Plan Summary
Intermediate level (1-4 years cycling)
Riding regularly (4+ times/week)
Plan duration: 12 weeks
8-12 hours week
 
Description
The 16 week in season racing plan keeps you on the boil for your road racing season.
 
The plan provides the following:
Testing protocols to allow you to track your progress
Power based workouts, available for download onto common platforms (TrainerRoad, Zwift, Garmin etc) 
Improve stamina and fatigue resistance (reduces the effects of fatigue during long races)
Improve your anaerobic system so you can cover breaks and attacks in a road race
Improve your sprint power so you able to contend for the win at the end of the race
Improve Functional Threshold Power (FTP)
Free TrainingPeaks account (Premium for first 30 days)
TSS based plan
Coach email support
 
The plan uses periodisation to split the training into 4 x 4 week blocks, each block has three hard weeks and the fourth week is a recovery and testing week.
 
The focus for all blocks is racing at the weekends, either Saturday or Sunday, with workouts during the week to compliment your racing. The fourth block has less volume and you should condsider switching to less intense training after you have completed this 16 week block.