RIDING & TRAINING

We believe that all riding and training should be lots of fun and have a specific purpose.

The purposes could range from riding to enjoy the day, riding to challenge yourself, riding to beat your buddy, training for a century, training for a climbing trip, training to upgrade categories, training to win a race, etc.

If you are a Racing Member, we recommend that you follow our team's Racing Training Plans. These plans contain specific daily workouts for on and off the bike. The volume and intensity of these workouts are specific to your condition. Your condition is determined by testing your (LT) Lactate Threshold. Please contact one of our coaches to schedule your LT Test. The typical riding schedule of our Racing Members involves two hard workouts during the week, one recovery ride during the week, and two weekend rides for fun and/or competition.

If you are a Touring Member, we recommend that you ride as often as your schedule allows, and that you incorporate a couple of techniques on every ride. You can find these techniques on our team's Touring and Individual Training Plans. These techniques are simple and specific to your needs and goals. Please contact one of our coaches for an individual assessment before choosing a training plan.

The Schedule of Rides below lists all the local rides on which FloridaVelo member's participate.

TRAINING PLANS

Racing Training Plans are designed to be used in sequence. If you are not in sequence, please contact Pablo or Kevin to receive a training plan suitable to your level and timing.

Our Touring and Individual Training Plans are available upon request. Please contact Pablo or Kevin with your need and request, and they will email you the appropriate plan.

SCHEDULE OF RIDES

TUESDAY's

6:00am - from Spokes in Oldsmar: small size group, medium pace, 30-40 miles.

8:30am - from the corner of Tampa Road and Lake St. George (parking lot at the strip mall on the North West): small size group joined with Coach Len's and Bill Kracov's friends, goes to Clearwater beach and back with an optional lunch stop at the end, moderate pace, 40-50 miles.

At 6:00pm - from Publix at Curlew and Alt 19 in Dunedin: medium size group joined with the Suncoast Cycling Club, goes North to Tarpon's Trouble Creek and back (sometimes it goes South to Clearwater Beach and back), slow to fast paces with a couple of sprints, 30-40 miles.

WEDNESDAY's

6:00pm - from Einstein's at Enterprise and McMullen Booth: medium size group, variety of routes, mostly a hard training ride, 40-50 miles.

6:30pm - from Publix on East Lake Road across from Lansbrook: large group joined with the Suncoast Cycling club and other clubs, mostly around Lansbrook, training level fast ride with a sprint at the end, 25-35 miles.

THURSDAY's

6:00am - from Spokes in Oldsmar: small size group, medium pace, 30-40 miles.

8:30am - from the Publix parking lot at Tampa Road and East Lake: joined with Coach Len's and Bill Kracov's friends, goes to Starkey Park/Suncoast/Trouble Creek, optional lunch stop at the end, moderate pace, 40-50 miles.

6:00pm - from Publix at Curlew and Alt 19 in Dunedin: medium size group joined with the Suncoast Cycling Club, goes North to Tarpon's Trouble Creek and back (sometimes it goes South to Clearwater Beach and back), slow to fast paces with a couple of sprints, 30-40 miles.

SATURDAY's

8:00am - from ChainWheel Drive at Tampa Road and US19: large size group joined with the Suncoast Cycling club, variety of routes, slow to fast paces with a couple of sprints, 40-50 miles.

SUNDAY's

Mornings - We usually play it by ear depending on our training needs and the consensus of our members. The default ride is at 8:30am from Publix at Curlew and Alt 19 in Dunedin: medium size group joined with the Suncoast Cycling Club, variety or routes, slow to fast paces with a couple of sprints, 40-50 miles. We also go to the hills of San Antonio: large size group, 50-60 miles, the ride usually splits into 3-4 groups as the pace picks up.