Road Bike Training

You’ve been doing your road bike training for the last 12 weeks, you’ve entered a race, and are now nearing the end of the race.

You are near the front of the peloton, going 28mph, the newbies are dropping off the back because the pace is too hot. Everyone around you is working hard... silently suffering, but keeping on their “poker faces”.

You feel fine, your road bike training has paid off, and the finish line is only half a mile away.

You push your way to the outside of the pack.

You notice the people at the front have their heads down, and are going all out.

You switch down 2 sprockets.

The finish line is close.

You decide to make your move, you get out of the saddle, and mash away at the cranks.

You easily drop the front of the group, and you hear the clicking of people changing gears.

You think “Oh Crap, someone is going to catch me.”

You go to switch down another sprocket, but you are already in 52x12.
“Haha” you think, “My road bike training was worth it!”.

You sit back in the saddle, get into the drops and keep powering away, with surprising ease.

15 seconds later, you are over the finish line.

You look back to see that you created a ten second gap!

Which person are you?
The newbie dropping off the back?
A randomer in the pack?
A leader at the front of the pack?
The person who successfully breaks away?

You need to choose the right road bike training plan to fit your current ability. There is no point training to break off the front of the pack, if you can’t hold on when the pace goes up!

A great person once said “Race your strengths, and train your weaknesses”.

What are your weaknesses? Climbing? Sprinting?
What are your strengths? Cornering? Handling Skills?

You need a training plan which covers all of the above: It must cater to your current and future levels of fitness and it must have specific workouts for your individual weaknesses.

It must also be structured correctly so that you get the maximum benefit from your training, it should not burn you out, but it should not be too easy either!

You must be thinking “great, I know what I need... where can I get it?”

Right Here: The Ultimate Road Bike Training Plan