Plan recommendation - Gravel

What Training Plan Should I Do?
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Dear Fascat,

Right now I´m on the 18 wk sweet spot schedule to finish at March 21. I have a schedule Gravel race on May 15th (160k with aprox. 5,000 mts of climbing), for which I have on TP calendar the Gravel Grinder (Hilly) training plan (6wks) that start on April 5.

This leaves 2 weeks in between with no plan.

What should I do:

Option 1: End 18wk Sweet Spot early and start Climbing plan on March 1st

Option 2: Do 2 weeks of the Climbing plan in the in between weeks and then move to original start schedule for the Gravel plan.

Looking forward for your responses.

Regards,
Freddie

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Hi Freddie!

So for the 2nd of the 2 free weeks I would recommend you do a regeneration week. This way you start the gravel plan fresh. Also the 18 week plan ends on a 2 week build cycle so you will add a week on and then a rest week. So that will keep with the 3 on 1 off training cycle.

As far as what to do for that one week I would recommend you just repeat week 11 of the plan. The is a solid 778 TSS week, so you would have another big week of training.

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Thanks! I will change the plan accordingly.

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