Hi everyone I’m new to the forum but have used trainer road for a while and I’m an avid podcast listener. 5 stars all round.
I have a few mountain bike events planned but my priority race is a 100 mile road one in June next year. I haven’t trained in about 2 or 3 months due to moving all my training stuff to a new location. I’m thinking about starting back on General build phase then moving to a specialised century plan closer to the event.
Anyone think I should go back to base phase or is starting at build going to be okay? Not done a ramp test yet so I don’t know yet how far my ftp has plummeted.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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Start with base then. You’ve got enough time to do a proper base phase
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Agree with above. If you have the time, do base again. You’ll probably get more out of your build phase if you’ve got some good base to rely on
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2-3 months off the trainer without racing can result in a noticeable decline, so going back to base is a good idea.
Also, the Century Specialty is similar to SSB anyway, so better to do SSB first to maximize your gains in General Build.
Thanks everyone. All set up for a ramp test tomorrow to see where I’m at. Be interesting to see how bad I am now! I got up to around 290 in the summer so I just hope it starts with a 2 still
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