So I have a 4 hour endurance mountain bike race this Saturday. When I first created my training plan it was the only event I was registered for so I made it my “A” event. I have been pretty consistently training for several months and am feeling very well prepared for the race. But the thing that is concerning me is the last workout, the day before the race. It currently has me set to perform an 1:15 of Sweet Spot “Tallac +1”. I did this same race last year and trainer road had me do Laurel” a 30 minute opener the day before. The opener honestly seems more appropriate as I taper into this event but maybe my logic is flawed? I am fitter than I was a year ago, could that be the cause for the suggested longer hard workout? Or is this possibly a bug stemming from the recent updates? I emailed support over the weekend but haven’t heard back yet. I’m currently thinking I will see how I feel Friday morning and likely just delete the Sweet Spot and do openers instead. Any insight or suggestions? [image]

Can you share a link to your calendar? Agree I wouldn’t do this before a key event. Similar to you I have had success with Laurel the day before an event as well, if I were you I’d just run it back with Laurel as well.

Not 100% sure how to share my calendar. I just went into settings and made my account public though….does that allow you to view it? TrainerRoad

[image] HatsofftoJJ: The opener honestly seems more appropriate as I taper into this event but maybe my logic is flawed? I’m guessing that you did not “add openers” when you set up the plan? I would definitely taper even though you’re only a few days away. I’d do an easy ride instead of the next hard workout, and a short opener the day before.

I honestly don’t recall seeing an option to “add openers” I can’t imagine that I wouldn’t have selected that. But I agree, tapering off and openers seems appropriate.

Did you have multiple A races in your plan? The new setup to enable dynamic endurance only allows one A race per plan. I’d add the openers and replace the sweet spot.

I emailed support on Saturday and have yet to get a reply. I feel like tomorrow should really be the start of my taper since I have workouts tomorrow and Friday before the event. Hence the reason I’m trying to get some opinions to help me make an informed decision today. I would love it if I heard back from the experts in support before then but it isn’t looking like that’s going to happen.

[image] JoeX: I’m guessing that you did not “add openers” when you set up the plan? I would definitely taper even though you’re only a few days away. The option to add opener is only for B-races. A-races always have them as a part of the taper. I agree on doing a taper now, but would probably do some form of intensity tomorrow. Just at much less volume.

[image] HatsofftoJJ: tomorrow should really be the start of my taper since I have workouts tomorrow Yeah don’t do that hard session Although is this really your A race? I think you indicated it was a choice of convenience and it may not be important after all

I guess I don’t really have an A race at the moment. I usually only do a handful of races a year. This would probably be my A for the spring but I will likely be looking to perform well come May/June.

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I‘d contact support. They are happy, willing, competent and able to help compared to random forum users

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