This 5 month training plan will incrementally build your fitness so you are at your peak fitness for the Leadville Trail 100 on August 13th, 2022. This training plan can be used with power and/or heart rate training.

This is a Time Crunched training plan for the athlete with little time to spend training during the week. Off days are Mon and Friday. Workouts during the week, Tues-Thurs, are 60-90 minutes long and can be done indoors or outdoors. They are short and sweet, but will give you the most bang for your buck. Workouts on the weekend are longer, ranging from 2-5 hours. The rides that are 3-5 hours don't start until the last 3 months of the program..

This plan specifically moves right into Race specific work for Leadville. You will be given race specific long rides every Saturday that work on combination of fitness, pacing, and nutrition strategy for your race day. In addition to that, during the week you will be working on a combination of longer tempo and threshold work. There will also be trail workouts integrated into the program to keep you in top notch shape for riding on your mountain bike.

Good luck at Leadville and congrats on having the opportunity to race in one of the most prestigious races in America!