I’m just 2 weeks into my first TR custom plan for above event in late March 2025. The program has me only doing 4 hours a week right up until the event. This just doesn’t sound right to me. I need more time in the saddle than that for a 6 hour event! Am I missing something here? Why the incredibly …

It’s all about making the work you’re doing as high-quality as possible. There’s no sense in adding in more time if it’s not quality work. We recommend plans for right now based on your training history. This by no means says that you can’t/shouldn’t change things as you progress, but simply pickin…

You can choose your available hours in the custom plan builder now. I don’t know your training history but you may want to consider a higher volume plan. Or if your availability is limited… you can turn it into a “masters plan” and do one long endurance ride in place of intensity. What people have d…

In my experience (going on year 3 with TrainerRoad) 4 hours a week of TrainerRoad is more than enough for a 6 hour event. I’ve done 9-13 hour events on 4-6 hours a week.

In my experience with a few years of TrainerRoad and doing these types of events, I’d say it’s probably enough to complete the event but I wouldn’t say I found it to be optimal training. I have found that if I largely lean on TrainerRoad that I don’t do as well as I had hoped, and that friends who d…

Thanks, that sounds sensible. I did a group ride today instead of my scheduled TrainerRoad workout. I added the group ride to my calendar last night, and this morning, my actual ride uploaded. Now, my calendar shows both the completed group ride and the scheduled one. Should I delete the scheduled …

Completing and competing is very different and cycling is very very hard to excel at without volume.

I’ve found the ‘associate the group ride’ and connected the two rides that way.

[image] janemcd: Am I missing something here? Why the incredibly low volume for a high volume event?? Welcome to the forums :slightly_smiling_face: Two reasons; Volume is not measured in time alone. Riding and structured training can’t be compared with any relevance when you only use hou…

TR says 4 hours a week training for a 164k & 2,100m elevation gran fondo?

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MikeMunson December 20, 2024, 2:19am 2

Probably can find some help in this thread:
TR suggesting low volume…

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