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The original was posted on /r/velo by /u/I_Dont_Like_Relish on 2023-09-21 16:05:45.

I’ve been cycling now for the last three years and it wasn’t really until early summer this year where I really dived into it. And it wasn’t until this past Sunday doing a cycling leg in a tri did I really see the noob-gains in my fitness, which I can comfortably say is the highest it has been. Now with the winter approaching, I would like to maintain fitness for next year as I would like to do more tris (either full ones or just the cycling leg again) and there’s a local crit series (TOAD, as I’m sure most of you are familiar with) I’d like to try as either a novice or cat 5 and see what happens.

I am thinking on trying out cx this fall and seeing what happens there. But as winter rolls in, what’s the more idealized way of maintaining fitness? Is it just getting large amounts of aerobic volume in to build aerobic fitness and worry about building power later (I.e. long z1/z2 stuff)? Or is it still better to do a periodized plan several times through the winter?

I realize for my skillset I am probably overthinking this but some point in the right direction would be neat