14-week training plan on a cycling marathon

14-week training plan on a cycling marathon

5. March 2025

Foto: Alex Moling

For optimal preparation for your cycling marathon, we provide you with an exclusive training plan created by long-time coach and two-time Ötztaler winner Mathias Nothegger.

Would you like to take part in a cycling marathon?

Here you will find a training plan that will prepare you in three phases for your season highlight:

  • General build-up training: 8 weeks
  • Race-specific training: 5 weeks
  • Tapering: 1 week

The plan is aimed at amateur cyclists who train three to five times a week and have already clocked up a few kilometres. The key units are marked with a large ‘X’. Two strength units per week are marked with a small ‘x’. However, the time required for these is minimal at 10 minutes. Additional cycling units can be spread over the remaining days.

 

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