How to stack for Breck on a SS with not enough time for all 3 recommended plans

[maaikeeverts]

Hi Lynda – so glad I found your Facebook Q&A forum through Erica Tingey! I rooted around on your site a bit and found your suggested stacking for a competitive rider who wanted to do the Breck Epic on a SS. I have the same goal, except I’ll probably stick to the finishers plan, not the PR plan due to time constraints. Just finishing will be a challenge enough for me; first time doing a MTB stage race.

However, doing the math, there are not enough weeks left for Breck to do the 3 suggested plans in a row (SS base, SS build, stage race finishers). Which one do you suggest I shorten? Just a bit of info: I’ve raced a bunch of endurance races of about 6 hours on my SS in 2013, and also did cyclocross until about a month ago. I just started back in (self-coached) base building last week after a few weeks of not doing much (needed a break). I’ll paste my schedule below with spme additional races sprinkled in; none except for Skyway Epic on May 18 is an A priority race till Breck. Hope you can give spme guidance and then I’ll get started on your plans!

1-6
1-13
1-20
1-27 Snake Creek Gap #2 on my SS – 34 miles, C priority
2-3
2-10
2-17 potentially Southern Cross – probably not
2-24 Snake Creek Gap #3 on my SS (B race)
3-3
3-10
3-17
3-24
3-31 potentially local MTB race, C priority
4-7
4-14
4-21
4-28 potentially local MTB race, C priority
5-5
5-12 Skyway Epic on the 18th, ~60 miles, bunch of climbing, want to do it on my SS, A race
5-19
5-26 Bump and Grind local MTB race, B priority
6-2
6-9
6-16
6-23 local MTB race, C priority
6-30
7-7 local MTB race, C priority
7-14
7-21
7-28
8-4 Breck Epic starting on the 10th

[Lynda]

Based on your races and timing I recommend you follow these two plans:

100 km Mountain Bike Race – Personal Record Plan

7-Day Mountain Bike Stage Race – Finishers Plan

On these two plans do all of your skills and endurance rides on your SS bike. Recovery rides and interval sessions are good to do on a geared bike if you have one so you can nail your target intensity. If you are time crunched, drop all the recovery rides in favor of passive rest. 

 

Here is a table with how to lay out the weeks with your schedule:

 

Plan	Plan week	Event	Week notes
100km PR	1
	2
	3	Snake Creek Gap #2 SS – 34 miles, C priority	Race Sat, Sun off.
	4
	5
	6	potentially Southern Cross – probably not	Race Sat, Sun off.
	12	Snake Creek Gap #3 on my SS (B race)
	7
	8
	9
	10
	11	potentially local MTB race, C priority
	7
	8
	9
	10	potentially local MTB race, C priority
	11
	12	Skyway Epic ~60 miles, bunch of climbing, SS, A priority
	off plan	Recovery week
Stage race Finisher	1	Bump and Grind local MTB race, B priority	Race Sat, Sun off.
	3
	4
	5
	6	local MTB race, C priority
	7
	8	local MTB race, C priority	Race Sat, big ride Sun
	9
	10
	11
	12	Breck Epic starting on the 10th

[maaikeeverts]

This is fantastic info; thanks so much for the suggestion and I'll get going!

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