Re: High mileage

["hn.heather" <hn.heather@wanadoo.fr>]

Tom,

Re the high mileage.  Is this combined competition & training?  Or training
alone?  Is it every-day workouts, every other day or x times per week?  Not
trying to find out secrets, just want to make sense of it all.

A while back on ridecamp you suggested (I think I'm right in attributing
this to you) that in fact a 160kms (for ex.) wasn't a "long" ride but a
series of short ones.  You suggested targeting the longest leg and training
over that distance at a higher hr.

I assumed this meant cutting down on the kms and upping the intensity.  How
does this fit in with the high mileage concept?  Or am I missing the point?

Heather
France


----- Original Message -----
From: <Tivers@aol.com>
To: <hn.heather@wanadoo.fr>
Cc: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: 4 oz GL


> In a message dated 2/8/00 10:09:18 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> hn.heather@wanadoo.fr writes:
>
> << Tom,
>
>  Do you market this stuff?  If so how can I get hold of it in France or
>  somewhere else in Europe?>
>
> I sell one produce, Glycogen Loader, but CarboCharge is less expensive
here
> in the US. Our distributor for GL in europe can be contacted at
office@gma.at.
>
> > Or can I get it from you direct.>
> Better the distributor--avoids high shipping charges and customs/import
> hassles.
>
>
> > Your posts about the Millenium Cup have been very interesting.  If its
not
>  giving away state secrets what sort of prep did Ben Salou have for this
>  race.  I last saw Ben Salou at Landivisiau (France) last July when he won
>  the 130kms ride there and he looked pretty good even then.>
>
> All of his preparation, conditioning wise, was provided by the same French
> trainer. Over four years, huge mileage and big workouts.
>
> > You talk about training at higher heart rates.  What kind of heart rates
are
>  you suggesting?>
>
> All the way up to and past anaerobic thresholds--190+--for brief bouts.
Lots
> of stuff in the 140s.
>
> > Presumably the training involved is still anaerobic threshold type
> training.>
>
> Yes, sprinkled among long, reasonably slow aerobic works. Miles count!
>
> > This kind of race may not be what everyone aspires to but surely
everyone
>  aspires to improving the fitness level of their horse.
>  I for one am always keen to learn and how I apply what I've learnt is
then
>  down to me isn't it?>
>
> Sure. But here's a motto for you: "If all you can do is what you've always
> done, then all you can be is what you are right now."  There are no
limits.
> It's just a matter of taking things a step at a time.
>
>
> > Heather
>  SW France >>
>
> Tom