Hello all, I’ve been considering repeating sweet spot mid II after completion of the prescribed 12 weeks of base. I will be finishing up the first 12 weeks of base sometime mid-February, so tacking on another 6 weeks would put me finishing up base at the end of March -right before a trip to Belgium…

I had this exact same thought last night so hope someone replies. I need to work out how to structure a TT/Crit race season between April and September also

You could do far worse than repeating SSB MV2. I might suggest an alternative to add some variety, and that is to do weeks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 of Sustained Build Mid Volume. Swap one of the weekend rides for something longer and outside if time and weather permits (3-4 hours). That gives you a 2 on 1…

[image] jonesn: To boil it down, I’m just wondering if I will build better fitness overall if I go with 18 weeks of sweet spot base before beginning build, or if I should just stick to the prescribed plan since I’m fairly new to structured training and see where that takes me. If you have tim…

Nice, I hadn’t considered redoing SSB-I before moving into SSB-2. I guess there are many different routes I could take to incorporate 6 more weeks of base. I am doing Land Run 100 in March, so it might be best for me to make the final 6 weeks of base more focused on longer outdoor rides while pepper…

in a similar situation with time, I’m repeating SSBMV2 for 18 weeks of base and then into build and specialty. I also thought about going right into build and adding an abbreviated 6 weeks of build before jumping into specialty. I think both could work well from reading some other threads on the for…

Nice! I did a quick search before posting but didn’t come up with the right combination of keywords I guess. Thanks for the link.

the new “too much time!” and “too little time” recommendations are in Plan Builder: [image] tadatadatada Introducing Plan Builder! tadatadatada Announcements @bbarrera what you received is what is expected. Thanks for pointing out the help center article. This one is a b…

iamholland: For some reason, the link I supplied was taken down… The “Too Much Time” and “Not Enough Time” articles are being updated to reflect our current recommendations, so they have been pulled down in the meantime to prevent confusion.

Repeat sweet spot mid II? (18 weeks of base)

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the new “too much time!” and “too little time” recommendations are in Plan Builder:

and here:

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Repeat sweet spot mid II? (18 weeks of base)

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