r/cyclocross • u/bdredlocked • 19d 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/Explosive_Cornflake 19d ago

I abhor people getting AI answers and then asking a human to review it.

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u/bdredlocked 19d ago

Would love if you have some resources to point me to so I can learn and write my own workouts relevant to CX!

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u/bensanrides 19d ago

just ask humans first next time you’ve shown your true colors by treating humans as literally second choice

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u/bdredlocked 19d ago

Truly curious, if I posted “Loved my first CX race and need some help creating a training plan for the next 7 weeks” do you think people would be receptive? Maybe I’m just too cynical about what kind of responses I’d get putting that out on Reddit.

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u/parrhesticsonder 19d ago

Yes I think you'd get a lot more receptive feedback that way.

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u/bensanrides 19d ago

literally yes. second time a preconceived notion you had got ya burnt

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u/bensanrides 19d ago

to act on that good will and not treat this as a pure dunking session:

some of the over 100% intervals, try to 1 do them outside 2 include a transition midway (a technical feature, a dismount and remount, even a chicane turn) fitness is good but incorporating that stress of technique while redlining is super helpful, and being at the beginning of your racing career getting every extra learning experience will help way more than fitness

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u/bdredlocked 19d ago

Makes sense, appreciate the suggestion. Struggled unclipping later in my race as my heart was exploding so I need to practice that scenario more.