6 weeks until hill climb

[firemunki]

I have 6 weeks until first local hillclimb so not enough to get into a plan (nor while it’s sunny do I think I could commit to a full plan).
Looking at my pb power curve from trainer road, I can see it drops off really quickly. So for the run-up to the climb, I was thinking of hitting a lot of VO2/anerobic work inside mixed with my normal outside rides (some fast hair on fire type rides other long steady rides).

Couple questions:

1. Is this the right method?
2. Would 5 weeks of 2 45/60minute workouts be beneficial or would I be better of starting a plan?

[brenph]

Short intense period before starting base? Chad's short FTP boost plan

There isn’t a plan for this, but it’s a pretty easy thing to slap together if you comb the workout catalog’s VO2max offerings. Personally, I like starting short (30-second repeats) and growing the durations over a block as short as a single week to as long as 3 weeks depending on when my progress and/or motivation starts to stall. It never fails to surprise me how much more manageable 3-minute VO2max repeats are if I start short and work my way up to these longer jobbers, even if I do it over t…

I suggest you start here then focus on efforts around the duration of your climb.

[firemunki]

Awesome! Ta muchly.