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2026-11-23

Arrive and settle in Ostrava

  • Id: 2026-11-23-arrive-and-settle-in-ostrava
  • Title: Arrive and settle in Ostrava
  • Kind: travel
  • Discipline: travel
  • Surface: off-bike
  • Priority: informational
  • Planned time: unscheduled
  • Duration: variable
  • Location: Czech Republic, to Ostrava
  • TrainingPeaks ID: 99407122

Objective

Settle in Ostrava and reset the body clock.

Goal

On Czech time as fast as possible, with no travel stiffness carried into race week.

Reasoning

Changed Oct 26: with a November 23 arrival, going straight to Ostrava means no more travel until the drive to Tábor on November 28.

Event details

  • Land and go straight to Ostrava if you can (via Katowice, Vienna or Prague). If that isn't possible, get to Ostrava by Wednesday.
  • Daylight outdoors from late morning, and the easy ride in the early afternoon.
  • Naps of 20-30 minutes at most, and bed at a normal local time. Caffeine before noon only.

Constraints

  • Eat on local time from the first meal, and drink plenty after the flight.

Arrival spin

  • Id: 2026-11-23-arrival-spin
  • Title: Arrival spin
  • Kind: workout
  • Discipline: bike
  • Surface: road
  • Priority: support
  • Planned time: early afternoon, in daylight
  • Duration: 0:45-1:00
  • Intensity: easy
  • Location: Ostrava, Czech Republic
  • TrainingPeaks ID: 3968330287

Objective

Reset the body clock and loosen up after the flight.

Goal

Faster adaptation to Central European Time and no travel stiffness carried into the race week.

Reasoning

Daylight riding on arrival day is the fastest reset for the body clock after an eastward flight. Changed Oct 21: easy-day rule added. Changed Oct 26: the flight is now November 22, so Monday November 23 is arrival day.

Workout plan

  • 45-60 min easy outdoors in daylight at 130-169 W, cadence 90+ rpm.
  • 3 x 10 sec seated accelerations in the second half.

Structured workout

  • Primary intensity metric: percentOfFtp
  • Step: Easy, 25 min, 50-65, active
  • Repetition block: 3 reps
    • Step: Acceleration, 10 sec, 120-150, active
    • Step: Easy, 2 min, 50-60, rest
  • Step: Easy, 15 min, 50-65, active

Fuelling

Normal meals on local time from today. Plenty of fluid after the flight.

Constraints

  • Easy day: keep it easy and stop at the written time, even if you feel good.
  • Stay awake until a normal local bedtime; no long nap today.