CTL ATL Forecasting for Racing

Gav888

Hi guys,

Not been on here for a while as this year i've just been doing whatever workouts I felt like on the bike to see how it went, and it didn't go very well to be honest.....

So I have spent a while doing this today and setting up my training plan for 2013 and what's left of 2012.

Ideally I would like to do MSG round 1 and possibly a few others that are local but also the Ipswich Crit series in June/July depending how things go.

After the Crit series finishes next year I basically ramp it up to the max I can do until Winter.

It's based on training every other day on approx 8hrs a week which is realistically all I can do with family and work mixed in, and I know CTL/ATL isn't everything when it comes to training/racing but its just a guide and something to play around with, it would be interesting to see how it actually works out as the months roll by

bahzob

CTL and ATL are only part of the picture. See the TSS thread here for a book that covers the bigger picture.

Also if you can only train 8 hours a week try looking at this book.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Time-crunched-Cyclist-Powerful-Time-Crunched/dp/1934030473

It includes specific plans for novice and experienced racers taking account of restricted training time. The nature of its exercises should give a good CTL/ATL build and allow you to understand them in the context of your own constraints.