2026 Race Prep — Climbing Foundations & Prehab

Build to race day on a base of climbing and prehab-focused lifting.

Target Reveille Peak Ranch — 20-mile loop, 14 NOV 2026

A weekly microcycle: climb Mon/Wed/Fri, prehab lift Tue/Thu, the Zone 2 endurance ride Saturday, skills / bike park Sunday.

Phases

• Base (wk 1–5, 29JUN–02AUG) — settle the rhythm; long ride ramps 60 → 105 min.
• Build (wk 6–12, 03AUG–20SEP) — add midweek VO2 + weekend tempo; long ride to 2:45.
• Peak — "make it look like the race" (wk 13–18, 21SEP–01NOV) — race-pace efforts, threshold / over-unders, and the RPR pre-ride recon.
• Taper (wk 19–20, 02–14NOV) — sharpen and shed fatigue into race day.

Endurance progression: Saturday long ride + midweek intensity

Week	Phase	Long ride	Midweek intensity
1	base	60 min Z2	—
2	base	75 min Z2	—
3	base	90 min Z2	—
4	base	105 min Z2	—
5	base	R&R (family trip)	—
6	build	2:00 Z2	4×4 min VO2
7	build	2:15 Z2 + 2×15 tempo	5×3 min VO2
8	build	2:30 Z2	—
9	build	1:45 Z2 (down)	6×2 min VO2
10	build	2:30 Z2 + 2×15 tempo	5×4 min VO2
11	build	2:45 Z2 + 3×12 tempo	—
12	build	2:30 Z2	—
13	peak	2:30 Z2 + 3×10 race pace	6×3 min hard climbs
14	peak	2:45 Z2 rolling + 2×20 tempo	over-unders 3×9 (2′ Z4 / 1′ Z5)
15	peak	2:00 Z2 (down)	—
16	peak	2:30 @ race pace (hard final hr)	5×4 min threshold
17	peak	PRE-RIDE: RPR full 20-mi loop, timed	—
18	peak	2:00 Z2 + 2×12 race pace	—
19	taper	90 min Z2 + 4×2 race pace	—
20	taper	RACE (14 NOV)	25 min easy + 3×1 race pace (wk of)