9 weeks between A events, what to do?

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What do you guys do between peaks? Just finished my spring A events (4 crits over Memorial Day), then took a week for some fun riding and KOM chasing while my form was high. I now have 9 weeks before my next A event (3-stage omnium with TT, crit, RR). Im taking a recovery week this coming week, plus I’ll have a taper week, so it’s really 7 work weeks. Here are a couple thoughts.

  • 3 week VO2, 1 recovery, 3 week Threshold, 1 taper
  • 3 week Threshold, 1 recovery, 3 week VO2, 1 taper ( or could do 2 weeks VO2 plus a recovery week before the taper)

Would the order change the adaptations? Is a 2 or 3 week block if VO2 at the end too close to the event? Any ideas?

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My primary ‘A’ event was yesterday and my next is on the 19 August. I’ve just been following the plan builder plan (well kinda). Its got me on a recovery after yesterday (The midweek group ride, a paceline tends to be Z3 with bursts and the first half of todays group gravel ride had my HR in the high tempo to threshold area). Thats followed by ‘Base 1&2’ Build although my planbuilder plan has probably got confused and I don’t have a speciality phase until after the recovery week after the 2nd ‘A’ race :joy:

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I’d do whichever one of VO2 or Threshold wipes me out more, first. :blush:

If that’s a tie, I’d do VO2 first, assuming FTP is 80%+ of 5 minute power.

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The VO2 blocks definitely hit me harder. I follow something similar to what Kolie Moore prescribes and do 3 VO2 workouts per week for 3 weeks. Right now FTP is around 82% of 5-minute power.

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In that case - VO2 first … or a double threshold block. Or a threshold block followed by whatever a more race-specific block looks like.