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Re: [RC] What is LSD to you and other conditioning trivia - Joe LongOn Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:44:03 GMT, Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Please Reply to: Lynn Salisbury lasah@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== This subject has come up here recently and I'd like to hear from all inexperienced/experienced ld/endurance riders listening. I know that if you don't stress the system it doesn't adapt. If all you ever do is condition at a 5 to 6 mph pace, that is what your horses' soft tissue and cardio system has adapted to. No room for surprises. My first ride was a surprise due to the fact that I hadn't thought of pacing in mph avg. just a flat 5.5 mph pace. Totally unprepared. After 5 years of dabbling in conditioning for ld/endurance my long slow days are ~15 to 20 miles with an avg speed of ~6.5 to 7 mph. Speed days are a mix of 5 to 18 mph over 5 to 10 miles or Hill work with a max HR of 180 - 210 with recovery periods. I recently (yesterday) started ponying my horse from my bicycle (please don't tell me how incredibly stupid you might think this is. That's an entirely different subj :). We had a blast! Did 12 miles in 1 HR 15 mins. From his exertion level I'd consider this any easy day. So, what do you consider slow/fast. Do you condition at the same pace or harder than you intend to ride your ride. I was just talking to Kat about this on our last ride. Via will be five in May, and I'm just starting his "LSD" foundation work now. I don't believe in much walking for LSD, we mainly do an easy trot, with a little walking or easy cantering mixed in for variety. About a 6 MPH average, as measured by the GPS. Once the foundation is there, the average speeds will increase. By the time I'm ready to take him on a ride I will do some of his conditioning at faster speeds than I intend to ride during the event. I don't believe it is necessary to condition at distances longer than about 1/3 the ride distance. So to prepare for a 25-mile ride, ten mile conditioning rides are enough; for a 50, 20 mile conditioning rides are enough. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxx http://www.rnbw.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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