Iron Horse Classic and L'Etape strategy

[Nofarrell34]

Howdy- I am registered for the Iron Horse Classic Road Race in Durango CO followed by the MTB race the next day, The event takes place Memorial Day weekend. On June 8th, I will also be riding L’Etape in Southern Ca. Both event shave a great deal of climbing. I am currently in the low volume general build phase. I follow TrainerRoad workouts throughout the week on the weekends I ride with groups.
Any suggestions on what phase I should be doing once I complete the current phase? Also , suggestions on what the weekend rides should look like?
I live in Tucson, AZ and can ride Mt. Lemmon on the weekends.

Thank you,
Natalie

[dhellman]

It sounds like you’re probably going to want the Climbing RR for your specialty plan.
Are you actually racing these events, or are you just doing them for fun and PRs? I did the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic (quite a few years ago now) when I lived in Tucson, and I’d climb Mt Lemmon on Saturdays (I took Sundays as rest days then). I don’t know what your background is… I had never done that much climbing before, and that was my first time even going up Mt Lemmon. (This was also before I was on TR, or knew anything about structured training.)