Get it cheaper at optimizeendurance.com Race the 2013 Winter Park MTB XC Series-Rob Lockey USA Cycling L2/CSCS is based on an average 7-11 hours per week commitment with a few weeks of 14 hours. Choose this plan to race the Winter Park mountain bike series. This plan is designed to get you the saddle time needed to race the WP for 2013. It includes all the XC/STXC/TT races and has a goal for best performance at the King of the Rockies. Designed with flexibility between the categories of racing a mountain bike, this plan fits best for CAT 2 racers, CAT 3 racers may need to reduce some of the training duration and CAT 1/Pro racers will need to increase the training duration. Please contact OES to help with direction as to how to implement these changes.

Highlights of the plan include; Benchmark tests and a cycling field test to determine training zones, strength training periodization and core maintenance workouts as well as mileage suggestions. Cycling workouts are both road and mountain bike specific throughout the plan.

Setting annual training hours is one of the most critical decisions you make about training and will help make a realistic decision on which training plan best fits your schedule. To help you determine annual training hours- Add up your hours you have trained in the previous twelve months. Now divide this number by 52 to get your average weekly hours. The number of hours you train in the coming season – including swimming, cycling, running, weights and cross-training – determines your training work load. This workload should be 10-15% higher if this is your longest event to date.