NRS

[nicko95]

Just Outta curiosity whats the avg NRS rider training plan eg, like distance a week or time a weeks etc..

[vander]

The guys I know around 15-20 hours a week 450-600km. Some do a little more not many do any less.

[g-boaf]

The ones I know do similar to what Vander mentioned. But it's also what you do with those kilometres and hours.

[thearthurdog]

Depends. There is actually a large talent / fitness / ability gap in the NRS, between the 'top' group and the 'bottom' group. I know guys in both 'groups' and as you would expect their training plans are very different.

[danny the boy]

Theres plenty on strava that have public profiles if you search for some names, or look through the top of a few leaderboards.

[Xplora]

Do as little as possible to achieve your goals

The struggle IMO with the current setup is that NRS doesn't race that often, and seems to focus on stage races, while the local clubs are running races very very regularly, with no stage races, and never at the distances that NRS races. A mate is on the SUVelo development squad and he's doing 200km days with 3000m climbing REGULARLY once it's time to build base. 3 days in a row. Messed up. He's not at the pointy end at all... but he works and has to squeeze all this around work schedules, so his rides might be excessive to normal needs.

[vander]

The struggle IMO with the current setup is that NRS doesn't race that often, and seems to focus on stage races, while the local clubs are running races very very regularly, with no stage races, and never at the distances that NRS races. A mate is on the SUVelo development squad and he's doing 200km days with 3000m climbing REGULARLY once it's time to build base. 3 days in a row. Messed up. He's not at the pointy end at all... but he works and has to squeeze all this around work schedules, so his rides might be excessive to normal needs.

Hmm I actually wonder who that would be. For NRS 200km rides are not really a necessity. Also fitting it around work is not too difficult. It is important to be able to do 2-3days back to back every now and then as that is what is needed. A lot of NRS racers do not do a lot of club racing and crit racing is not too applicable, they also dont a lot of the bigger club bunchies as its not targeted enough. You can ride lots but its much better to ride smart.

[Xplora]

The big thing I take away from his schedule is that the minimum expectations are just different to A grade. It's not a case of just "more" - if I relied on 200km training rides I would have no fast twitch to speak of

[jules21]

crit racing is not too applicable

the NRS was criticised as being a glorified crit series a few years ago, though. they have had so much trouble getting road closure permits that a lot of the stages are - or were - reduced to crits.

[fixedlegs2012]

As said above it depends largely on what team your on, there are only maybe 50 riders are who really in the top part of the NRS the rest make up the pack. There has been a debate for the last 12 months that the field should be cut down as *anyone* can enter which means crashes are more prevalent as they don't have the necessary same skills as the top riders. But the NRS needs these riders for their entry fee to cover costs.

Back to the original topic, around 15-20hours a week. 100+km rides are usually for the off season and base building. During the season its efforts and replicating similar types of climbs, sprints, courses etc for the next race.