Background: I'm 58 years old and my strength is TT/Triathlon cycling efforts -- long, steady, lactate threshold races. My racing "season" of late has worked pretty well for two peaks -- one in late May/early June and the other in late August/early September. Historically, I've trained year 'round and my total mileage has been between 8,000 and 10,000 miles per year. Traditional training plan -- massive amounts of base but my peak power levels are nothing to be proud of.
I would like to reduce the amount of time I spend on the bike, but I don't want to stop being competitive in TT's / Triathlons where the bike race is around 1 hour in duration. (I still compete pretty well with the young guys -- generally top 3 overall on the bike -- but those days are probably numbered.)
Is the "Time Crunched Cycling" training plan effective in doing what I want to do? Switching over will almost certainly cost me some aerobic fitness -- maybe forever. But will it keep me competitive in races of about 1 hour? Has anyone here used the Time Crunched method? How old are you? How did it go?
Thanks for your input!
I would like to reduce the amount of time I spend on the bike, but I don't want to stop being competitive in TT's / Triathlons where the bike race is around 1 hour in duration. (I still compete pretty well with the young guys -- generally top 3 overall on the bike -- but those days are probably numbered.)
Is the "Time Crunched Cycling" training plan effective in doing what I want to do? Switching over will almost certainly cost me some aerobic fitness -- maybe forever. But will it keep me competitive in races of about 1 hour? Has anyone here used the Time Crunched method? How old are you? How did it go?
Thanks for your input!