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I think you've got a good situation there in that your summer racing is an over-threshold effort and winter is lots of over threshold efforts. So not only can they complement eachother but one builds into another.
If you care more about one than the other, use the lower priority one as training for the other. Then take your time off after the priority one.
If you are chilled about both, then I'd aim to do some race specific intervals about 2 months out from when you want to be at your fastest. If this overlaps with the start of your race season that's fine. If further out than 2 months, just try upping a bit more easy riding if you can on top.
Basically, don't try and get too scientific, with 2 peaks in 12 months for two disciplines you're can't smash both, unless you are from Benelux and have a three letter abbreviation.
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i think i'm struggling with the concept of this(!)
here's how my year used to go:
january: final couple of CX races with midweek cross 'sessions' in the park if i could be bothered
feb: 'ah, no racing! can have some time off the bike'
march: see above
april: 'shit, club 10s are starting!'
may: turn up to a 10 with no training and post a short 29. start doing tt-focussed sessions 2x a week, improving times, continue until...
sept: 'ah shit, cross is starting!' do a short session in the park a couple of days before the first race. die on lap 2 of first race. start doing midweek cross sessions with races on the weekends.
what i really want to do is not arrive to the first race of each season completely unfit, but i'm not sure how to structure things over 12 months.
it's kond of obvious, i guess, but there's a lot of advice to wade through!