Many cyclists – particularly as we get older – gravitate toward one, steady speed and effort level. It’s not slow, necessarily, but the problem is that once you spend too much time training at your one sustainable speed, you lose the ability to accelerate. You lose that snap you need to jump on a wheel, accelerate across a gap, or sprint for the city limit sign. You loose your ability to repeat high power hard efforts.

To add some summer snap on top of the steady aerobic fitness you have gained throughout the spring, I have a 4-week training program for you. It’s based around three key workouts and an endurance or group ride, repeated over the course of three weeks, with a recovery week on Week 4. For riders who can ride 5 days a week, there’s an optional fifth day included on Tuesday which can be used for an extra endurance day (as I have planned) or extra REST/Recovery ride day if needed.

This plan can be used to increase your pure sprint performance or overall speed and power at sub 4min durations. The plan is power based with no data feedback but I am happy to answer questions via email at frank@beyondcategorycoaching.com.

I have the following coach certifications/accreditations:
Training Peaks Advanced level 2
USA Cycling level 2
INSCYD Metabolic Profile testing
wKO5
Power based training