Cross IS coming
Starting a little mini-plan this week to get prepared. In addition to on-the-bike training (both for fitness and handline), I will be working on core strength, upper body strength and running.
I haven’t done a proper build into the season due to injury, but feel I’m recovered enough to start now and build through the season aiming to hit peak fitness mid-November (16 weeks out). Seems like a perfect time to start a build phase, aiming to hit some sort of specialty phase in early October which is the most race-heavy month.
Another thing I haven’t done is to utilize indoor training for the CX season. Outdoor riding is just too accessible. I’d like to mix in some outdoor training rides during my commutes along with specificity on the trainer.
What rides do you find are absolutely impossible to do outside? I find that if I can get a mile or two of uninterrupted road 30sec to 90sec intervals are very doable. Same goes for CX simulation rides. It’s the longer, sustained efforts that I find are next to impossible without unplanned interruption.