Howdee Any recommendations for how best I can supplement my training to help me get jn shape for the Marmotte gran Fondo end of June? I’m about to end SSBase MV. And then go into build Not sure if I should go to HV for Build or stick with MV and add some more long road rides jn. Not much time le…

There’s a massive thread on it which may have some of the answers you seek. [image] La Marmotte 2023 Racing Anybody thinking about doing the Marmotte next July? I’ve decided im going to give it a crack, hoping for around the 7:30 hours time mark. My training for it star…

Z2 till ya t*ts fall off. Every extra hour you got I’d be zone two’ing. If you’ve only got 30 min I’d add it before a workout. If there’s Z2 In your plan add 30 min to the end. Got a day off. Do an extra hour of Z2. Going on an outdoor ride. Do 3-4 hours power Z2. If your HR drifts up back off the p…

I’m doing a similar Event as my main goal this year (200km and 4 long alpine climbs). I^m using a low volume Plan and add 1-2 Zone 2 rides a week if possible and as soon as the weather and time allows I will do some longer rider 4-7h in mostly Zone 2 on the weekends. I also extended my Sweetspot…

awesome cheers. this is bloody helpful for me. I’m gonna start adding some 30 mins Z2 ahead of the scheduled SSB2 sessions, and same as I start Build next week.

cheers Morzak. this is also really helpful for me. Think i’ll do similar and drop my second SS ride for a longer Z2. cheers again

[image] SimonPF: Not sure if I should go to HV for Build or stick with MV and add some more long road rides jn. Unlikely, but if you suddenly have more time to train and recover, and MD was easy then maybe.

Hows everybody getting on? 72 days to go and time seems to be flying! My training seems to be going well (I think). Following the progression levels and i’m quite frequently getting all time PB’s with the more intense workouts so think i’m tracking well. FTP is slowly nudging north, and i mean slo…

You still have 2.5 months, better weather is coming. I should focus now also on the longer rides. Progression levels are great but they are not going to take you up the Alpe ;-). So some steady endurance building is a good idea. Longer tempo intervals. I did Marmotte 5x. Endurance is key. And let’s…

Aye, i need to do more of the longer endurance rides. I’ve done Telegraph, Galibier and Alpe D’huez in one ride, but tagging on the glandon at the start will make it extra spicy getting up that first ramp on the alp. Got no doubt i can do it, i just really wanna get that gold medal in my age cat …

Going well. After a big setback end of last year and beginning of this year where i couldn’t ride for about six weeks i’m getting back my fitness. Currently in a *4 week) VO2Max block where i do two vo2max sessions during the week and long (3/4 hour ish) rides in the weekend. After this going to do…

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