Subject: RE: What to do on 'short sessions'? A couple of suggestions for you...
1. there's no such thing as too much endurance. Even at the sprint/olympic distance, endurance is still a large limiter and for most people an increased number of endurance workouts per week will reap greater benefits than speed work.
2. For increased-paced workouts, tempo work pays off well. For example, in a 60minute session, do 15min warm up/cool down and in the middle do 3 (8t,2e ). This means 3 repeats of 8 minutes hard with a 2 minute recovery.
3. For hills, slow rpm, seated climbing is a force workout which builds basic strength. This is also a basic limiter for almost all of us. You can do repeats or if your normal routes have hills, just include them in all endurance workouts at this point in the season and you shouldn't need a specific hill session.
Cheers,
Scott |