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Sounds pretty basic and not the best. It will make you fit, but perhaps not as fit as you could be...
While some workouts at that event climbing power would be good to teach your body to fuel at it, it wont make you as fit as you could be.
I'd hire a coach if it's important and you've cash.
Or at least for the 20 weeks before it.
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Sounds like you've got plenty of training hours to get a lot more lower intensity (than SS) in.
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I’ve got a target event next September that will probably be one of the toughest rides I’ve done and I’m in a quandary as to how to make best use of my training time.
The ride is about 270k with 7500m climbing, spread over 5 climbs. In terms of time I have to train, about 5 hours during the week, plus another 6-8 hours spread over the weekend.
I want to be able to ride the climbs at approximately 85% of FTP, recover and fuel on the descents and then go again repeatedly. So I’m currently planning to train at sweetspot for increasingly longer intervals with short recovery. I’ll also throw in some Vo2 work occasionally as I respond well to it, but I can’t tolerate a lot of it anymore (getting old).
I have a decent base, but not as deep as I’ve enjoyed in the past. I also want to push my FTP up by at least 5% while dropping 2-3kg, which feels realistic considering the time scale I have to work with.
So, I suppose what I’m asking - does this specificity (training at sweetspot) make the most sense or is there an approach I’ve not considered?