What My Zone 2 Base Training Block Looks Like

[@edlaverack]

Would you believe it, this video took nearly a whole month to put together🤣😅

[@CycleXplorer]

😂 no shortcuts

[@martynhall1478]

Thanks Ed. It's always interesting to see what other (More successful) athletes are doing in detail. Being Self coached, it's nice to pick up tips and those little nuggets of training wisdom

[@edlaverack]

Appreciate the comment Martyn!

[@cyklandetidsoptimisten]

Yes please, more analysis of your training!

[@crankgreenwatts]

Back .. What a jumper Ed 🙌 Thank you for 2024 and am sure all so excited for 2025 😁 Appreciate all you have done, and continue to do, plus wish well on the house move for Charlie and yourself 🙏

[@fr6652]

Nice Video Ed, really enjoy the detailed training stuff. Would be interesting to see how your CTL Fitness numbers change over the year or over 2024.

[@edlaverack]

I will keep updating you all!

[@miivii]

Thank you Ed for your efforts with videos and for passing knowledge to us!

[@edlaverack]

Pleasure!

[@MattGilmourCycling]

What a great video, hope you had a great Christmas Ed!

[@edlaverack]

Thank you Matt! Merry Christmas!

[@rosseverest9543]

Nice one Ed interesting I’ve got a trip too Gran Canaria in March and I’ve got some useful knowledge from this. Never been on a cycling holiday before

[@rosseverest9543]

Merry Christmas hope you’ve had a good one

[@bikedockbicycles]

Itd be amazing if you could do one of these for every block for a season. Also i cant comprehend how you can ride for hours and hours in the british winter without full mudguards. Dont you get bored of being drenched? Lol

[@edlaverack]

I had a rear mudguard here, front mudguard not really needed with Spatz overshoes. It's hard doing big mileage in the British winter. I'll do more update videos in a month or so.

[@irondistance4313]

I always love your insight, and I enjoyed the off the peg training plan i bought from Backpedal I crushed the goal I set coming off of it. I would love to hear your thoughs on what is the minimum weekly volume where focusing on zone 2 makes sence for an endurace rider and long dostance triathlete❤

[@Darthshearer]

Great video, love this sort of stuff. Would be interested to see what your TP Dashboard looks like and also where did you get the MeanMax power info screen from?

[@edlaverack]

That screen is taken from WKO

[@troycollett8540]

I like to do my zone 2 sessions as zone 2 efforts to break up the ride

[@djhartful]

What’s your take on Z1 rides or rest days?

[@edlaverack]

Z1 days as in recovery days? If you feel better after doing them then why not :)

[@tonyh1859]

how to display these graphs that you show on 6:00?

[@edlaverack]

That is a custom chart in WKO

[@ImBozz]

How do you deal with falling ill while trying to build up the indurance?

[@edlaverack]

Depends on the symptoms. If it's just a cold, I will still ride, depending on how rough I feel. If it's a cough/fever/sickness I won't ride again until I'm 100%. Missing training is hard though, especially long periods, and this can really set training back.

[@ImBozz]

​@@edlaverackThank you for the tips!

[@Octobersky-e7x]

""METHODOLOGY ""-- 😊😊😊😊

[@elluck91]

Hey Ed, great vid! I've been thinking, if I ride 8-10hrs a week on average (for about 3 years), would a week of big volume say 20 hrs make a difference to my physiology? Thanks!

[@edlaverack]

Simple answer, yes. Most of the people I work with can only train around 10hours, but whenever they go away on a cycling holiday or have time off work it's an ideal time to add volume.