Intro:

This 12 week Season plan works on building your cycling fitness to help you get through a season of CycloCross. We will be making sure you can sustain those efforts needed during a race and making sure the technique is there for getting round those corners and through the other riders, making sure you will have a successful season of racing on through those fields. The workouts are around 1:30 hours except for your endurance ride. Through the duration of this plan you will feel race ready but also getting stronger as the season progresses. All workouts and therefore plans at Core Cycling are world class and have been tested by elite athletes!

Type of Events plan is for:

Want to have your best ever season and do better than you ever thought you could? Then this is the plan for you!! This Training Plan is designed for riders who have done, at least some of the CX pre season 4 week plans and those interested in improving on previous seasons and therefore have their best ever with loads of great results.

We will do this by improving your surging, recovery, VO2, and preparing yourself for those races you want results in.

Who the plan is for:

Workouts in our plans at Core Cycling are tried and tested by all kinds of cyclists from Elite, as previously mentioned, to your everyday rider, male or female, looking to get fit. At Core Cycling we have coached riders from many parts of the world. The weeks range from 7 hours for a recovery week and up to 11 hours for your biggest weeks. The plans also include your Strength and conditioning sessions.

This plan is perfect for cyclists who have had a season of Cyclocross already in previous years (if you haven't, please see Core Cyclings pre season plans. There are 4 week plans there too) all the way through to your top riders wanting a season to never forget. It is perfect for progressing through to Key goals or setting best results at those special CX races. Check out my profile for alternatives, and 4 week options of this plan. One-to-one coaching is available too. Please contact me by the email address provided on my profile.

Where and how to complete the plan:

Due to the workout builder, your plan can be used on Zwift, Garmin, Wahoo etc. This makes it a great interactive experience whether you choose Zwift or the road. Please have a look at each workout description too to help you understand what's being asked and why. Please remember that recovery is just as important as the effort itself. My advice would also be not to use ERG mode. There are tests every 7-9 weeks, including in other plans going forward, to help you see your progress. Please always start easier in the 20 minute test to allow for you to be strong at the end and get the best out of yourself. Also remembering you are improving more on the most important part of what you need for your discipline. For this Plan it will be your surging, sprinting, VO2 & ability to surge and get back into your rhythm.

Whilst all sessions are set out with a workout, I would recommend that for your Endurance Ride and CX skills you don't use the workout mode and but for your endurance keep an eye on the IF.

The plan is mainly based on building the aspects of your cycling component that are most important to you. All your workouts are set up for them to appear on your Device. Please follow the link to set this up https://help.trainingpeaks.com/hc/en-us/articles/115000325647-Structured-Workout-Export

If you are struggling with an aspect of the plan or need some guidance please feel free to send the odd email for help.

Your preparation workouts, for the few days before your events, are at the end of the plan. Please read before the week of your event and use the relevant workouts.