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Long Distance Sportive Challenge Training plan 2024

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Long Distance Sportive Challenge Training plan 2024

Includes Structured Workouts

Structured Workouts automatically sync with compatible devices and guide you through workouts in real time.


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Author

Toby Leyland Head Coach @The Endurance Habit

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Length

17 Weeks

Includes Structured Workouts

Structured Workouts automatically sync with compatible devices and guide you through workouts in real time.


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Plan Description

The 16 week plan is devised to help riders train for a single long distance event similar to Mallorca 312 or Etape.
It uses heart rate and power based structured workouts and works best with a combination of indoor and outdoor training sessions.
The main focus is to improve aerobic capacity to enable riding for a number of hours and succesfully complete a challenging event.
Each week has a specific focus with notes and tips on preparation, mental resilience as well as regular sessions to create event specific scenarios to test nutrition and pacing startegies.
The plan has ben crafted based on coaching a ange of atheletes completing similar long distance events and the demands of the event.

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Training Plan Sample Week

Stats

Average Weekly Breakdown

Workouts Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike x5
07:38:00 06:00:00
Day Off x1
—— ——
Run x1
00:34:00 00:45:00
Strength x1
00:24:00 00:40:00
X-Train x1
00:21:00 01:00:00
Workouts Per Week Weekly Average Longest Workout
Bike
07:38:00 06:00:00
Day Off
—— ——
Run
00:34:00 00:45:00
Strength
00:24:00 00:40:00
X-Train
00:21:00 01:00:00

Training Load By Week


This plan works best with the following fitness devices:

  • Power Meter
  • Heart Rate Monitor
  • GPS

All supported devices

Toby Leyland

The Endurance Habit

The Endurance Habit - We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Doing the right things on a regular basis, without a pause for thought, so they become a way of life.
One of the key components for endurance training is building consistency, regular sessions repetaed over a period of time help develop the building blocks for physical and mental health that enable you to execute your event/race plans.


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