Build & Specialty plans during summer?

Training
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New TR user here. Almost done with SSB LV1, looking to start SSB LV2 in early March. I plan to do group rides with my cycling club. Is it advisable to combine Build/Specialty phases with group rides?

Edit: Some days might end up doing being double days. I also play tennis during the summer, and I’m wondering if all this load is a bit too much

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Do not do “double days”, in general.

  • The basic suggestion is to keep 1 or 2 of the harder TR interval workouts (usually the Tuesday and Thursday workouts) and do them outside.
  • Then simply let your outside rides replace the other ones in your plan.
  • You want to avoid adding too much stress into your plan, so dropping a few TR workouts in favor of the outside rides is the most common approach.
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I don’t have a power meter, since I don’t race. It wouldn’t be possible for me to do those workouts outside.

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Sure, so you simply ride outside.

If you want, you can estimate the TSS using the tools in TrainerRoad. That can be done manually by simply entering an activity (ride) or assigning a TSS from an imported ride as taken from Strava, Garmin Connect, etc.

Don’t add a hard interval workout on top of an outside group ride, just because that is where you have power measurement. That will likely lead to overload.

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