Hey, after completing my 6th half distance triathlon last year, I decided to sign up for my first Ironman in Hamburg, Germany on July 29th.
I have been training with a coach for the past year and I fully trust him in the design of my training weeks, but I have a question for the folks out here regarding the long ride. In many places I have read that people do multiple 100mi rides or rides of similar distance in order to train and adapt for the 180k of the Ironman, others say you have to ride 5-6 hours multiple times. In my case, I live in Quito, Ecuador (2850m above sea level) and all of my rides end up being very hilly, last weekend for example I went out for a 4h ride and ended up with almost 100k but also almost 2000m accumulated altitude. How would you design my long ride progression, taking into account the altitude and terrain I live in. I was thinking about doing a monthly long ride on my trainer in order to get some more steady work in.
Thnks and have a great weekend!!
Love the Pain!
Quito-Ecuador
I have been training with a coach for the past year and I fully trust him in the design of my training weeks, but I have a question for the folks out here regarding the long ride. In many places I have read that people do multiple 100mi rides or rides of similar distance in order to train and adapt for the 180k of the Ironman, others say you have to ride 5-6 hours multiple times. In my case, I live in Quito, Ecuador (2850m above sea level) and all of my rides end up being very hilly, last weekend for example I went out for a 4h ride and ended up with almost 100k but also almost 2000m accumulated altitude. How would you design my long ride progression, taking into account the altitude and terrain I live in. I was thinking about doing a monthly long ride on my trainer in order to get some more steady work in.
Thnks and have a great weekend!!
Love the Pain!
Quito-Ecuador