this has prob been discussed, but i couldn't really find anything. I trained pretty hard over the winter, with one break at the end of january for a 10 day vacation (no riding but heavy hiking).
I spent Feb/March/and now april training pretty good. Did a first race last weekend, did ok.
Now work trip will have me off bike for one week. You sometimes hear the old adage - "If you take a week off, then it takes two weeks (IME) to get back where you were."
Is that really true? is that dependent on any variables like age or cat level?
What if i'm able to do some running - would that negate any possible loss in aerobic fitness? or - would a week off actually be good, if i've been training rather hard? (i know "hard" is subjective, and my training isn't too scientific, so i'll leave it at "hard for me").
I'm not stressing super hard about this, just more curious than anything.
I spent Feb/March/and now april training pretty good. Did a first race last weekend, did ok.
Now work trip will have me off bike for one week. You sometimes hear the old adage - "If you take a week off, then it takes two weeks (IME) to get back where you were."
Is that really true? is that dependent on any variables like age or cat level?
What if i'm able to do some running - would that negate any possible loss in aerobic fitness? or - would a week off actually be good, if i've been training rather hard? (i know "hard" is subjective, and my training isn't too scientific, so i'll leave it at "hard for me").
I'm not stressing super hard about this, just more curious than anything.