OPENERS
RACE PREP · 35 MINLENGTH35 MIN
LOAD28
STEPS15
HARDESTZ5
Race-day openers: a few short efforts to wake the legs without tiring them.
THE STEPS
- WARM-UP10 MIN FROM 45 TO 75 % · 85 RPM, 2 MIN AT 60 %
- OPENERS3 × (1 MIN AT 110 % · 95 RPM, 2 MIN AT 55 %)
- SPRINTS3 × (10 S ALL OUT, 2 MIN 50 S AT 55 %)
- COOL-DOWN5 MIN FROM 55 TO 40 %
Percentages are of your FTP.
TIME IN EACH ZONE
- Z1RECOVERY25 MIN
- Z2ENDURANCE7 MIN
- Z5VO2 MAX3 MIN
- FREEFREE AND ALL OUT30 S
THE COACH SAYS
- 12:00 Open up.
- 21:00 Quick sprint.
- 30:00 Ready to race.
RIDE IT
In Pedal Mania: open WORKOUTS, then OURS, and pick Openers.
.ZWO.ERG.MRCFor other apps. .ERG is in watts at 250 W: sign in to have it at yours; .ZWO and .MRC are in percent.