Originally Posted by
robabeatle
I’ll dissent. That is too long of a base period, IMHO. Race this fall, get shelled, get faster, go back to building base afterwards. Less likely to burnout.
+1. And- base benefits don't last a few weeks. They last as long as you continue training. Things like increasing blood capillaries, increasing the number of mitochondria, and increasing the number of mitochondria in the muscle cells are not something that last weeks, unless you improperly completed/performed your base training.
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