About This Training Plan for Weekly MTB Racing
This 3-month base training plan is designed for riders who want to be fast for their local weekly 'world championships' race. This balances the intensity of mid-week racing each week with endurance and intervals.
This plan assumes you will start racing weekly races in the 2nd and 3rd block/month (or in the months after this plan finishes) but it is very flexible depending on your timing. Guidance is included to adapt the week to add in a weekly race or do weekly races on different days (Setup for Tuesday Races)
Is This Weekly "World Champ" Training Plan for You?
This plan is meant for Mountain Bikers who want to focus on weekly races rather than on a big weekend event. These series generally happen May-August so this plan would work well for March/April Start (or 1-2 months before your weekly races start)/
- Designed for riders with limited time and training days
- Plan suggests 3–5 days on the bike and 2 days of strength work per week
- Weekly volume ranges from 5 to ~9 hours, with many options to scale volume up or down
- Usable with Heart Rate, Power, or RPE (no device required)
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What’s Included in Consummate Athlete Training Plans?
- Structured workout downloads for Garmin, Zwift, and other platforms
- Guidance to adjust the schedule for different weekly race days
- A baseline fitness test to assess endurance and threshold
- PDFs (or links) for core/strength routines and yoga/mobility sessions
- Clear workout descriptions using HR, Power, and/or RPE for full flexibility
Need a Custom Plan?
If You have an irregular schedule or bold performance goals? Our personalized 3-Month Made-for-You Plans are a unique offering from Consummate Athlete that remove the guesswork by tailoring your training plan to your life, schedule, goals, and equipment.
Learn more about our Made-for-You Plans here.
Questions?
Email Peter with any questions or to discuss your ideal plan.
Peter Glassford is a full-time Chartered Professional Cycling Coach specializing in off-road cycling disciplines including mountain bike, gravel and cyclocross. He's also a Registered Kinesiologist and has been coaching since 2000.
Along with author Molly Hurford, he operates Consummate Athlete:a website, podcast and coaching business that helps busy adult athletes balance life and big adventures by focusing on Consistency, Confidence, Cross-training and Community!