Beginner base guidance needed

Typically from what i understood zwift racing league starts around early September. My idea was to be better prepared for next year by that time.

Is it not better to do a bigger base block instead of the speciality twice?

Or should i just set it with the event and just do what TR tells me?

What I tend to do for Zwift races is add them to my calendar as C races and let TR figure out what I should be doing between them

I wouldn’t wait until next year to get started racing, that’s a long way off. Jump in, have fun and who cares if you come last? I’ve come close to the back of the field plenty of times :grinning:

Why do you say “do Specialty twice”? Is that what TR is prescribing?

I agree that if you don’t have a race or event you’re driving toward, you’d be better off building a bigger Base than going into Specialty; just make sure you mix in some VO2 work as you approach your racing season. Zwift racing can be VERY tough, especially if you’ve only been focused on zones 1-4. You’re going to need to build your ability to shoot out hard at the gun and hold it for a long time, and also to respond to attacks.

Yeah TR is prescribing 2 specialty blocks.

That’s why i was confused

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Hey @Cardas :slight_smile: I am not seeing the 2 Specialty blocks on your plan.

I see that PB is taking you through a natural Base>>Build>>Specialty Phase transition.

I think what may have happened is that if you created a training plan previous to the current with no event or end date, it just created a year plan that will run you through the Base>>Build>>Specialty Phase twice.

There are stand-alone Zwift races year-round - you don’t have to do a whole series. Zwiftpower.com has a slightly better interface for filtering events than the native Zwift events site.

I was suggesting you pick a day or two, sometime in the Fall to do a race or two, just for fun. No need to put too much thought into them - really just a pin in the calendar to build the training plan around.

Yeah that’s what happened. I just sticked to the normal LV SS plan, with added z2.

So no worries and thanks for the help!

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