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Endurance is not really about general fitness, but about adaptation to a specific activity, road cycling in this case. I’m an amateur, not serious cyclist, did
by jhrmnn 5y ago
Endurance is not really about general fitness, but about adaptation to a specific activity, road cycling in this case.
I’m an amateur, not serious cyclist, did 15k km in past 5 years. I’m not particularly fit (10km run in ~1 hour). Longest I did was 230 km at 25 km/h and it wasn’t really that memorable. I could have easily continued. But when I started cycling, and wasn’t really less fit, I could have barely cycled for 50 km.
- jacquesm 5y ago> Longest I did was 230 km at 25 km/h and it wasn’t really that memorable. Once you start doing that trip at 30 or 35 km/h you'll find it a lot more memorable. Target for a distance like that on flat country should be in the 5.5 to 6.5 hour range when you're in mostly flat country on a proper bicycle.
- jhrmnn 5y agoIn the end it’s about %FTP for a certain time. For me, 230 km at 25 km/h is ~50% FTP for 9 hours. If I were to ride at 90% FTP for multiple hours, which I think is at the border of what's humanly possible, I could do ~33 km/h, so 230 km in ~7 hours. If I were to raise my FTP by 40% to 350 W, leisurely 50% FTP would be ~29 km/h and 90% FTP would be ~36 km/h, so 230 km in ~8 and ~6.5 hours, respectively. What's constant regardless of FTP is the ability to ride for multiple hours without getting saddle sores, joint pain, or running out of energy, which is what endurance is about in my opinion.