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Alpine Ready — 8 Weeks
Long climbs, Alpine pass simulations and hill repeats. Five rides a week.
8
weeks
5
rides / week
5.8
hours / week
38
workouts
Who it's for: experienced riders preparing for the Alps, the Dolomites or a mountain sportive.
What you'll do: five rides a week. A weekly long climb or full Alpine Pass Simulation, hill repeats and over-unders for the steep ramps, sweet spot at climbing cadence, and long endurance rides. Week 4 is lighter and week 8 is a taper.
What to expect: the strength to climb for an hour and the pacing to do it twice in a day. Ride the climbing sessions on real mountains from the catalogue — train on the roads you're preparing for.
The plan, week by week
Week 1
5 rides · 5.8 h · TSS 278Week 2
5 rides · 6.3 h · TSS 361Climbing Sweet Spot 2×20 Key
Sweet Spot · 1 h 10 min · TSS 75
Endurance 60
Endurance · 1 h · TSS 44
Hill Repeats 5×6 Key
Threshold · 1 h 10 min · TSS 81
Recovery Spin 30 Recovery
Recovery · 30 min · TSS 12
Alpine Pass Simulation Key
Sweet Spot · 2 h 30 min · TSS 149
· Your mountain day — ride a real pass.
Week 3
5 rides · 6.3 h · TSS 327Week 4
4 rides · 4.4 h · TSS 198Week 5
5 rides · 6.8 h · TSS 389Week 6
5 rides · 7.1 h · TSS 371Week 7
5 rides · 6.2 h · TSS 356Start this plan
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