Thanks for the response Scott!
So the race is 12 weeks away. So instead of a 12 week ME block would a 8 week block with steady progression be advisable?
ME workout #1 – 20% of event vertical
#2 – 30%
#3 – 40%
Recovery week ME #4 – 20%
#5 – 50%
#6 – 60%
#7 – 70%/80%?
Recovery #8 – 40% (is this needed then?)
That still leaves me with 5 weeks till the event. Should I be squeezing in one or two more ME workouts?
You mentioned high intensity intervals which has a high ME component, for which I am guessing Lactate threshold, VO2 work and something like Over Unders @ LT and probably 1 min Anaerobic sprints?
Also one last thing, when I’ll be going for ME workout with 70% or 80% of total event vertical I’ll probably spending similar time or probably more time climbing than what I’ll do in the event since VAM during ME will be slower even though I’ll be doing 3/4 of vertical.. Is that fine? Or should I be looking at increasing the load on muscles say when I reach 50-60% of total vertical? Wanted to understand the role of accumulating volume at the same load VS increasing the load/intensity after you reach X volume.
Thanks again!