obviously less for triathletes, but anyone have the averages?
i thin in the order of 200 to 300 vs 300 to 500 iirc
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cat 4 amateurs average more miles than that out here.
I would say 200-300 vs 1500-2000tss
Wait, are you saying pro cyclists ride 1500-2000 miles per week? So somewhere between 200-300 miles per day?
Really?
cat 4 amateurs average more miles than that out here.
I would say 200-300 vs 1500-2000tss
they need to cat up then
=)
Wait, are you saying pro cyclists ride 1500-2000 miles per week? So somewhere between 200-300 miles per day?
Really?
yeah, given that they do less than this during the tour and it destroys them, i dunno
So let’s say they ride 25mph, we are talking 8-12hour rides every day? At 25mph?
I dunno either 
TSS, not miles.
In terms of miles, jack was right-anywhere between 300 and 600 (for those huge pre-grand tour build weeks).
oooo, tss
whats that? lol
TSS, not miles.
In terms of miles, jack was right-anywhere between 300 and 600 (for those huge pre-grand tour build weeks).
you’re tellin me 
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you obviously didn’t get my joke that all pros use power meters
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Guess Jackmott and I both missed it.
Guess Jackmott and I both missed it.
i looked it up
TSS is a training stress score
100 ~ 1 hour of FTP
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I recall that now.
Although didn’t Paulo declare “the death of TSS” at some point. I don’t know enough about it, just remember it causing a stir around here.
You want real disparity, consider anyone vs. a D1 college swimmer, who’s ironically ‘capped’ at 20 hours a week (though there are certainly ways around that…) Some distance guys put in 80,000 to 90,000 yards a week. (So, 50 miles, more than a lot of triathletes, including myself, run…) And that can go up even more on a training trip. Even at my non-powerhouse school we’d often hit 50,000 yds a week only swimming once a day… How come no tri swimmers ever think they can qualify for Nationals but DO think they could give Zarbriskie a run for his TT money?
theres some really interesting things you can do with tracking power and trying to quantify them into some sort of training ‘load’
But I suspect its difficult to get a handle on the idea. miles per week or hours per week is the measure those of us w/o power meters use.
a power meter can tell you joules per week or “TSS”. But the, 400 watts on a hot day isn’t the same as 400 watts on a cold day, in terms of ‘training stress’
and so on
i would like it to be my job to study this, heh
I recall that now.
Although didn’t Paulo declare “the death of TSS” at some point. I don’t know enough about it, just remember it causing a stir around here.
ease up on the acronyms! whats “iirc?”
!-)
In the 70s, riders tended to do huge mileage, with a bit less intensity, and pretty much the entire season. The big big mile riders were doing up to 50,000km a year with typically 4 weeks off. That’s still around 630mi per week for 48 weeks.
A conservative estimate nowadays is around 32,000km to 35,000km with a slightly longer off season (6 weeks) but more intensity, overall.
If I remember correctly.
I would say pros are going to be doing in the neighborhood of 400 miles a week. Triathletes have to do more important things like run and swim.
2 years ago I was doing 1000 mile months easy. I was bike racing, and was a cat4, and I SUCKED.