Additional sprint training Short PB MV

Training
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Hey all,

I’m looking to add Birling -3 to Short PB MV to improve my sprinting.

I understand adding it to the Wednesday Pettit/endurance session would be wisest, however I’m pretty busy at work, so this session is almost always dropped.

I tried adding it the the end Sunday sweet spot workout last week, which felt ok.

Any advice or comments would be appreciated.

Thanks

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Having done Short PB (and will be starting it in a month or so for this season), and having done Birling… I’m not sure the place for that workout is really sandwiched between the Tues/Thurs workouts of MV. Though there are a few sprint efforts in there, they are less taxing than the longer all out efforts. I also want to work in some this year (mainly because the last 2 seasons the only time I sprint are in races… ).

Some options I’m considering:

  1. Completing sprint efforts before the Sunday sweet spot ride. Or, change Sunday to sprints followed by long slow distance when I can.
    My reasoning for this is: a) I want to train all out sprint efforts fresh, b) I can work in sprints at the end of nearly any other ride to do them with some fatigue in my legs.
  2. Swapping out a couple workouts for sprint work (Striped is what I have on my calendar, but I think coach chad mentioned Red and White as another in a recent podcast), and/or adding 1-2 weeks of dedicated sprint training (Birling, Detling, Charing).