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On a separate note, has anyone gone through a TTE block and care to share what they did and what worked/didn't work?
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As I think I said on @fredtc 's thread, I understand the traditional view was that 6 weeks is usually the lead time for real physical change to take place, but it's maybe shorter for some people. As @hippy says maybe look back at your history to get some pointers.
Have you been doing a fair bit of threshold till now? If so I would change the stimulus a bit, or at least do it for a few weeks then consider some higher intensity before you start to taper.
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This is a good point - if you turn up in a TT helmet you'll be put in with the Open i.e. TT bike category, although suspect you are in a more participatory vein..
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Probably got at least one of the clothing bits, drop me a WA!
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Yeah bar sweep is supposedly to open the chest more when climbing 🤔
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Given his main reference point is a hollywood film he once watched, are you surprised?
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I think if you (continue to) get out to ride the TT bike for spells above threshold, you'll be well above a lot of the competition who have been on Zwift only since October.
If you are really wanting to get the best result, perhaps some race simulation or at least blocks of lactate clearance specific to the race itself will help, that said if you are a month out the amount of physical adaption you can make between now and is limited. IMHO to the above point, your ability to ride in position/ pace the course / technical skills through corners and descents will make the biggest difference at this late stage.
I broke my hand May last year and didn't get back to racing till the end of August - whilst my level was 5% down across the power curve, the main issue I had was not being able to ride the TT bike very well. I did a couple of out and back TT's and was not far off previous years' times, but on technical courses I was way off the pace as I just couldn't get the most of out of the course.
Anyway, a long way of saying don't sweat the fitness side, in any case it sounds like you are in decent shape.
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Only just stumbled across this - love it. How is the training going?
I have never made the date work and yet again in 2025 I'll be in another country instead of slogging around those lovely lanes.
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This is my general experience with Di2 - occasionally it borks itself, and disconnecting/reconnecting/charging it will randomly come back to life.
but @hippy is right, riding outdoor in the wet on a TT bike is for hardpeople/madness
Thanks, I've been through the podcasts he's done on it a few times and do the TTE test periodically when not racing. It's great for 'feeling' your threshold or whatever he says you should be able to do.
For implementing the TTE training blocks I'm interested to understand how people have implemented it more than "just do longer steady state intervals" as he (understandably) isn't going to give away how he actually prescribes it. And moreover what worked and didn't work with it. I'd be surprised if it's 2 x 20' then 2 x 22.5' then 2 x 25 then 2 x 30 given how much he slams TR for being formulaic and boring...
I guess what I'd like to know is how much should you actually structure the progression, how important is TiZ vs lengthening the intervals, what do you do when you plateau, how long should you do it for (3,4,5,6 more weeks) and so on.