{"id":554,"date":"2023-04-04T19:56:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T13:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/?p=554"},"modified":"2023-04-04T19:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T13:56:38","slug":"go-fast-to-get-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iceman.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/04\/go-fast-to-get-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Go fast to get faster!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If improving your time is one of your goals, there\u2019s only so much that better technical skills can do for you. For such a long event, and especially given the many long and flat (less technical) sections involved, improving your ability to just plain go faster will be key. Many riders try to improve their average speed by always \u201cjust riding hard\u201d. While this can certainly work, you\u2019ll usually find that interval training is a more effective method. Break your efforts into 5, 10 or 15 minute chunks and go harder than you normally would. Recover between those efforts, and then go hard again. When that gets easy (or, easier!) then either add more time, reduce your rest, or add intensity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aw5v3jvM.jpeg?resize=840%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aw5v3jvM.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aw5v3jvM.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aw5v3jvM.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aw5v3jvM.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aw5v3jvM.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.iceman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aw5v3jvM.jpeg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About the author:<\/strong> Kurt Schaldenbrand has been racing bicycles since 1983. He\u2019s been a licensed coach working with competitive and developmental cyclists since 1990 and has been head coach for the University of Michigan Cycling team since 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If improving your time is one of your goals, there\u2019s only so much that better technical skills can do for you. For such a long event, and especially given the many long and flat (less technical) sections involved, improving your ability to just plain go faster will be key. 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