Stacking plans for enduro races?

[jkarrasch]

Got a question about what plans to stack for next season.
Anyway, I have been doing about 3 months of base so far this fall, about 12-14 hrs weekly with most of the rides on the Powertap road bike. Structure has looked like this:

Monday OFF
Tuesday 60-120 min. Tempo
Wed. 3 hr L2 ride
Thursday Sweet Spot workout
Friday OFF
Sat. 4 hr L2 ride
Sunday 2 hr SS mtn ride (L2 and L3)

I have some races in February coming up (between 6 and 9 hr solos on my singlespeed). I have not been on the SS much due to riding lower power levels on the road bike mostly and don't want to be “missing” my SS legs come February. Also, I am beginning one of LyndaWs 12 wk. 24 solo plans on March 1. Question is what to do in the time leading up to that…keep going with what I am doing now or add in some SS/fixed miles? I was thinking something like this:

Monday OFF
Tuesday 2 hr Tempo/SST fixed gear ride
Wed. 3 hr easy geared
Thursday Same as Tues
Friday oFF
Sat 4 hr easy geared
Sun 3-4 hr L2-L4 SS mtn ride

Wondering if I need a 6 hr ride in here somewhere before a 9 hr. in February but don't want to peak before the 24 solo. Pretty much want to maintain my base fitness but be ready for a long ss race without dying!

So basically what would I stack to get from now to 24 solo on May 29 and then peak again for a 9 hour november 12, all singlespeed. (Already have the 24 solo pr plan, used it last year).

[Lynda]

Jon,

Nice work with the base training. Your schedule looks good. Maintaining that through March 1st would work as a nice lead in to the 24 hour PR plan.

[jkarrasch]

Maintain the first version I posted or the second one with the fixed/ss rides? Seems like I would need more than one ss ride per week to get used to it for races…

Oh, and what plan should I use to get from the 24 solo in late May to the 9 hour Nov. 12?

Thanks for the quick responses.

[Lynda]

Jon,

Either version look good as a

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