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2026-11-10

Drive west, day 2, to the training base

  • Id: 2026-11-10-drive-west-day-2-to-the-training-base
  • Title: Drive west, day 2, to the training base
  • Kind: travel
  • Discipline: travel
  • Surface: off-bike
  • Priority: informational
  • Planned time: unscheduled
  • Duration: variable
  • Location: To the US training base (to be confirmed)
  • TrainingPeaks ID: 99407101

Objective

Travel without adding stress or losing fuelling and hydration.

Goal

Arrive at the base fed, hydrated and settled.

Reasoning

Changed Oct 26: the second driving day, to a quiet base for two or three nights before Boulder.

Event details

  • Day 2: no more than about 8 hours, to the training base.
  • The base: ideally below about 1,000 m, quiet roads or gravel, a grassy park for starts, and a kitchen for GF/DF cooking.
  • Ride before you leave, or after you arrive.

Constraints

  • Stop every 2 hours to walk, and keep drinking. Unpack properly tonight: you're staying a few days.

Easy endurance 1:00

  • Id: 2026-11-10-easy-endurance-1-00
  • Title: Easy endurance 1:00
  • Kind: workout
  • Discipline: bike
  • Surface: road
  • Priority: support
  • Planned time: before or after the drive
  • Duration: 1:00
  • Intensity: easy endurance
  • Location: On the road
  • TrainingPeaks ID: 3968330227

Objective

Keep the legs moving on a driving day without adding fatigue.

Goal

Loose, rested legs for Wednesday's race-pace session at the base.

Reasoning

Revised after Roanoke (Sep 28). Changed Oct 26: the planned 2:00 becomes an easy hour on the second driving day.

Workout plan

  • Ride it before the drive if you can; otherwise after you arrive.
  • 10 min easy.
  • 40 min at 156-182 W, cadence 85-95 rpm, seated on climbs.
  • 10 min easy.

Structured workout

  • Primary intensity metric: percentOfFtp
  • Step: Warm-up, 10 min, 55-65, warmUp
  • Step: Endurance, 40 min, 60-70, active
  • Step: Cool-down, 10 min, 50-60, coolDown

Fuelling

A proper breakfast first, and a bottle with 30-40 g of carbohydrate.

Constraints

  • Easy day: stay inside the written power range and stop at the written time, even if you feel good.
  • Heart rate under about 145. No surges and no hard climbs.

Easy run with strides

  • Id: 2026-11-10-easy-run-with-strides
  • Title: Easy run with strides
  • Kind: workout
  • Discipline: run
  • Surface: off-bike
  • Priority: support
  • Planned time: after the drive
  • Duration: 0:20
  • Intensity: easy with strides
  • Location: US training base (to be confirmed)
  • TrainingPeaks ID: 3968330229

Objective

Keep the running habit and leg speed without adding fatigue.

Goal

Loosen up after the drive, with relaxed, quick running form for Boulder's run-ups.

Reasoning

One of Sidney's two weekly runs. Changed Oct 26: an easy run after the drive replaces the hill run-ups; Friday's pre-ride covers Boulder's run-up.

Workout plan

  • After the drive. Skip it if the drive runs long.
  • 12 min easy running.
  • 4 x 20 sec strides on flat ground: build to fast but relaxed, not a sprint. Walk back (about 60 sec).
  • 3 min easy to finish.

Structured workout

  • Primary intensity metric: percentOfThresholdPace
  • Step: Easy run, 12 min, 75-85, warmUp
  • Repetition block: 4 reps
    • Step: Stride, 20 sec, 100-115, active
    • Step: Walk back, 60 sec, 30-50, rest
  • Step: Easy run, 3 min, 75-85, coolDown

Constraints

  • Keep to the written time, even if you feel good.
  • Stop at any ankle, calf or SI complaint.
  • Soft, flat ground if you can find it.