Sweet Spot Marathon MTB Plan

• 6-week cross-country interval training plan 
• Endurance mountain bike hammer rides, VO2's, threshold, diabolical tabatas, and race starts to prepare you to crush your goal race!
  

This 6-week cross-country interval training plan begins by working on your race start and quickly moves into Zone 6 Anaerobic interval workouts. Because XC Mountain Biking is all about short (20 second - 1 minute) anaerobic power output! 

There are endurance mountain bike hammer rides on the weekend for endurance training and technical skills practice. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays are for 1 minuters, VO2’s, threshold and the diabolical Tabatas.

• 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. 

• XC MTB In Season plan balances your training with your racing
• Anaerobic power output, Zone 6, Tabatas prepare you for race day 
  

This six week XC MTB In Season plan balances your training with your racing. You'll know what opener workouts to do the day before the race and how much rest to take after. Like our XC Intervals Plan, the In Season Plan has mid-week mountain bike specific intervals along with skills sessions so you are fast and smooth. Since XC Mountain Biking is all about short (20 second - 1 minute) anaerobic power output, you'll find the right amount of Zone 6 and Tabatas! 

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• Leadville 100 MTB Training Plan, starts Monday July 1st for the August 10, 2024 race
• Preps you for the grueling alpine climbs in Leadville
• Include simulation rides and nutrition guidance 

Our Leadville 100 MTB Training Plan, starts July 1st for the August 10, 2024 race. Do our 16 weeks of Sweet Spot Plan prior to build a big aerobic base! This six week Leadville 100 MTB training plan will prep you for the grueling alpine climbs in Leadville 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. Read more about Leadville 100 training here. 

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