I have spent the last week in Spain, riding around 500 miles with about 55k of climbing., this was done mostly at endurance efforts apart from a few threshold/sweetspot intervals on some of the hills. I have a power meter and all my activities are in trainingpeaks. For those that use it, my PMC showed a peak TSB of -80, currently -55.
2 weeks before I did a week in Majorca but less miles and climbing. Before this, my bike has been fairly consistent even with having to drop running and swimming to some degree. Biking around 8-10 hours per week at some good intensity mostly.
My last ride in Spain was Saturday, it was a fairly gentle ride with 1 single 30 second effort on a very steep hill.
Yesterday I did an easy 30 minute spin.
My question is when should I start to think about getting back to normal training?
Generally, I feel okay. The legs are a little sore, but no massive amount of fatigue that I am aware of. Nothing that is really indicating that I should be either; a) taking time off the bike completely, or b) doing lots of recovery rides.
I have read various articles online and some go as far as waiting until all fatigue is gone (positive TSB).
I want to go out on the club chain gang tomorrow, and the club TTT wednesday, and the club session Friday, and the........
I was thinking of doing an hour easy (recovery effort) tonight. Tomorrow would be an outdoor ride with a few hills in with a view of then doing the TTT on wednesday and monitoring things. If the legs feel sore, flat, HR high, RPE high, etc and I would bin it.
Any input appreciated.
Thanks
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2 weeks before I did a week in Majorca but less miles and climbing. Before this, my bike has been fairly consistent even with having to drop running and swimming to some degree. Biking around 8-10 hours per week at some good intensity mostly.
My last ride in Spain was Saturday, it was a fairly gentle ride with 1 single 30 second effort on a very steep hill.
Yesterday I did an easy 30 minute spin.
My question is when should I start to think about getting back to normal training?
Generally, I feel okay. The legs are a little sore, but no massive amount of fatigue that I am aware of. Nothing that is really indicating that I should be either; a) taking time off the bike completely, or b) doing lots of recovery rides.
I have read various articles online and some go as far as waiting until all fatigue is gone (positive TSB).
I want to go out on the club chain gang tomorrow, and the club TTT wednesday, and the club session Friday, and the........
I was thinking of doing an hour easy (recovery effort) tonight. Tomorrow would be an outdoor ride with a few hills in with a view of then doing the TTT on wednesday and monitoring things. If the legs feel sore, flat, HR high, RPE high, etc and I would bin it.
Any input appreciated.
Thanks
On the internet, you can be anything you want. It is a pity so many people choose to be stupid.