UNDERSTANDING TRAINING METRICS: THE LONG GAME

There are many more facets to elite performance than merely getting on your bike and riding, and while ‘just riding’ can form the basis of fitness and performance, there comes a point when structuring your training is required to progress.

In part one of these articles we discussed the multitude of acronyms regarding training sessions. If you haven’t read it, it will give you a better insight into this article and I urge you to do so before plowing forward here. In this article, we will discuss the significance of training metrics in planning a season.

USING TRAINING METRICS IN ORDER TO PLAN A SEASON

First things first: training metrics are a tool but they’re not the be all and end all. While there are guidelines for