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maybe you guys can help me with this little dilema. or throw me some ideas.
i have read friel's book once. got valuable info and modified my training a bit. but im still not training properly mainly because of lack of goals (and no hr monitor, now i have one). my plan is to read it again and start training for good.
but here's the thing. i dont really intend on racing. i've actually considered racing just to justify my training but it has no sense.
so what do i want to achieve? short-medium rides with good performance all around the year. or mostly (there are always some breaks due to health, holidays, work). i talking of 70-200km rides. as someone else here said, im competing with myself. i like to be real fit and fast on the bike.
so whats the problem? that that goal seems not to work with friel's goals. especially the part of beeing fit year around. im ok with peaks and i understand fit is always going up or down, not stable. but as im not racing, im not looking for 2 peaks a season or similars. or having a category races and b and c categories.
how could i design a training routine based on such open goals? maybe plan 1 big ride a month? and prepare for that? but that also seems not to work with friel's periodization. cause i mean one a month, every month. i understand i will not peak so high as if peaked twice season. and thats cool. but i dont want to be in the mediocre ride phase all year. nor burnout. any tips are cool!
by the way i live in a place where you can basically ride all year around. no snow. 20-25 days of rain a year.
thanks!
pic unrelated, just made stewed strawberries and they got over the pan.
