Tulsa Tough Criteriums

• Prepare for an ultra MTB race with climbing intervals, sweet spotting and simulation rides
• Includes a taper into your race and cycling specific nutrition guidance for long events

This six week 100 mile mountain bike race plan will prep you for a grueling 100 mile mountain bike race with gobs of Sweet Spot and Threshold plus a dab of anaerobic work during the week.

The weekends are full of long rides up to 8 hours with plenty of climbing that will give you a chance to test your fueling plans as well as your saddle fit! There's also plenty of low aerobic endurance work to help you build that mitochondrial density that will make you more efficient on race day.

Over the course of the six week training plan you'll ramp up your hours up steadily to handle the long day in the saddle. We've included some of our favorite workouts (Bursts, Sweet Spot, Criss-Cross & more) to help you prepare for a great race day!

Example Events are any of the NUE Series race including Cohutta, Mohican, Bailey Hundo, High Cascades and the Shenandoah 100 to name a few 100 milers.

• Builds a Big Aerobic Base
  
• Complete 4 month Training Plan with 3 Power Tests
• new Professional Level with 18 - 26 hours / week

To begin your sweet spot base training you'll perform a Field Test to set your training zones, especially the all important sweet spot training zone!  A second test half thru your plan will measure your improvement and update your training zones and a third a final test will do the same. Athletes can expect to increase their FTP by 5 – 20%! 

 In the final mesocycle of this plan you'll be doing long sweet spot TSS rides on Saturdays and short structured 'wintertime intensity' during the work week.   Weeks 13, 14, & 15 have the 3 > 4 > 5 minute VO2 Max Interval Progression to push your threshold even higher 🚀💪

As an Optimize Subscriber, you will receive a FREE  Coaching Consultation after staying subscribed to Optimize for 3 months.  You will receive a coupon code to redeem the consultation for free and then be sent a calendar link to schedule. 

Our Coaching Consultations offers additional coaching advice on your data, which training plans to follow along with real world practical expert coaching advice from the FasCat Coaches!  

• 2 Week Taper Plan to PEAK
  
• Improve Power Output and Minimize Fatigue
  
• Reduces Training Volume 40-60%
  
• Maintains Training Intensity

Apply our 2 week taper plan to your training calendar and achieve peak performance! As discussed in our podcast below 👇

By now you've done countless intervals in all lengths and amounts. You're in the best shape of your life and you're ready to do whatever it takes to get that big result at the end of the season. Now it's time to TAPER.

But don't stop training altogether, instead gradually decrease your training load by 40-60% each week leading up to A event. Along with the decrease in load, increase your number of rest days and maintain your intensity.