Having signed up to training peaks, then today's plan, then gotten a bit of coaching, looking back, my ramp rate coming back from hernia was ridiculous. I think I overtrained, and combined with the omep, I put myself in to a bad place.
Am trying to keep to 4-5 easy workouts, 2 hard workouts a week, with a sensible ramp rate and some periodisation built in. Read an interesting paper that referenced a study showing that cyclists tend to go too hard on easy workouts and too easy on hard ones. Will try to avoid that.
Am loving the way Today's Plan makes the workout files for Zwift. Getting a coach to help me with the annual stuff and periodisation, but just to look over the workouts I'm doing and give tips retrospectively will hopefully be a way to keep me engaged with the process (can't imaging handing over responsibility) whilst providing some oversight. I want to plan my own workouts (so I understand them) and fit them around work / home, but I want reassurance I'm not barking up the wrong tree, and someone willing to cast an eye over what I'm up to. Chap helping me has done 24hr TT and transcon, and already does my bike fit and blood lactate.
