Your First Metric Century (60-75 miles)- Thrive
8 weeks - $19.95
Total Hours: 70
Total Hours: 70
A metric century is a 100 kilometer cycling event that is done for fun and challenge. 100km events are just about the perfect distance to start as a great cycling challenge. This Bicycling magazine, Hunter Allen Metric Century training plan will help you get ready to thrive and crush it! Let me introduce myself, Hunter Allen, your coach! I have raced in hundreds of races (and won a few too!) as an amateur and a pro, and coached even more athletes to successful races, metric century's, gran fondos and long distance events.
The plan is designed for the beginner-to-intermediate cyclist with 6 to 14 hours a week to train, who has been riding for less than a year, or who rides, on average, a few times a week up to 3 hours. You have completed a few club rides and are starting to get comfortable riding in a pack. Don't worry if you have a little less time than that to train, you'll be able to adjust easily with my guidance tips at the beginning of each week. Along with improving your overall fitness, the focus of the first three weeks is to jumpstart your muscular endurance to prepare for the demands of the metric.
The fourth week is a rest week and is critical to prepare your body for the next block of training. Weeks 5, 6, and 7 are designed to solidify your newfound fitness and build your ability to "Thrive" on the climbs while completing your first metric! Make sure your following each days training, don't give up. This plan is hard but will make you faster! To complete this plan you should have 4-6 weeks of "base" training totalling at least 500 miles of riding to ensure you are ready to complete this plan. The plan consists of workouts at various effort levels. It offers wattage, heart rate, and rate of perceived exertion (RPE) options so you can gauge yours effort whether you use a power meter, an HR monitor, or prefer to work out by feel.
Before you start the plan, I suggest you take a quick look at the attached document “Effort Guidelines,” which describes the different training zones. (To download it, click the paper clip in the upper right corner.) Whichever zones you use, these guidelines will help you easily and quickly understand how hard you should be working during a given session. Also attached here are “Workout Guidelines” to help you grasp key training terms.
If you plan on PRINTING this plan, make sure you print it with HIDE "Exercises and Intervals" checked. That way you will just read the description of the workouts. I have attached a screenshot to help you under the paper clip in the upper right hand corner of this box. There is only 1 workout per day, so don't let the 'structured' exercises and intervals confuse you if you see them. As part of this plan I recommend stretching and light yoga as a recovery tool and I would recommend purchasing my cycling specific yoga video from: www.peakscoachinggroup.com/store
I know you are going to really do awesome!!!
Go for it! Hunter
The plan is designed for the beginner-to-intermediate cyclist with 6 to 14 hours a week to train, who has been riding for less than a year, or who rides, on average, a few times a week up to 3 hours. You have completed a few club rides and are starting to get comfortable riding in a pack. Don't worry if you have a little less time than that to train, you'll be able to adjust easily with my guidance tips at the beginning of each week. Along with improving your overall fitness, the focus of the first three weeks is to jumpstart your muscular endurance to prepare for the demands of the metric.
The fourth week is a rest week and is critical to prepare your body for the next block of training. Weeks 5, 6, and 7 are designed to solidify your newfound fitness and build your ability to "Thrive" on the climbs while completing your first metric! Make sure your following each days training, don't give up. This plan is hard but will make you faster! To complete this plan you should have 4-6 weeks of "base" training totalling at least 500 miles of riding to ensure you are ready to complete this plan. The plan consists of workouts at various effort levels. It offers wattage, heart rate, and rate of perceived exertion (RPE) options so you can gauge yours effort whether you use a power meter, an HR monitor, or prefer to work out by feel.
Before you start the plan, I suggest you take a quick look at the attached document “Effort Guidelines,” which describes the different training zones. (To download it, click the paper clip in the upper right corner.) Whichever zones you use, these guidelines will help you easily and quickly understand how hard you should be working during a given session. Also attached here are “Workout Guidelines” to help you grasp key training terms.
If you plan on PRINTING this plan, make sure you print it with HIDE "Exercises and Intervals" checked. That way you will just read the description of the workouts. I have attached a screenshot to help you under the paper clip in the upper right hand corner of this box. There is only 1 workout per day, so don't let the 'structured' exercises and intervals confuse you if you see them. As part of this plan I recommend stretching and light yoga as a recovery tool and I would recommend purchasing my cycling specific yoga video from: www.peakscoachinggroup.com/store
I know you are going to really do awesome!!!
Go for it! Hunter
After purchase, your plan will be available in your own private online training log account. You'll enjoy these benefits and more:
Sample workouts:
Workout #1 : Bike
First Metric Century - Thrive
Planned Time: 0:00:00
A metric century is a 100 kilometer cycling event that is done for fun and challenge. 100km events are just about the perfect distance to start as a great cycling challenge. A hilly event will make you push hard over the hills, allow you to enjoy the downhills and inspire you to ride faster at your next one! This Bicycling magazine, Hunter Allen Metric Century training plan will help you get ready to thrive and crush it! Let me introduce myself, Hunter Allen, your coach! I have raced in hundreds of races (and won a few too!) as an amateur and a pro, and coached even more athletes to successful races, metric century's, gran fondos and long distance events. The plan is designed for the beginner-to-intermediate cyclist with 6 to 12 hours a week to train, who has been riding for less than a year, or who rides, on average, a few times a week up to 3 hours. You have completed a few club rides and are starting to get comfortable riding in a pack. Don't worry if you have a little less time than that to train, you'll be able to adjust easily with my guidance tips at the beginning of each week. Along with improving your overall fitness, the focus of the first three weeks is to jumpstart your muscular endurance to prepare for the demands of the metric. The fourth week is a rest week and is critical to prepare your body for the next block of training. Weeks 5, 6, and 7 are designed to solidify your newfound fitness and build your ability to "Thrive" on the climbs while completing your first metric! Make sure your following each days training, don't give up. This plan is hard but will make you faster! To complete this plan you should have 4-6 weeks of "base" training totalling at least 500 miles of riding to ensure you are ready to complete this plan. The plan consists of workouts at various effort levels. It offers wattage, heart rate, and rate of perceived exertion (RPE) options so you can gauge yours effort whether you use a power meter, an HR monitor, or prefer to work out by feel. Before you start the plan, I suggest you take a quick look at the attached document “Effort Guidelines,” which describes the different training zones. (To download it, click the paper clip in the upper right corner.) Whichever zones you use, these guidelines will help you easily and quickly understand how hard you should be working during a given session. Also attached here are “Workout Guidelines” to help you grasp key training terms. If you plan on PRINTING this plan, make sure you print it with HIDE "Exercises and Intervals" checked. That way you will just read the description of the workouts. I have attached a screenshot to help you under the paper clip in the upper right hand corner of this box. There is only 1 workout per day, so don't let the 'structured' exercises and intervals confuse you if you see them. As part of this plan I recommend stretching and light yoga as a recovery tool and I would recommend purchasing my cycling specific yoga video from: www.peakscoachinggroup.com/store I know you are going to really do awesome!!! Go for it! Hunter
Planned Time: 0:00:00
A metric century is a 100 kilometer cycling event that is done for fun and challenge. 100km events are just about the perfect distance to start as a great cycling challenge. A hilly event will make you push hard over the hills, allow you to enjoy the downhills and inspire you to ride faster at your next one! This Bicycling magazine, Hunter Allen Metric Century training plan will help you get ready to thrive and crush it! Let me introduce myself, Hunter Allen, your coach! I have raced in hundreds of races (and won a few too!) as an amateur and a pro, and coached even more athletes to successful races, metric century's, gran fondos and long distance events. The plan is designed for the beginner-to-intermediate cyclist with 6 to 12 hours a week to train, who has been riding for less than a year, or who rides, on average, a few times a week up to 3 hours. You have completed a few club rides and are starting to get comfortable riding in a pack. Don't worry if you have a little less time than that to train, you'll be able to adjust easily with my guidance tips at the beginning of each week. Along with improving your overall fitness, the focus of the first three weeks is to jumpstart your muscular endurance to prepare for the demands of the metric. The fourth week is a rest week and is critical to prepare your body for the next block of training. Weeks 5, 6, and 7 are designed to solidify your newfound fitness and build your ability to "Thrive" on the climbs while completing your first metric! Make sure your following each days training, don't give up. This plan is hard but will make you faster! To complete this plan you should have 4-6 weeks of "base" training totalling at least 500 miles of riding to ensure you are ready to complete this plan. The plan consists of workouts at various effort levels. It offers wattage, heart rate, and rate of perceived exertion (RPE) options so you can gauge yours effort whether you use a power meter, an HR monitor, or prefer to work out by feel. Before you start the plan, I suggest you take a quick look at the attached document “Effort Guidelines,” which describes the different training zones. (To download it, click the paper clip in the upper right corner.) Whichever zones you use, these guidelines will help you easily and quickly understand how hard you should be working during a given session. Also attached here are “Workout Guidelines” to help you grasp key training terms. If you plan on PRINTING this plan, make sure you print it with HIDE "Exercises and Intervals" checked. That way you will just read the description of the workouts. I have attached a screenshot to help you under the paper clip in the upper right hand corner of this box. There is only 1 workout per day, so don't let the 'structured' exercises and intervals confuse you if you see them. As part of this plan I recommend stretching and light yoga as a recovery tool and I would recommend purchasing my cycling specific yoga video from: www.peakscoachinggroup.com/store I know you are going to really do awesome!!! Go for it! Hunter
Workout #2 : Other
INSTRUCTION KEY - Setting FTP In Training Peaks
IMPORTANT: Watch the attached video on how to set your FTP in Training Peaks as this will allow you to continually update your training zones. Follow this link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8WYmYUjcn8&feature=youtu.be
IMPORTANT: Watch the attached video on how to set your FTP in Training Peaks as this will allow you to continually update your training zones. Follow this link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8WYmYUjcn8&feature=youtu.be
Workout #3 : Bike
ENDurance Day
Planned Time: 1:00:00
WU: (WARM-UP)10 Minutes working Endurance (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) with 2 x 1 minute Fast Pedals to wake up legs MS:(MAIN-SET) Today is simple, ride prescribed time in the ENDurance Zone (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) Vary cadence throughout ride and work on pedaling form. Practice “coming over the top” and “pulling through the bottom” of the pedal (pretend there is glass in shoes). Enjoy the day!! Terrain: Flat to Rolling; Cadence: 85 - 105. CD: (COOL-DOWN) 10 minutes easy
Planned Time: 1:00:00
WU: (WARM-UP)10 Minutes working Endurance (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) with 2 x 1 minute Fast Pedals to wake up legs MS:(MAIN-SET) Today is simple, ride prescribed time in the ENDurance Zone (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) Vary cadence throughout ride and work on pedaling form. Practice “coming over the top” and “pulling through the bottom” of the pedal (pretend there is glass in shoes). Enjoy the day!! Terrain: Flat to Rolling; Cadence: 85 - 105. CD: (COOL-DOWN) 10 minutes easy
Workout #4 : Bike
ENDurance Day
Planned Time: 1:00:00
WU: 10 Minutes working Endurance (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) with 2 x 1 minute Fast Pedals to wake up legs MS: Today is simple, ride prescribed time in the ENDurance Zone (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) Vary cadence throughout ride and work on pedaling form. Practice “coming over the top” and “pulling through the bottom” of the pedal (pretend there is glass in shoes). Enjoy the day!! Terrain: Flat to Rolling; Cadence: 85 - 105. CD: 10 minutes
Planned Time: 1:00:00
WU: 10 Minutes working Endurance (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) with 2 x 1 minute Fast Pedals to wake up legs MS: Today is simple, ride prescribed time in the ENDurance Zone (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) Vary cadence throughout ride and work on pedaling form. Practice “coming over the top” and “pulling through the bottom” of the pedal (pretend there is glass in shoes). Enjoy the day!! Terrain: Flat to Rolling; Cadence: 85 - 105. CD: 10 minutes
Workout #5 : Bike
Classic Tempo Builders
Planned Time: 2:00:00
WU: 15 Minutes of easy pedaling, work up into your Level 2 effort by end of 15 minute warm-up (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) MS: Long ride with group or alone, focus most time in L2 ENDurance (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5), as part of ride by completing 1 x 50-60 minutes TEMPO effort focusing on keeping watts in the TEMPO L3 Zone (POWER: Level 3 / HR: Zone 3 / PE: 5-6). Focus on "mixing" your spin cadence during the tempo. Terrain: Mixed. Cadence 85 - 105 (80 - 90 in Tempo) CD: 10 - 15 Minutes of easy pedaling
Planned Time: 2:00:00
WU: 15 Minutes of easy pedaling, work up into your Level 2 effort by end of 15 minute warm-up (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) MS: Long ride with group or alone, focus most time in L2 ENDurance (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5), as part of ride by completing 1 x 50-60 minutes TEMPO effort focusing on keeping watts in the TEMPO L3 Zone (POWER: Level 3 / HR: Zone 3 / PE: 5-6). Focus on "mixing" your spin cadence during the tempo. Terrain: Mixed. Cadence 85 - 105 (80 - 90 in Tempo) CD: 10 - 15 Minutes of easy pedaling
Workout #6 : Custom
Rest
Relax. Watch TV. Take a walk. Stretch. Enjoy the day. IF you need to skip a workout this week, then skip either the Thursday easy ride or Friday's ride. That will reduce some hours.
Relax. Watch TV. Take a walk. Stretch. Enjoy the day. IF you need to skip a workout this week, then skip either the Thursday easy ride or Friday's ride. That will reduce some hours.
Workout #7 : Bike
ENDurance Day
Planned Time: 3:45:00
WU: 10 Minutes working Endurance (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) with 2 x 1 minute Fast Pedals to wake up legs MS: Today is simple, ride prescribed time in the ENDurance Zone (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) Vary cadence throughout ride and work on pedaling form. Practice “coming over the top” and “pulling through the bottom” of the pedal (pretend there is glass in shoes). Enjoy the day!! Terrain: Flat to Rolling; Cadence: 85 - 105. CD: 10 minutes
Planned Time: 3:45:00
WU: 10 Minutes working Endurance (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) with 2 x 1 minute Fast Pedals to wake up legs MS: Today is simple, ride prescribed time in the ENDurance Zone (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) Vary cadence throughout ride and work on pedaling form. Practice “coming over the top” and “pulling through the bottom” of the pedal (pretend there is glass in shoes). Enjoy the day!! Terrain: Flat to Rolling; Cadence: 85 - 105. CD: 10 minutes
Workout #8 : Bike
ENDurance Day
Planned Time: 1:00:00
WU: 10 Minutes working Endurance (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) with 2 x 1 minute Fast Pedals to wake up legs MS: Today is simple, ride prescribed time in the ENDurance Zone (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) Vary cadence throughout ride and work on pedaling form. Practice “coming over the top” and “pulling through the bottom” of the pedal (pretend there is glass in shoes). Enjoy the day!! Terrain: Flat to Rolling; Cadence: 85 - 105. CD: 10 minutes
Planned Time: 1:00:00
WU: 10 Minutes working Endurance (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) with 2 x 1 minute Fast Pedals to wake up legs MS: Today is simple, ride prescribed time in the ENDurance Zone (POWER: Level 2 / HR: Zone 2 / PE: 4-5) Vary cadence throughout ride and work on pedaling form. Practice “coming over the top” and “pulling through the bottom” of the pedal (pretend there is glass in shoes). Enjoy the day!! Terrain: Flat to Rolling; Cadence: 85 - 105. CD: 10 minutes
Workout #9 : Custom
Rest
Yoga DVD! Have you bought my Yoga for Cyclists DVD yet? Check it out on www.PeaksCoachingGroup.com/store and it's perfect for your rest days or to do after your rides. Relax. Watch TV. Take a walk. Stretch. Enjoy the day. IF you need to skip a workout this week, then skip either the Thursday easy ride or Friday's ride. That will reduce some hours.
Yoga DVD! Have you bought my Yoga for Cyclists DVD yet? Check it out on www.PeaksCoachingGroup.com/store and it's perfect for your rest days or to do after your rides. Relax. Watch TV. Take a walk. Stretch. Enjoy the day. IF you need to skip a workout this week, then skip either the Thursday easy ride or Friday's ride. That will reduce some hours.