The Importance of Rest Days in Cycling

A positive split where you start out faster and then get slower is a not optimal way to perform these types of rides. If you're going to do like a four hour ride at 200 Watts, I actually recommend that you start out at like a hundred 50, 170 Watts and then build the power throughout. This kind of goes counter to the traditional narrative of like building the intensity throughout. The physiology is a little complicated to really get into, so I'm dancing around that will probably dedicate another episode to it at some point. And for all those who have a drinking game for, uh, when we promised another episode on something, you can drink now.