Hi All, My plan is to start the CX specialty plan in mid August. Just finished SSB2 LV. I’m a mid pack Cat 5 racer, but I’ve seen a tremendous improvement in FTP this year with TR and think I can do much better this year. (219 FTP, 3.3 w/kg). I’m 46 and just started racing 2 years ago. I’…

I’ve just started structure training this year, but my main focus is CX as well. My target is to start the CX specialty plan in august as well. What I’ve been doing was SSB1 and SSB2 and I then moved on to Short Power Build. I finished this a few weeks ago. I had asked the question as what to do…

[image] Help in selecting training plans for the year Training looking for some help from the forum in helping me select my training plans going forward. I’m just about to finish sweet spot mid 2 base plan in about a week. I then plan on moving on to short power build as m…

Im also a CX rider but a lot more senior in years, 63 this year. Started TR in January and did SSB1MV, then RRMV build and loosly now in the speciality Crit plan with one or two road races or crits a week. The plan is to go back to SSB1MV in August then Short Power build-LV , speciality CX-LV in No…

I’m doing short power build LV before CX specialty. In fact I’m kind of scaling back the workouts because my legs just aren’t fully prepared to handle the vo2/anaerobic stress of a full length workout. Hopefully I can be a little more forgiving to myself in the build phase and cut myself some slack …

@hubcyclist , I use the planned workouts as a guide, then trim them using Workout Creator to be more tolerable for my age and make them suitable for youth riders in our group. That way i hope to get to races with sharp but not tired legs.

I was wondering about the build plan before CX specialty too…I was going to do short power build as recommended, but thinking about the amount of time I spend grinding through the mud during a race, I wonder if a bit more of sustained power wouldn’t hurt. When looking at the SPB LV plan, there are n…

While it’s always great to work on threshold, it’s just tough to do any type of steady efforts in a race. it’s more about taking corners, accelerating, another corner, repeat. It’s all a series of short bursts followed by brief moments of easing up, so that’s why the microburst workouts are in the p…

You are likely right, it might just feel like a long time going steady when you’re not going very fast in the mud. But thinking about it, in maybe an 8 minute lap, there are probably about 30?!? (completey guess) changes in speed, and 8 minutes wouldn’t even be long for sitting at threshold.

I did SPBLV last year and I came away thinking it wasn’t a great match for me. There is a focus on 2-3 minutes @ 115-120% and in retrospect that’s just not how I put down power in a cross race. Worse, I find those kinds of efforts especially taxing/demoralizing. I finished like a week before CX star…

Short power - but I don/t really follow it that close. I try to. Short power with weekend road races still for me or mid week crits with long weekend rides still. I’m mid pack cat 3 who gets roasted with two to go. So, take it for what it’s worth. July and August for me are basically lots of tempo,…

Build Plans before CX Specialty Plan

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Jeff_Soderman June 15, 2019, 1:57pm 3

Here is that thread I started

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Build Plans before CX Specialty Plan

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