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Go in around +20, you'll be a little fresh, but should be strong at the end.
Do short rides with hard efforts in the week before and days off or very easy 30min rides.
No medium rides. Just hard 15-60min efforts or super easy spins.
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Thanks for that @skinny
I was thinking of a TSB more like +50, will 20ish be enough? I reckon each day will be a TSS of around 400.
I was gonna start to taper 7 - 8 days before, with a couple (or maybe even just one) short sharp turbo sessions over 3 or 4 days then around 3 days off the bike in total right beforehand. Last longer ride would be about 8 days out from the start.... sound about right?
Thanks dude
jim1985
To those wot use TrainingPeaks:
If I want to be fully fresh for a week of very hard riding (many consecutive days of climbing in the Alps) at the end of August, whereabouts should I plan to have my TSB so that I'm fresh but not losing fitness? I'm faffing about planning workouts on TP for my taper and am trying to get the values on my PMC graph looking good for the start of the week away.
It seems that the boffs recommend a slightly positive TSB, and I appreciate that it's different for everyone, but interested to hear what may have worked for others.
One thing is that the article below seems to be suggesting a slightly positive TSB for one off events, whereas I'll be riding for 5-6 days back to back.
(http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/article/managing-your-training-stress-balance)