Your week before a Sportive.

KillerMetre

So,it's a week before I tackle the Dartmoor Classic my first sportive.What kind of training/rest should I be doing in the coming days?

phil s

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LJAR

Mostly rest, not much training. Don't do any hard intervals, so keep training in recovery and endurance zones.

Sleep loads (9 hours/night if possible)

I would take a full day off 2 days before.

Otherwise just cut back on the hours you train a lot, the idea is to let your body rest, adapt and get stronger for the event.

Have fun!

Chrissz

When I have a big Sportive approaching I tend to taper my week's riding. I'll usually do my usual, big ride on Sunday and then ride 3 or 4 more throughout the week, gradually reducing distance/intensity. I try to do a gentle 30 - 40 miles on Friday, rest completely on Saturday and raring to go Sunday )

Works for me - your best bet is to find out what works best for you through trial and error:)

freehub

I just ride normally, as long as I have enough time before it to recovery properly, then It'd be fine, I'd still race on a Tuesday, if I had a TT on a Thursday, rather than riding out and back, maybe get a lift, or instead do a short 10 mile on a turbo trainer between 140 and 160bpm.

inseine

I try to do a gentle 30 - 40 miles on Friday, rest completely on Saturday and raring to go Sunday )

Most training info I've seen recommends resting Friday and a quick spin on Saturday, either very easy or easy with a few little efforts but each to their own.
It's a bit late the week before a big event to be asking strangers what to do!

amaferanga

Last couple that I've done I've done a threshold ride on the Monday, tempo rides Tuesday and Wednesday, gentle 1 hour spin Thursday and rest Friday (for events on Saturday). Worked well for me (7th quickest rider in one, quickest in the other).

KillerMetre

inseine wrote:

I try to do a gentle 30 - 40 miles on Friday, rest completely on Saturday and raring to go Sunday )

Most training info I've seen recommends resting Friday and a quick spin on Saturday, either very easy or easy with a few little efforts but each to their own.
It's a bit late the week before a big event to be asking strangers what to do!

Im looking for information on what I shouldn't be doing.At no point did I suggest I could improve my form (which isn't too bad averaging 12 hours a week or the past 5 months) in one week,but i imagine I could certainly damage it with an incorrect build up :roll:

Steve Tcp

You can probably only do damage if you overdo things in the last week. Here's a link to Bike Radar's own 11 week plan that might give you a more generic answer to your question KM.

vorsprung

Most experts seem to say rest for most of the week but do a very short full intensity session right near the event, maybe the day before