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12-Hour Solo Mountain Bike - Personal Record Plan

Author: Lynda Wallenfels

12 weeks - $99.00
Total Hours: 197
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This is the plan for a 12-hour solo endurance racer who has completed one or more 12-hour solos and is now ready to pick up the speed, ride faster and further in the 12-hours than before. This plan is detailed and committing, assuming performance at this 12-hour event is one of the top priorities in your life for the next 12 weeks. You goal is to set a Personal Record distance in the 12-hour mountain bike race. The plan has big hours and hard training. It is an agressive plan designed to push you to your limits in pursuit of a PR race. Prior to starting this plan you should be confident riding fast on dirt roads and single track and riding in close proximity to other racers, be comfortable riding in the dark and managing your equipment and lighting systems. You should have been riding 5-6 times per week and have a good aerobic and strength base established. Four hour rides have been a regular part of your riding routine for the past few months. This plan assumes you enter with an excellent fitness base and are spending the next 12 weeks putting a fine point on the 12-hour solo race specific aspect. You are peaking for this 12-hour race. Weekly total training hours range from 11 to 20. This includes about 2 hours of strength training and stretching every week. The highest volume ride weeks during plan are weeks nine and ten at 18:30 hours. Plan focus is on fitness building and less on the logistical and tactical aspect of executing a perfect 12-hour solo race. The longest ride of the plan is seven hours during which fueling, pacing and pit stops will be practiced. Post any plan queries on my message board at www.LWcoaching.com and I'll get right back to you.
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Sample workouts:
Day #1
Custom
Planned Time: 0:0
Welcome to the 12-Hour solo mountain bike Personal Record training plan. Congrats on signing up for a 12-hour solo race. If you have any questions concerning your training or this plan post them on my discussion forum at www.LWcoaching.com. I'll get right back to you. Also post on the forum if you want to chat with other 12-hour racers following the plan. Good luck and say hi to me if you see me out at your race - it is likely I'll be racing solo also.

Workout #2
Core, upper, push, pull, pillar, psoas, crunches, glute
Planned Time: 0:45
Warm up with 5 minutes of easy aerobic exercise or calisthenics. Then do 10 push-ups, 10 pull-ups, 10 pillar ball twists, 10 psoas crunches to each side, 10 regular crunches, 10 oblique crunches, 10 side lifts to each side, 10 supermans, 10 glute bridges. Repeat 2-3 times through.

Workout #3
Foam roller and stretch
Planned Time: 0:15
Use a combination of rolling on the foam roller and stretching to work out your hot spots.
Day #2
Power and HR performance 20 min TT test
Planned Time: 2:0
Heart rate, Power and Performance Field Test. Do a long deep warm up prior to the test. Then time trial 20 minutes on a flat out-back course or up a continuous gradual climb. Pace the 20 minutes evenly with a maximal effort. Record average power, average heart rate and distance covered in the 20 minutes. Finish ride time with long easy cool down. Calculate Heart Rate Zones Average heart rate from test predicts your Lactate Threshold Heart Rate (LTHR). On the above yellow menu select Preferences and then Heart Rate Zones. Type your LTHR number into the box, select Calculation method Joe Friel for Cycling. Hit the Calculate Zones button then finish by clicking Save. Now your HR zones will appear on the weekly summary and daily log page. Calculate Power Training Levels To calculate your Power Training Levels select Power Zones on the Preferences page. Multiply your average power from your 20 min test by 0.93 to estimate your Threshold Power watts. Enter Threshold Power watts, hit the Calculate Zones button and then Save. Prior to conducting this test review the Testing Guidelines doc found at this link: Testing guidelines for heart rate zones, power training levels and performance benchmarks: http://lwcoaching.com/?p=138
Day #3
Combo pedaling skills - 70 minutes.
Planned Time: 1:10
Warm up for 10 minutes with easy spinning in HR zone 1 or Power level 1. Max Cadence Set: 10 X 1 minutes as 10 seconds max cadence and 50 seconds easy spin recovery. HR stays zone 1-2 and below. Spin-Up Set: 8 X 2 minutes as 1 minute high cadence, 1 minute easy spin. HR stays zone 1-2 and below. ILT Set: 8 X 3 minutes as 1 minute right leg only at 90 rpm, 1 minute left leg only at 90 rpm, 1 minute both legs at 95 rpm. HR stays zone 1 and below. 10 minutes easy cool down with HR zone 1 and Power L1.

Workout #2
Core training and stretching.
Planned Time: 0:30
Do 15 minutes of core training. Choose a variety of exercises for your hips, abdominals and back. Examples are bridging, pillar exercises, crunches, back extensions, Pilates. Then do 15 minutes of stretching. Focus on your legs and hips.
Day #4
AE ints, hill
Planned Time: 1:30
Road Bike Hill anaerobic-endurance intervals. Up a 6-8% hill do 3 x 3 minutes max effort (3-minute recoveries in HR zone 1 or < Power L1). Put full effort into each repeat, don't hold back or pace yourself. Spin for 5 minutes in HR zone 1 or Power L1. Then up a 6-8% hill do 3 x 2 minutes max effort (3-minute recoveries in HR zone 1 or < Power L1). Put full effort into each repeat, don't hold back or pace yourself. Spin for 5 minutes in HR zone 1 or Power L1. Then do 1 X 1 minute maximum effort. Record power and heart rates for post workout analysis and comparison with future workouts. Finish the ride in HR zone 1 or Power L1.

Workout #2
Foam roller and stretch
Planned Time: 0:15
Use a combination of rolling on the foam roller and stretching to work out your hot spots.
Day #5
Hill sprints, 9x15-20 secs
Planned Time: 2:0
Hill sprints. Ride for 60 minutes in HR zone 1 or Power L1. Then do 5 x 30 second sprints up 5-8% hill, in and out of saddle (3 minute recoveries in HR zone 1 or Power L1). Strive to reach Power L6 on each sprint. 90+ rpm. 3 sets. 5 minutes between sets in HR zone 1 or Power L1. Finish ride spinning in heart rate zones 1-2 or power L1.