Racing a 70.3 on Aug 11 and then leaving home on Aug 29 to start a Pyrenean tour on Sep 03. What should I fill those 2.5 (ish) weeks with?
Previous experience suggests I’ll be recovered for endurance rides by about mid week after the race, harder stuff the following week. I was thinking a stacked long weekend of endurance (Th, F, S, Su) and then a mix of sweet spot and tempo for the remaining week and a half.
what are you doing up to aug 11? what kind of taper?
second Q: what kind of effort you doing in Pyrenean? Just endurance miles, trying to complete the 1000k?
If you’re tapering a solid bit, like a week, and you don’t need a rest week, do some Sweet spot and tempo two weeks out, maybe one group ride for slight intensity, then week before do similar intensity but slightly less volume; week of, some openers and low volume, pack bike, fly, have a blast!
Thanks for the input @bbarrera, @brendanhousler and @bobmac (people whose usernames don’t start with “b” are welcome to reply too lol)
I’m not aiming for any records, just the personal satisfaction from conquering a bunch of climbs that would have seemed impossible to me when I first started cycling. I’ll update this in due course with what I land up doing and how I get on!
You’re not going to lose or gain much in the way of fitness, but over the course of a non-competetive tour, will log plenty of km. Might as well enjoy a break and go into the tour fresh!