
Until recently, I'd had little interest in structured bike training as my regime was mostly going out and riding my mountain bike. But after an injury followed by a long wait for surgery resulted in almost a year of being unable to ride, safely rebuilding my fitness by following a program began to seem more attractive.
I've been using Garmin's Forerunner 955 smartwatch to record my rides and track my fitness long before my injury and throughout the recovery process. So with plenty of stats already logged with Garmin, I decided to embark on one of its training plans – but there are many other options out there of course.