Hello all, I was wondering if you would take a look at my training plan based on my goals. I am not a racer. So my A and B “races” are Gran fondos. Also, currently I am a really low FTP athelete having taken off time off the bike. Currently only at 2.11w/kg. Off my peak last year at 2.8 w/kg. Sin…

It’s designed for a climbing road race. Rather than the sustained efforts you are more likely to be doing.

With 17 weeks between your events, you have just enough time to take a recovery week, then repeat the Build > Speciality phases. I agree with Sus. PB and Century. But perhaps choose the LV versions, and do these during the week to get the structured training in, and add your club rides on the weeken…

I will share a little of my experience a few years ago I did 3x 100+ Miles Fondo Days _ I was doing unstructured training at the time but did back to back days of 50+ miles to try to build up the strength / recovery necessary for doing the back to back days. So if I was giving you some advice I woul…

This is why I love this community. Thank you so much for taking valuable time out of your day and responding. I have learned a lot. :slight_smile: @Bryce Thank you for the feedback. The only reason I was looking at climbing road race because of the so many anaerobic and VO2 max workouts. My “A Ra…

With 107 miles and 11k of climbing, you should be looking to keep it below threshold pretty much the whole way. Over that distance, time above threshold is going to kill the legs long before the finish line. I’d strongly suggest looking at your gearing to enable you to keep a reasonable cadence at …

thanks @mcalista . Understood. I recently upgraded to a 11-32 cassette when I installed etap on my bike.

My “A Race” will have lots of 8-12% climbs where I will need to go way above my threshold. With a race of that duration, you really will not want to be pushing above threshold very often, if ever. As Mcalista mentioned, I would strongly consider upgrading your gearing on your bike to allow you …

I understand. Thanks, @Bryce . I do have compact gearing up front. Stopping this thread. Thanks all.

Hi Bryce, Any chance you could give some details on this please? Ive got a century ride in sept which is all im really aiming for apart from training. Ive maxed my gears but im quite heavy (95kg) so the two big hills are going to be a slog. Ive seen some good gains in FTP over recent months so im j…

Critique My Training plan - Two big Gran Fondos (Not racing)

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mcneese.chad May 2, 2019, 7:10pm 16

I need to make a dedicated thread to low cadence work, but here are some of the existing discussions with various suggestions.

Advice on low cadence strength-resistance workouts - #5 by mcneese.chad

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To climb or not to climb: specialty plan Training choosing-a-plan	27	3857	August 8, 2019
Picking a Plan for Whistler Gran Fondo next year Training choosing-a-plan	29	4150	September 8, 2020
Implementation and modification of TR plan for gran fondo focused race season Training choosing-a-plan , plan-modification	8	1340	January 31, 2019
Post deleted, post deleted-- Training choosing-a-plan , plan-modification , outside-riding	47	3630	September 9, 2020
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