Peaking for an "A Race" Vs. Training For An Entire Race Series or Upgrade Points, Cat 4 Questions E8

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What's the difference between training for an A race or trying to train for an entire series?  

There's a big difference when you're going for one or two really big peaks, as opposed to pretty good results over a longer period of time.  

The concept of overloading and tapering are a big factor that create the differences in these two way to approach the races.  

This is what can happen when you try and simply do too much without a solid plan in place:  "@EVOQ. BIKE  thanks for the detailed response and excellent tips... i asked because this balance is often a struggle, taking part in a season-long series, so rather focusing on specific events its about maintaining a decent level without compromising either fitness or fatigue in either extremes to be ready almost every weekend April-September. I totally fail at that.. 95% and racing tired pretty much always. Maybe i need to reassess and work out what is really 95%... probably overdoing it and its really 99%. Training blocks often ends up being a mixture of the routes.. some weeks backing off to mini taper and some weeks training through it... but that creates very inconsistent blocks. Please keep up the great content! I really get a lot from the "Cat 4 questions" series."  

In the second question, we look at Zwift racing versus VO2Max intervals; yes, you can do, and should do, both! Just make sure they're in your training plan at the right time.  

"Hi Brendan , I'm Zwift racing once a week on Saturday for 75 mins and then on Tuesday doing a 7 x 3 @ 120% , now on the Zwift race as you're more than aware your HR goes through the roof and stays there for virtually the entire race 95%+ if you don't you'll get dropped , the thing is even though you my HR is sky rocketing in the Zwift race there isn't that much power in the Vo2 max region compared to 7x3 @120% , alternatively during the 7x3 the accumilated time the HR is above 90%+ is way lower compared to the Zwift, which is best ? should i do both ?"  

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