Hello
I joined the TR and wanted to create a plan for an event I was going to participate in, with a little over 100km, 1500m of elevation, and I wanted to finish it in about 3 hours.
In TR, in a personalized training plan, I have no options to enter concrete data.
For this specific case, how should I proceed?
Thanks
Jose
Hey there Jose,
We’d recommend entering your event and its “event type” to your TR Calendar (you can also add it during the Plan Builder setup steps). That will get your plan sorted and ready for you to train – no need to enter distance/elevation metrics.
If you are training for a gravel race, for example, Plan Builder will understand that you’ll have to train for an event that will be at least several hours long with a focus on aerobic/sustained power. The same is true if you were training for a criterium – Plan Builder would see that you’re prepping for a shorter event that demands higher intensity spikes of power that you’d have to repeat again and again.
In other words, Plan Builder analyzes your event type, understands the demands of your event type in terms of what power zones you’ll need to focus on to prepare, and then creates a plan for you with a weekly volume based on your recent training and the amount of time you have available to train each week.
So in your case, enter your event and all of the details that the TR Calendar/Plan Builder asks from you and Plan Builder will generate a plan that will guide you toward your goals. 
Hope that helps clear things up – feel free to let me know if you need any additional assistance getting a plan up on your TR account or if you have any other questions!
2 Likes
And should I choose Gran Fondo or Rolling Road Race?
i picked gran fondo for something similar (150km, 2100hm). Seems to work fine so far if I look at the plan.
2 Likes
We’d recommend choosing whichever plan most closely matches how you’d like to race the event.
The Gran Fondo plan will prepare you with steadier efforts. You’ll generally focus on your sustained power. This approach is great if you want to maintain a more consistent effort as you’re riding.
The Rolling RR plan will include more workouts that have surges within them. This kind of training would be more suitable if you are the kind of rider who prefers attacking/responding to attacks or riding in a punchier style.
Both plans will prepare you well – the approaches will just vary a little bit between the two. Ultimately, we’d say go with the plan that best reflects the pacing strategy you’d like to use in the event.