I have about 9 weeks worth of base in my legs now. Have been doing 450-600 TSS since Thanksgiving, steady L3, L4, SST work. My Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday is indoors and usually goes 2x20 L4, 1x45 L3 and some weights followed by 2x20 SST, Saturday and Sunday are (weather permitting) outside in the L3 range usually getting in about 250-300 TSS points over the weekend. The FTP has risen steadily from a detrained 210 or so to about 250 new.
Its my first year of training, and I plan to do about 20-25 races this year. The schedule starts in March. I had planned on doing my base/FTP work up until then, and possible though March, with the obvious exception of the early tune up races. Dont think I will be able to avoid L5/6 efforts in the early season crits. I don't really have any real A races, though there is a large race at the end of May that I would like to be ready for as Im sure the field will be stronger. I also will be upgrading to Cat 4 at some point in April, so while it would be nice to do well as a cat 5, any upgrade points can't be had until later in the season.
Back to the point of the post, at what point should I switch gears and put in some higher level work? Thanks
Its my first year of training, and I plan to do about 20-25 races this year. The schedule starts in March. I had planned on doing my base/FTP work up until then, and possible though March, with the obvious exception of the early tune up races. Dont think I will be able to avoid L5/6 efforts in the early season crits. I don't really have any real A races, though there is a large race at the end of May that I would like to be ready for as Im sure the field will be stronger. I also will be upgrading to Cat 4 at some point in April, so while it would be nice to do well as a cat 5, any upgrade points can't be had until later in the season.
Back to the point of the post, at what point should I switch gears and put in some higher level work? Thanks