XCM Marathon Mountain Bike Training Plan - Performance

About this plan

This plan is built for XCM Marathon Mountain Bike, start to finish. It is shaped around marathon mountain bike distance, running 18 weeks at a solid 8.9 hours a week, so you know exactly what you are signing up for.

Every target is set as a percentage of your own FTP and threshold power, so it fits you and not some average athlete. The weeks climb and then ease in three-week blocks, and across them your endurance, your climbing and the way you put the power down are trained in balance.

Follow it properly and the aim is clear: take a real chunk out of your previous time at XCM Marathon Mountain Bike.

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Common questions

Who is this plan for?

Anyone with XCM Marathon Mountain Bike on the calendar. It is written for marathon mountain bike distance, aimed at a genuinely faster time than last time out, and it assumes you can train consistently at around 8.9 hours a week.

How much training does it involve?

You are looking at 18 weeks and a solid 8.9 hours a week, arranged in three-week blocks that push and then recover so the fitness actually sticks.

How is the plan delivered?

You buy it once and it lands in your TrainingPeaks account, every session spelled out in plain words with the reason it is there, ready to start straight away.

Want it built around your life instead of off the shelf? See Plan Only.