour easy on Monday, a 30 minute hard on Tuesday, a 1 hour easy (with some hard) on Thursday and a long ride at the weekend (club if I can juggle family commitments). I have only had the racing bike a week.
For the hard sessions I have in mind intervals and hill repeats. One session is a short hard session (this will often be a turbo trainer session) and the other is a longer ride with 30 minutes hard within it. These sessions will all build in length and intensity as I develop.
Is there anything else I could be doing?
Are there any mixed ability time trials the club enters that I could join in with later in the summer?
I would welcome any advice. Fitness is not a real issue as I am used to traing hard as a runner. It is all about learning skill and developing the muscles needed for cycle racing.
Thanks
Sarah