Endurance

We’ve been working on base building since November, recently finished a three-week cardio pulmonary training block and this week begin a three-week race specific block of training. In this phase we’ll start working at threshold intensities and practice drills to improve your pedaling agility to prepare you for the rhythm of racing and group rides.

As we transition from aerobic foundation training to higher intensity, race-specific training in eCycling, it’s important that your fueling regimen compliments the change. Read Fueling Guidelines for High Intensity Training in eCycling to make sure you’re getting it right.

Whether you plan on competing of just want to get in the best cycling shape of your life, the eCycling Training Plan will get you there fast. Here’s a preview of the 2012 plan.

The 2012 eCycling Training Calendar will follow the Pro Cycling Tour and simulate the races to get you in the best shape of your life.

The Pro Cycling racing calendar is designed to provide progressive intensity, volume and frequency from the start of the season to the three-week gran tours that begin in June. As the season progresses so do the length, number of stages and amount of climbing in each race. To make your eCycling training more fun and interactive, we will simulate the key aspects of each race, continue to work on drills and exercise to improve your pedaling technique while we watch the greatest cyclist in the world battle each other on the big screen in Pro Cycling’s greatest races.

Here’s the schedule of races we’ll follow:

February
Tour of Qatar – (Qatar)
Tour of Oman – (Oman)

March
Paris – Nice – (France)
Milan San Remo – (Italy)
Gent Wevelgem – (Belgium)

April
Tour of Flanders – (Belgium)
Paris Roubaix – (France)
Amstel Gold – (Netherlands)
Liege Bastogne Liege – (Belgium)

May
Giro di Italia – (Italy)
Tour of California – (USA)

June
Criterium du Dauphine – (France)

July
Tour de France – (France)

August
Tour of Colorado – (USA)

September
World Chamionships – (Netherlands)
Individual Time Trial & Road Race

October
Binche-Tournai-Binche – (Belgium)
Paris Tours – (France)
Tour of Beijing – (China)