Training For Racing

vermin99

I know it's a pretty vague question,but,Out of interest,what kind of mileage /hours are the top end a1 riders putting in? And the juniors that are constantly winning a3 races week in week out?thanks

killalanerr

vermin99 wrote: »

I know it's a pretty vague question,but,Out of interest,what kind of mileage /hours are the top end a1 riders putting in? And the juniors that are constantly winning a3 races week in week out?thanks

How long is a piece of string...... rule of thump 10 hours for completive A3 less if you have a bit of natural talent and train right as for the A1s I would say 15 to 20 hours depending on the goal,but at the end of the day,the more you ride the better you will be.

wirelessdude01

I know people who completed the Ras last year with an avg of 9hrs per week. It is all about the quality of the work and not so much the quantity.

vermin99

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

I know people who completed the Ras last year with an avg of 9hrs per week. It is all about the quality of the work and not so much the quantity.

Intervals and the likes or?

harringtonp

In general you can get away with less hours per week if it is spread across more sessions.
For example 6 hours as 4 sessions of 3,1,1,1 hours will work better than two of 4 and 2 hr. This is particularly the case if all you are targeting is 2-3 hr A3 races or 2 day stage races.

My hours are low but on strava comparisons with others I follow the number of sessions per year is up there with any of them.

As said above with regard to A1's and top juniors I'd imagine they all train in very different ways, there is no standard practice

mossym

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

I know people who completed the Ras last year with an avg of 9hrs per week. It is all about the quality of the work and not so much the quantity.

100% agreed, but prior history/experience to be considered as well. even with the best quality sessions i can't imagine a novice getting to RAS levels on 9 hours. for someone with years of experience of A1/high level training and an existing deep fitness bank then it's much more plausible. looking at what they did in 1 year in isolation from 10 years of prep may distort the requirements dramatically

wirelessdude01

vermin99 wrote:

Intervals and the likes or?

Yea very much. All about increasing threshold and ability to recover at higher zones.

manwithaplan

Depends on the time of year too. Also depends whether you include the races themselves. Unless they're doing the Rás or something, I'm not sure many are doing much more than 7 hours outside of racing this time of year.