The Valley of the Sun is a demanding early season stage race race that requires you to have strong pack skills as well as a strong time trial. Our 6 week training plan has plenty of time trial intervals while working on your time trialing skills so you are ready to give it your all in February!  Our Valley of the Sun training plan will also increase your aerobic fitness and Functional Threshold Power.

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• Yoga Routines with Video
• Race Specific Power and Heart Rate Workouts
• VoS Specific Time Trial Interval Workouts
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video

This six week periodized training plan is specific to long gravel races like the Belgian Waffle Ride, Lost and Found, the Dirty Kanza, and Gravel Worlds.  Each week centers around a looooong gravel ride on Saturday. You’ll start with a field test to set your training zones with the included FasCat Wattage and Heart Rate Zones Sheet. Choose the “hilly’ option for a course that has a lot of climbing or choose ‘flat’ for midwest courses like the DK, Gravel Worlds and Lost n Found. There are even tips on nutrition & hydration that you can practice on these simulation rides!

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• FREE TrainingPeaks Account (30 Days Premium)
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• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back
• Mobile App (iOS and Droid)
• Foundations Back Strengthening
• REVO Strength & Conditioning Videos
• Daily Email Workout Reminders
• GPS, Heart Rate, and Power Data Uploads
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video
• Gravel Specific Race Simulations/Intervals

This six week Old Man Winter Rally Training Plan will prepare you for the rigors and fun that is the Old Man Winter Rally. It starts December 31st, 2018 – six weeks prior to the race date: February 10th. With the 2019 course bringing back Rowena sweet spot climbing is the name of the game!

Choose a Basic Intermediate or Advanced Training Plan that’s specific to how much time you have to train for a plan that’s right for you. See our FAQ below for more information on the different plan levels.

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• FREE TrainingPeaks Account (30 Days Premium)
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• Foundations Back Strengthening
• REVO Strength & Conditioning Videos
• Daily Email Workout Reminders
• GPS, Heart Rate, and Power Data Uploads
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video
• Old Man Winter Rally Intervals!

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This training plan will prepare you for the Boulder Roubaix’s  constantly rolling race course.  To get you ready for this race, your mid-week training will consist of VO2’s, anaerobic work and the creme de la crème, Tabata Intervals You’ll also stay sharp with Sweet Spot, Threshold, and Tempo intervals, to maintain and build a powerful aerobic engine.

What you get:

• FREE TrainingPeaks Account (30 Days Premium)
• FREE YogaGlo Membership (60 Days)
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back
• Mobile App (iOS and Droid)
• Coaching Support in a Private Facebook Group
• Foundations Back Strengthening
• REVO Strength & Conditioning Videos
• Daily Email Workout Reminders
• GPS, Heart Rate, and Power Data Uploads
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video
• Race Specific Intervals

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Train for the Haute Route with FasCat and 2019 Haute Route Ambassador Frank Overton.  The Haute Route is a monumental feat and your haute route training should should be well thought out.  This six week training plan is heavy on the climbing and stage race type training because that’s what you’ll face in any of the 3 or 7 day haute routes.

You’ll progress your riding time to increase your Chronic Training Load (CTL). You’ll start with a field test will set your training zones, especially sweet spot! You’ll find the FasCat Wattage and Heart Rate Zones Sheet that in this plan that has the all important Sweet Spot Training Zone!

What you get:

• FREE TrainingPeaks Account (30 Days Premium)
• FREE YogaGlo Membership (60 Days)
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back
• Mobile App (iOS and Droid)
• Coaching Support in a Private Facebook Group
• Foundations Back Strengthening
• REVO Strength & Conditioning Videos
• Daily Email Workout Reminders
• GPS, Heart Rate, and Power Data Uploads
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video
• Tons of Sweet Spot Intervals!

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Thoughts of long rides and gorgeous views of the Rockies on your mind? Our Haute Route Rockies Training Plan starts May 13th to get you ready for the lung-busting mountain climbs and scenic descents you’ll enjoy June 24-30.

You’ll progress your riding time to increase your Chronic Training Load (CTL). You’ll start with a field test will set your training zones, especially sweet spot! You’ll find the FasCat Wattage and Heart Rate Zones Sheet that in this plan that has the all important Sweet Spot Training Zone!

What you get:

• FREE TrainingPeaks Account (30 Days Premium)
• FREE YogaGlo Membership (60 Days)
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back
• Mobile App (iOS and Droid)
• Coaching Support in a Private Facebook Group
• Foundations Back Strengthening
• REVO Strength & Conditioning Videos
• Daily Email Workout Reminders
• GPS, Heart Rate, and Power Data Uploads
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video
• Tons of Sweet Spot Intervals!

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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.

Train with Phil’s Coach, FasCat Frank to prepare for Phil’s Fondo!  You’ll complete similar workouts to what Phil does to prepare for all his big stage races. Sweet Spot training, threshold intervals, and even some anaerobic work. It’s all in here + the diabolical Tabatas (Phil’s favorite, haha). And who could forget about Strava hunting – a valuable training “technique.”

This plan starts on September 17th, 2018, If you want to get faster before then, check out our Strava Training Plans!

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This six week Leadville 100 training plan will prep you for the grueling alpine climbs in Leadville 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.  Read more about Leadville 100 training here. Our Leadville 100 Training Plan, starts June 30th (!) for the August 11th, 2018 race.

This 24-week plan is perfect for the cyclocross racer to begin in January, February, or March to prepare for the Spring/Summer season. Our off-season cyclocross plan is a combination of weight lifting and sweet spot ‘base building” + run conditioning. Put more power producing muscle on your legs and then sweet spot up the whazoo for a massive base for the summer and fall racing season!

What you get:

• FREE TrainingPeaks Account (30 Days Premium)
• FREE YogaGlo Membership (60 Days)
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back
• Mobile App (iOS and Droid)
• Coaching Support in a Private Facebook Group
• Foundations Back Strengthening
• REVO Strength & Conditioning Videos
• Daily Email Workout Reminders
• GPS, Heart Rate, and Power Data Uploads
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video
• Cyclocross Specific Weight Training & Sweet Spot

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Once you’ve done the intervals and the skills days, it’s time to put that speed to the test in race season! Our 4-week CX Race & Recover plan keep you on track for keeping your ‘cross skills sharp and balancing that with the oh-so-important recovery so you can shred it again & again on the weekends! Each week features Yoga and Foundations work to keep you balanced, and a day completely off from workouts for optimal recovery.

What you get:

• FREE TrainingPeaks Account (30 Days Premium)
• FREE YogaGlo Membership (60 Days)
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back
• Mobile App (iOS and Droid)
• Coaching Support in a Private Facebook Group
• Foundations Back Strengthening
• REVO Strength & Conditioning Videos
• Daily Email Workout Reminders
• GPS, Heart Rate, and Power Data Uploads
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video
• In-Season CX Intervals

Our Six Week Tour of the Gila Training Plan begins March 5th! Our plan will sharpen your legs with gobs of sweet spot, time trial intervals an climbing threshold intervals. The Gila is legendary for its big climbs and decisive time trial so this plan prepares you specifically to climb and TT like a cheetah!

What you get:

• FREE TrainingPeaks Account (30 Days Premium)
• FREE YogaGlo Membership (60 Days)
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back
• Mobile App (iOS and Droid)
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• Foundations Back Strengthening
• REVO Strength & Conditioning Videos
• Daily Email Workout Reminders
• GPS, Heart Rate, and Power Data Uploads
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video
• Gila Specific Intervals

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This six week training plan is designed by the 2013 Amateur Winner & 13th overall finisher with a time of 4:51:12, Frank Overton, owner and founder of FasCat Coaching. Frank has applied his own training & experience from 3 years of competition plus coaching athletes for the Crusher in the Tushar and applied it to this training plan. Choose between a basic, intermediate or advanced plan depending on how much time you have to train, your age and ability then get to work!

Consider following the Climbing Plan if you are beyond 8 weeks out! This six week plan officially begins June 2nd, 2018!

What you get:

• FREE TrainingPeaks Account (30 Days Premium)
• FREE YogaGlo Membership (60 Days)
• Welcome Webinar hosted by Coach Frank
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back
• Mobile App (iOS and Droid)
• Coaching Support in a Private Facebook Group
• Foundations Back Strengthening
• REVO Strength & Conditioning Videos
• Daily Email Workout Reminders
• GPS, Heart Rate, and Power Data Uploads
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video
• Crushar Intervals!

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Tackling the Triple Bypass this year? Our six week training plan will help you get your legs & lungs in shape for this legendary ride! One day not enough for you? Our plans include options for those riding the Double Triple too! Choose between a basic, intermediate or advanced training plan based on the amount of time you have to train per week, your age and you ability level.

This Triple ByPass training plan plan starts June 2nd, 2018! Consider following the Climbing Plan if you are beyond 8 weeks out!

What you get:

• FREE TrainingPeaks Account (30 Days Premium)
• FREE YogaGlo Membership (60 Days)
• Welcome Webinar Hosted by Coach Frank
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back
• Mobile App (iOS and Droid)
• Coaching Support in a Private Facebook Group
• Foundations Back Strengthening
• REVO Strength & Conditioning Videos
• Daily Email Workout Reminders
• GPS, Heart Rate, and Power Data Uploads
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video
• Specific Intervals for the Triple Bypass

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You’ll start this six-week training plan with a Field Test to set your training zones via the included FasCat wattage and heart rate zones sheet. This way you’ll be sure to train precisely in your sweet spot and not too hard, not too easy rather just right like Goldilocks. This test will also serve as a benchmark to measure future improvement!

This plan includes all the “marginal gains” details to get even faster: Recovery Techniques, Rest Days, Yoga and Foundation work – all you need is a physical therapy style rubber band and MOTIVATION! There are instructional videos in the plan for you to follow along at home.

6 Weeks to the Firecracker 50 Sweet Spot Training Plan. This plan starts May 23rd, 2018.

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• FREE 30 Day Premium TrainingPeaks Account
• FREE 60 Day YogaGlo Account
• Welcome Webinar Hosted by Coach Frank
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• Lifetime access
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• Email Support
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• FC 50 Specific Sweet Spot and Threshold Workouts
• FC 50 Race Simulation Rides

If you have ever heard of or been to Kalkaska or Traverse City, Michigan chances are you have done or heard of the Iceman Cometh. The Iceman Cometh is a 30-mile point-to-point mountain bike race in northern Michigan held yearly on the first Saturday of November, that’s the 3rd for 2018. What started off as a small event with only a handful of racers has turned into an end of the year party drawing over 4,000 racers. Even though there is a lot of talk about the after party, many riders like to finish off the year on a high note with a good result.

This plan starts on September 22th, 2018, If you want to get faster before then, check out our MTB Training Plans!

What you get:

• FREE TrainingPeaks Account (30 Days Premium)
• FREE YogaGlo Membership (60 Days)
• 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back
• Mobile App (iOS and Droid)
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• Foundations Back Strengthening
• REVO Strength & Conditioning Videos
• Daily Email Workout Reminders
• GPS, Heart Rate, and Power Data Uploads
• Strength & Conditioning Routines with Video
• Iceman Cometh Specific Intervals