Hello, Since November last year, I’ve been enrolled in the Masters High Volume Plan, and I’ve been incredibly satisfied with the progress I’ve made. My very first race is scheduled for April 21st, and my Speciality Phase is set to commence on April 1st. Although I’m supposed to have a rest week nex…

Thanks for the reply, I will trust the process. Let’s hope it all works out for me.

[image] WATTILA: enrolled in the Masters Edit: Ignore everything I wrote down below and take the scheduled rest! I know @HLaB has already answered and gotten the “Trainerroad approved” checkmark, but to be honest, the full rest weeks are sometimes more appropriate to non-Masters plans imho. …

I think some people would take the rest and others would push through. IMO, the key is that pushing through COULD have negative consequences that lead to problems prior to or on your race day. Taking the rest COULD have negative consequences in that you’ll lose a minor improvement, but if I had to …

Are you going to taper for the race? If you take a recovery week next week, ten you have three weeks to train and one week to taper. It works out perfectly.

When in doubt, it’s a good idea to err on the side of recovery. But it’s also good to experiment and see how your body reacts. If you are feeling particularly fresh and strong at the end of a block, pushing a single recovery week is probably not going to put you into a bad place (and may actually …

One more option is to take your rest week, but on Sat and Sun of that week go back to zone 2 volume. So essentially, you’ve got a 5 day rest week. I find this to be plenty.

Yeah, thats exactly how its structured!

[image] WATTILA: I’ve been incredibly satisfied with the progress I’ve made… I’m feeling surprisingly energetic and not fatigued at all. I feel ya… I have been there. But if it is working why tinker so close to the race?

Do I need a rest week?

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WATTILA March 20, 2024, 7:49pm 10

I added the calendar for reference, I may just extend the time of the endurance rides and refrain from doing any efforts.
What a great community, thanks so much for all the responses!

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Do I need a rest week?

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