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so I've been really fortunate to get an entry to the trans maderia race which is five days of racing and at least 1500m of climbing a day and about 2500m down. Any tips of pointers for training?!
Ride lots
What are the race stages like? Length?
Got access to an indoor trainer or gym?
200k over the five days. Yeah got trainer and gym access. Planning on working my way through trainer road base level then going onto the gravity one. I'm doing 2-3 sessions a week at moment and rides usually 2-3 times plus gym visit twice a week
Surprised myself and a few others at a multi stage XC race, training was spot on for the race stage length, lots of short high intensity stuff but built the base to get through the transition stuff recovering as I did. If you can put the winter to some solid turbo/trainer efforts then you will hit spring going well!!
Next up is finding some big mountains come spring!!
Oh and the fastest riders/racers I know are riding and racing road, XC and more in preparation too
Well I'm no ****ing expert but I'd say try & replicate it to your best effort & like Johndoe said, ride lots.
It's not rocking horse science. (unless your'e in it to win it)
200k over the five days. Yeah got trainer and gym access. Planning on working my way through trainer road base level then going onto the gravity one. I’m doing 2-3 sessions a week at moment and rides usually 2-3 times plus gym visit twice a week
Why did you ask again?
look up trans provence training Enduro magazine, they did an article following a guy training for trans provence, which i am kinda copying. You aren't training for a road race. Base training will of course help mind
For example, in transprovence there is loads of hike a bike. long long days of cycling up, with a pack and full face in the blazing sun, carrying your bike then descending for 30 mins. you therefore try and replicate that. then doing it again the next day! Your hands, wrists, lower back etc are gonna take a pounding.
Good luck sounds awesome!
I'd have a listen to the downtime podcast with the guy who owns fit4racing. He's done a podcast about training for racing enduro's etc.
It's fairly balanced, and gives a decent insight into training off the bike being as important on it & the types of training you can do.
As someone who does race, and doesn't turbo (at all - can't think of anything worse) it's encouraging to hear the sort of stuff I do is what he's recommending anyway.
There's a newer school of thought, where you build intensity first and then add the endurance.
Think a winter of racing cyclocross, 30-60 minute turbo sessions, intervals both long and short and then some early season XC. By which point the intensity will be there and you can build the endurance around the same time as the XC racing - think 3 hour steady paced rides in Z2 & 3 with a nice easy week or two prior to the event.
The intensity build helps with the endurance, so the endurance comes easier.
It's not the same, but that's how I trained for the European 24hr Solo champs.
Looking at the dates you've got essentially 6 months from today, so loads of time to get and keep fitness, that is unless you're a complete wreck of course?