I appreciate this may have been asked a fair few times but here goes
Currently training for the North Cape 4000 on July 25th so 4000kms in around 3 weeks. For uninteresting reasons I only started training on the bike on the 16th May and before that was mainly running 50 to 70kms a week since Jan for marathon training. Because I started late I am trying to maximize my time on the bike as the distances I am aiming for our a stretch for me.
Current training plan is 2 x Z2 4 to 6 hour rides on the weekend, 2 x 3 hour rides during the week with some kind of a workout and then 1 x short ride mainly hill climbing.
Research indicates I should do a two week taper with 50 percent reduction in training load in taper week 1 and then mainly polishing my bike and avoiding buying stuff I don’t need on week 2 of taper with 2 x super short sessions to keep legs awake.
Does this seem reasonable for a multi week event? Is it correct that freshness is the main priority as no fitness will really happen in those last two weeks? I know it’s a beginner question but main experience I have is for running and the taper isn’t as drastic.
