I am on my third red light day in 8 days. Am I doing something wrong?

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I used TrainerRoad for six months and 2023 to great effect (~6-10 hours of riding per week), then in early 2024 I foolishly thought I’d don’t need structured training and thus my hours on the bike plummeted (~1 hour a week)

Two weeks ago I restarted on Trainer Road (~10 hours per week) but three out of the last eight days have been red and most of the others are yellow. I can definitely feel I am carrying a lot of fatigue, but I just keep getting red days.

Am I doing something wrong?

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It seems like you answered your own question.

So you just went from 1 hour per week to 10 hours per week?

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So you just went from 1 hour per week to 10 hours per week?

I kinda feel like an idiot saying it but yes

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Are you accepting the reductions that come with the red days?

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You’ll probably have more success starting at like 4-5 hours per week and then adding an hour per week. And maybe just follow the red light and take a day off. At this point with a lot of fatigue in your legs, you probably should take off 2 or 3 days, recover and then start again at a sustainable pace.

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Sounds like its working perfectly.

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