Hi Guys,

Thought I saw a post a while back that TR would be putting out training plans that take into account age i.e. Over 50. Was that wishful thinking on my part or is my age showing or am I just not finding it?
TR is a quality product. Really enjoying it.

Thanks.

15 weeks from nowIi've my target A -race (od)


I want to start the Olympic distance plan.
Base mid volume = 6 weeks
Build mid volume = 8 weeks
Specialty phase = 8 weeks.


I can combine two plans to have 14 weeks of workouts.


The specialty Phase seems to build towards a peak, which seems desirable for my race. Is it advisable to replace the build for the Specialty Phase?

Hi,

Mainly for the healthy reasons I had about a month of brake from proper training, just few club rides in between. Before that I completed SSB I & II high volume.
Should I just pick up the next step, something from Build Phase and carry on, and lets say re-asses FTP after a week or so, or it would be more sensible to go back to the some point in SSB II and rebuild what was potentially lost. If that is the way to go, what the starting point it should be, how far I should go back?

Many thanks

Nate, I've been doing trainer road for almost four months now and have picked up about 20 watts on my initial FTP. Awesome program!

So, I'm traveling for about two weeks and plan to rent a bike / trainer but will not have a PM so I'm looking into picking up a cadence counter to use virtual power (already have HRM). Any recommendations with regard to reliability?

TR coaches,
Just started trainer road around Christmas, doing the Half Distance Triathlon Low Volume Base plan.
Today was my first repeat 20m test, and I upped my FTP from 189 to 235 which sounds great... except... I switched from virtual power to a Quarq, and previous comparisons have showed that my Quarq reads about 45-50 watts higher than VP with my setup. So accounting for the difference in power measurement, I basically didn't budge my FTP.

Some possible issues:
1) I'm 51 and a recovering from obesity and a previously sedentary lifestyle - started triathlons in 2011 and slowly progressing, losing weight, but not a strong athletic background
2) It's taking me about 9+ days to complete a trainerroad "week" - partly when I need more recovery, partly when I bike commute to work or go mountain biking with friends or do "praise and spin" with my wife in the am (her favorite workout) or do other "off plan" efforts, partly when I work a night shift or otherwise life gets in the way of my workout schedule
3) Perhaps the main point of a base program is not to increase FTP? I went on a 50 mile outdoor ride on my tri bike earlier this week, and was feeling good about my endurance fitness level. Used to be 50 miles would leave me pretty toasted and I'd finish draggy, but this time I was able to keep summoning another effort and another and another. Felt like I finished strong and was expecting a breakthrough FTP test. So this was a bit disappointing.
4) Testing low? I rather doubt it because the difficulty level of recent workouts has felt about right - difficult but not crushing.

Just wondering what to make of this and what I should be thinking as I move on into the build phase.

Hi Nate

I'm dropping down to olys and sprints next season (I'm Southern Hemisphere).

I was thinking to starting up the Oly base, build and speciality training plans, which would take me to my first A race( an Oly) My next A race, the sprint nationals, is then 16 weeks away: is my best bet to run to base, build and speciality sprint plans, or double up the speciality plan? Or what would you recommend.

Cheers in advance
Dan

Hey Nate/TR,

I'm a long distance triathlete, and I pulled my calf muscle. I can safely and painlessly do a trainer work, but I can't run, probably for a few weeks or possibly longer.

Do you recommend substituting either sweet spot/threshold/vo2 trainer workout for my scheduled run workout?

Is there a magic formula to covert a prescribed run miles to a trainer mileage?

Appreciate your help in advance.

K.

Many thanks, Nate!

Big fan of TrainerRoad (app & podcast) and I recommend it to all my friends! It's so awesome that we can seek advices from you coaches!

Hello guys
Im in a bit of a dilemma.
-I am 15.7 weeks out from my half ironman
-Just finished sweet spot base ii (on recovery week right now)
- im at 280ftp and would estimate my new ftp be around 300ftp.
-i want to get my ftp to be at 300w before focusing on HIM plan
-should I go back to sweet spot and spend the next 6 weeks raising my ftp then jump to specialty after?
- should i hit sustain power now then HIM specialty after?
- should I hit build HIM plan now? Would that help raise my FTP?

Thank you!

You won't necessarily go faster during the race with a higher FTP, but you will go faster in the race if you can actually hold the 85% the whole time.