Alphalegacy

Thanks for the advice. It seems like the best workouts are either under a minute, 1 min, or 5 min intervals. I will probably riding in my UCSD kit. Can any of these intervals be done on a trainer or is it too hard to sprint on a trainer?

OC Roadie

Good luck, that's one of our hardest courses in SoCal. Work on your cornering and short intense efforts. There's a wall on that course followed by a false flat. Practice drilling it up a short hill and repeating every 3 minutes or so.

efficiency

You could scout the course too. It will give you a better idea of how hard the "big ring climb. 60 ft elevation change per lap" is.

nitropowered

I think its easier done on a trainer. But if you can find a nice hill with a steady gradient, that works too. Nothing too steep, you want to be able to spin on it.

My 1 min drills are, warm up, then 3 sets of 6x 1on 2 off with 5 minutes between each set. There is little to no pacing on this.

5 mins are 5x 5 on 5 off. Some where between 105-110% of your FTP. Trainer works best for this since you would not have to worry about traffic or running out of road. But a nice false flat works well for this.

enjoi07

it sounds like you live in south cal. take efficiency's advice and do FIESTA!!! you shoulda been there tonight! get out there as many times as you can before san marcos and you will have a perfect idea of what to expect (getting dropped). i just might have to sign up for this race. pm me if you do fiesta.

Alphalegacy

sure thing, enjoi