I have a question that I would really appreciate some guidance with… I am coming to the end of a build phase in a couple of weeks, and am now debating whether to continue to specialty as originally planned, or go back to base (specifically SSBII). This is partly because of the current situation in t…

I would plan on there being exactly zero races this year. With that in mind, head over to the handy Plan Builder, it should give you a pretty decent idea of how to proceed into next year. If you don’t want to sit on the trainer for the next 12 months, perhaps give some thought to taking some time o…

[image] jsmith: in which case I suppose I could continue with the TT specialty, hoping that in some way that will help for when I eventually go back to TTs (these are important to me this right here! something of importance to you will keep you motivated. plus, kill two birds with one stone, …

“I bet we’re back to racing within 8 weeks” I feel like you may be underestimating the consequences of Covid-19. I don’t see any racing coming back before there is a vaccine or medicine available. If that’s the case, then racing will be away for a long time, thus making it more obvious to go back …

[image] Fritso: “I bet we’re back to racing within 8 weeks” totally agree, which is why I’m posting a second video. This was first guess when it all came out initially if you see the initial post date. i still wouldn’t go back to base, just ride base all year round? no thank you.

I wouldn’t go back to base for a year for sure. Plan builder gave me SSB2 for 6 weeks and then another 8 week build. Again, I doubt I’ll have an event to build for, but I’m just thinking build FTP as high as I can and when the events do come back I’ll be ready.

Thank-you, I hadn’t managed to find those threads before so that was helpful to read. Interesting that planbuilder still tells me to go into specialty next, then build and specialty again but it puts you back to base although the timing of our hypothetical events are similar! I had a play around wit…

Thank-you, this all makes sense to me. I know there’s a strong chance of no racing at all this year, but actually thinking about what you’ve said has made me realise that I still want to go through the specialty etc anyway just to see what happens if nothing else!

[image] jsmith: I had a play around with the timings but I only got base if I restarted the plan, rather than keeping my original start date for training. Yep, same thing I did. Restarted my plan starting next week.

[image] brendanhousler: just ride base all year round? no thank you. Agree and disagree with this. You could do a nice big block of HVZ2 base which could set you up nicely for proceeding into Build/Spec Fall/Winter training. However, if you’re in a strict no ‘outside activity’ zone, 3hrs/day …

Specialty now or back to base? Training benefit v burnout for event in 4-5months

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shawrx April 13, 2020, 2:07pm 3

I’m in the same boat and am finishing build this week. I used plan builder targeting an event in Sept and it put me right back into SSB2 followed by another build.

Of course the event in Sept might not happen either, but I’ve got plenty of time to figure that out after SSB2 and my next build.

Lot’s more discussion on the topic in the threads below:

Topic		Replies	Views
Drop specialty? Training plan-modification	23	4196	March 8, 2021
To Speciality Or Not...That is the question Training	2	527	September 7, 2020
All around rider, no race dates, which speciality phase? Training choosing-a-plan	5	1692	June 11, 2019
When to abort a plan Training choosing-a-plan , plan-modification , training-plan-questi	4	697	March 31, 2022
No races due to COVID, should I skip the specialty phase of my current plan and start a new plan? Training plan-modification	7	550	October 4, 2021

Specialty now or back to base? Training benefit v burnout for event in 4-5months

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