Race in May, Cycling Holiday in March

So I want to start a new training plan starting the week after next, the main goal is to get faster for a 120km Gran Fondo I will be doing in may.
End of march I have a cycling holiday planned with basically a week of group rides.
Should I create one plan till may and basically just ignore the plan on my trip or should I rather create two plans before and after.

The reason why I am thinking about splitting, is that I want to have a rest week before and after the trip, as the volume will be quite a bit higher than my usual.

Hey there and welcome to the TR community!

Based on how it sounds like you want to schedule things with your trip, I think going with two plans sounds like a good call. That way, you’ll get in some good structured training before your trip, have a block for the trip itself where you won’t need to worry about any structure, and then after some rest, you can get back into things.

Enjoy the cycling holiday!

Hey!

Thanks for the reply.
I am going to split it then, but that raises the next question.
Should I select the first one as an Event/Race Plan (and treat the trip as one event) or General Fitness, and what would be the best choice if it is fitness?

Cheers
Patrick