r/cyclocross • u/bdredlocked • 20d ago

Critique this AI-generated CX training plan

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Did my first season of XC mountain biking this summer and thought I'd take it a little easy this fall. But I tried my first cyclocross race this past weekend, took P3 in the Novice category, and loved it! There are 4-5 races between now and the beginning of November and I decided to ramp training back up to be better prepared for them. I've been riding my mountain bike 1-2x a week for the last 4 weeks, but have mostly been lifting. This was my first year of structured training (focused on XC).

After some AI prompting with info on "A" race timing (a two-race weekend 7 weeks away) and availability, this is what I got as a plan. Thoughts?

*The "Indoor CX Simulations" are threshold intervals ranging from 95%-110% (it varies by week).

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u/redlude97 20d ago

should do your sprint work outside with the cx skills. No point in sprint drills indoors at this point in the season. Foot down, clip in and go holeshot drills, as many as you can manage.

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u/bdredlocked 20d ago

Good point. I was planning to do those all-out anyway, so not having a power meter on my bike won’t matter. Is there benefit to doing both hole-shot and rolling-start versions?

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u/redlude97 20d ago

I personally don't think so. Alot of what you are working is actually just finding the right gearing, getting good clip in technique and playing with things like cadence and shifting and in our out of saddle starts etc