Last year I based my training on Joe Friel’s Mountain Biking Training Bible. I found his book to be great for organising a structured training plan and as a result of following the advice I lost a load of weight and my fitness and performance on the bike has increased dramatically.
As well as enjoying mountain biking more due to my new-found fitness, I’ve caught the road cycling bug. As such, in addition to doing some more mountain bike events next year I’ll be doing some road ones and have just entered the Wiggle Dragon Gran Fondo.
So, to get to my question(s). Is Joe Friel’s Cyclist Training Bible worth buying in addition to the MTB Bible I already have, or is it essentially the same building blocks for the plan (in terms of Build/Base/Peak/Race, and similar workout types)? Bearing in mind that I’ll also be entering some MTB events, my thinking is that I can just follow the same plan structure, but mix up road and MTB rides. It seems to me that, apart from skills practice sessions, most of the workouts in the MTB guide should translate well to all kinds of riding. Or should I be thinking about some more road-specific workouts? Any other training guides I should take a look at? I’m not going to be troubling the podium in either discipline, but I’d like to perform as well as I am personally capable of, and to improve my fitness further.