Originally Posted by
BikeNube
So I spent a lot of time doing 15 minute intervals and really dumping it all out, trying to hit new PRs as often as I could. Turned out that this really only succeeded in bumping my 5 minute power. Makes sense, right?
Now I decided to try and focus on the longer stuff since anything that was a little bit lower power and over 20 minutes was pretty neglected.
What does bikeforums think of my 2 month training plan? I tried to sustain 1% increases every week over the next 2 months. Is this doable? My legs only have like a year and a half of riding on them, so this will be the best fitness I've been in. Is there anything Im missing in there?
Here is the link:
https://spreadsheets0.google.com/pub...=0&output=html
I'm not so good at the actual racing part, but i do have a few suggestions for the planning part:
-you have a power meter, and you probably have by now a good idea of TSS associated with each type of work out. Instead of still planning by time, i'd plan by TSS. Have a column for planned TSS, ATL, CTL, and TSB; and one for the actual values. You can now adjust how much you do depending on whether you want to build ATL or minimize TSB (aka a taper). If you want, i can show you the home-made tracker that i have.
-What are the TSS of each of your past four weeks? Your on weeks have probably a TSS of 1100/week, and your rest week seems to give you a weekly TSS of ~800, which may or may not be adequate rest depending on your current CTL level. What's your current TSB? I know these are semi-quantitative numbers, but they are still better than nothing when it comes to periodizing a training plan
-your 15' best is most likely not representative of a potential 15' best as you are constantly trying to shoot for PB, and that can't be good for form; ditto for your 20' best. I also noticed that you are testing for 15' and 20', but i think you'd be better served to test 5' and 20' on the same day to get a better gauge of things. Do these after a real rest week.