AnthonyS wrote:
. I know the conventional ST wisdom is that Z2 training is worthless, but collective wisdom doesn't always apply to everyone.I don't think anyone with a clue would suggest Z2 training is useless, but you have to do a lot of it. 20 hours is a LOT of training time, if it is an honest 20 hours.
However I think the pain you are getting at higher efforts could very well be the result of...not doing higher efforts a lot.
I prescibe a once weekly 4x5min @ vo2max and a once weekly zone 3 or 4 ride instead of zone 2
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