Hi All,
I’m using Plan Builder to setup my calendar for this winter.
The defaults are fine for 5 days a week, masters plan but don’t want to get kitted up for short 30min sessions that the plan inserts every Wednesday. I can change the duration on Wednesdays to an hour but that increases the TSS, or I can reduce down to 4 days in the settings but that decreases TSS. Any suggestions on how to get Plan Builder to build a plan that does not insert short (30min) workouts?
What does your recent training history look like?
Do you think you’d be able to handle 60-minute workouts on Wednesdays long-term?
If you have any concerns, or your training doesn’t back that up, I’d pull them first and add them back once you feel prepared.
If you’d like me to take a closer look at your training, just let me know and we can discuss it here. 
Hi eddie,
Thanks for your reply - In changing Wed to an hour I thought plan builder would update the other days to keep my TSS on track for the plan but it doesn’t. I’m not sure if taking the time down on one of the 5 days is a better fix than reducing the number of days to 4 and upping the time to achieve the same TSS as the 5 day schedule would be the correct approach?
Between your two options, I’d lean toward keeping 5 days and trimming time elsewhere. Spreading your training out a bit usually means each session is a bit less taxing, which tends to be easier to recover from and stick with over a long winter. Going to 4 days and stretching the sessions gets you similar total time, but each ride gets longer and harder to absorb.
So I’d set Wednesday to 60 minutes and take roughly 30 minutes off one of your longer days, probably that Saturday “Hard Intervals” workout. That keeps your weekly load close to what the 5-day plan intended, and you’re not kitting up for a half hour.
The other route is to leave everything as is and just accept the extra Wednesday time. As I said before, that depends a bit on your recent training history. If you’ve been riding consistently, the extra load might be fine. If you’re building back into structured training, I’d go with the swap first and add more later once you feel ready.
Let me know if this helps!
