Sweet Spot Marathon MTB Plan

• Prepare for an ultra MTB race with climbing intervals, sweet spotting and simulation rides
• Includes a taper into your race and cycling specific nutrition guidance for long events

This six week 100 mile mountain bike race plan will prep you for a grueling 100 mile mountain bike race with gobs of Sweet Spot and Threshold plus a dab of anaerobic work during the week.

The weekends are full of long rides up to 8 hours with plenty of climbing that will give you a chance to test your fueling plans as well as your saddle fit! There's also plenty of low aerobic endurance work to help you build that mitochondrial density that will make you more efficient on race day.

Over the course of the six week training plan you'll ramp up your hours up steadily to handle the long day in the saddle. We've included some of our favorite workouts (Bursts, Sweet Spot, Criss-Cross & more) to help you prepare for a great race day!

Example Events are any of the NUE Series race including Cohutta, Mohican, Bailey Hundo, High Cascades and the Shenandoah 100 to name a few 100 milers.

• Loads of Sweet Spotting to prepare you for long sustained climbs
  
• Includes Simulation Rides, Nutrition & Fueling Guidance, a Taper into the Race + Leg Openers!

This plan starts with a 20 minute Field test to set your training zones via the included FasCat Wattage and Heart Rate Zones Sheet, especially Sweet Spot! Weekday rides include Sweet Spot and Threshold trail rides with some steady endurance miles too. There are also days to focus on just your trail skills because good trail skills = free speed! The weekends are chock full of Block Training where you'll ride back-to-back days of Sweet Spot on climbs and trails. In order to successfully race for 3 or 6 days around Breckenridge this August, you'll need to ride a TON of Sweet Spot! This plan incorporates plenty of Sweet Spot and some threshold work too so you'll be ready for those 10-30 minute climbs at altitude across multiple days!

You'll use the terrain instead of the timer to achieve 45 > 60 > 90 minutes of Sweet Spot on epic rides as you prepare your legs & lungs for this 3 or 6-day stage race. The long trail rides get you mentally prepared to be on your bike that long too!

This plan includes all the “marginal gains” details to get even faster: Recovery Techniques, Rest Days, Yoga and Foundation work – all you need is a physical therapy style rubber band and MOTIVATION! There are instructional videos in the plan for you to follow along at home.

Choose the Basic Plan if you are a Sport Class/40+ rider and have 4-8 hours to train per week

Choose the Intermediate Plan if you are an Expert Class / 30+ rider with 8 - 12 hour to train per week

Choose the Advanced Plan if you are a Pro Class or Expert 19-29 rider and can train 12 - 16 hours + per week

Questions about the Breck Epic Training Plan or using this plan? Tap the chat icon in the upper right within the app or email help@fascatcoaching.com.

• This plan will put you on the start line prepared to crush some massive climbs!
• Tempo, SS & Threshold intervals during the week + group rides and/or harder efforts on the weekend

Whether it's Strava PR's or a race with some serious vertical gain, this six week climbing training plan will put you on the start line well prepared. You'll start with a 20min Field Test to set your Functional Threshold Power and Heart Rate, then use your training zones to ride just hard enough to get faster & stronger without burning out so you can go hard again the next day! That means lots of Tempo and Sweet Spot as well as Threshold intervals during the week and group rides or other harder efforts on the weekends. 

• Loaded with Sweet Spot and Threshold Intervals to prepare you for long, sustained climbs!
• Includes cycling specific nutrition guidance, a Taper into the Race + Leg Openers!

Choose the Basic Plan if you are a Sport Class/40+ rider and have 4-8 hours to train per week

Choose the Intermediate Plan if you are an Expert Class / 30+ rider with 8 - 12 hour to train per week

Every Saturday (or Sunday) you'll do a fun (we hope) FireCracker 50 Simulation ride where you (again) Sweet Spot up the Whazoo. For these rides instead of being constrained with intervals we'll show you how to choose and use the terrain to achieve 45 > 60 > 90 minutes of sweet spot training during a long epic mountain bike ride. Just like the FireCracker 50.

You'll start the six-week plan with a Field Test to set your training zones via the included FasCat wattage and heart rate zones spreadsheet. This way you'll be sure to train precisely in your sweet spot and not too hard, not too easy rather just right like Goldilocks. This test will also serve as a benchmark to measure future improvement!

The plan includes all the “marginal gains” details to get even faster: Recovery  Techniques, Rest Days, Yoga and Foundation work – all you need is a physical therapy style rubber band and MOTIVATION! There are instructional videos in the plan for you to follow along at home. This plan starts six weeks prior to the race date of July 4th.

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