Adding some sweet spot work is fine, but listen to your body. Figure out what your indicators are and use that to judge when you should resume some intensity. Do not feel that you have to, and do not schedule it ahead of time unless you will skip / swap if you’re not feeling up to it.
There is a similar thread here. TLDR: I have added some sweet spot work to my two previous recovery weeks. The first one I did it more based on how I was feeling and I got it about right. The second one I scheduled the sweet spot workouts ahead of time and didn’t account for how I was feeling, and am too OCD to not complete the workouts. I ended up not getting a good recovery out of the week and failed the following ramp test.
First recovery week (about right)
Second recovery week (too much)
I’m in the middle of a recovery week now and yesterday was the first time I started a ride without my legs feeling fatigue. All the previous rides began with heavy legs. I added some 20-sec sprints to today’s ride and may do either some sweet spot work tomorrow or a ramp test.
