So here’s my plan with #2 on the way in a few weeks:
I’m putting a Low Volume Build (not sure General or Sustained Power yet) on the calendar once I finish SSBMV2 in a couple of weeks. I know MV is going to be too much with a new baby, and I feel like I can find 3.5 hours a week (maybe?) to ride. I don’t want the additional stress/pressure of trying to find 75-90-2hr blocks five times a week. I think that’d set me up for just missing workout after workout and eventually giving up, kind of what I think you’re experiencing.
I think we in this situation just have to dial back expectations. From a training stress standpoint, we might be able to handle MV+, but reality and life have to fit in there, and right now life is dictating that LV is where it’s at… if you can get through those three shorter workouts during the week, at worst you’re maintaining your capabilities much, much better than by doing zero or by cobbling together a half-assed MV plan IMO. And then maybe you get lucky some of those weeks and you can get an extra ride or trainer session in, and you just pick the workout you want to do whether it’s Pettit or Junction -1… whatever fits whenever it fits.
I think a LV plan with maybe an extra ride thrown in will also reduce your overall stress, which is necessary right now considering the lack of sleep. I know we’d all like to train like crazy all the time, but we gotta balance it. The races and fitness will still be there and come back when life allows.
FWIW, I came in to 2019 not expecting to do a single race event… didn’t want that pressure. But I know when some bike races and long rides are available so maybe I can get in when able, but I’m not planning for anything. This is also allowing me to take a year to kind of play around… maybe I’ll do short power build instead of sustained power, or maybe I’ll find a few crits to race instead of my normal triathlons and long rides. Mentally, I think relieving myself of that pressure has and will pay dividends in terms of a higher level of overall fitness coming out of baby-time than if I’d tried (and ultimately failed) to train like nothing changed.
My 2 cents…