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Crit Microbursts

25 min of tempo with a 10–15 s burst at 150%+ every 60–90 s

Time
50 min
Hard
4:00
in zones 4–5
Difficulty
Very hardDifficulty 4 of 5 — Very hard

What we typed

Warm up 15 min building from 50% to 75% FTP. 20 × (12 s burst at 150–170% FTP, 63 s at 80–88% FTP). Cool down 10 min at 50% FTP.

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The session

4 steps

Warm up

Build from 50% to 75% FTP.

15 min50–75% FTPZ2
20×12 s

Rep

Burst.

12 sec150–170% FTPZ5

Easy

1m 3s80–88% FTPZ2

Cool down

10 min49–52% FTPZ1

Targets

Set as a share of your FTP. Your watch applies it to the FTP in its own settings, so it keeps up as that changes.

50–75% FTP
150–170% FTP
80–88% FTP
49–52% FTP

Scaled version

15 minutes with a burst every 2 minutes.

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About this session

What it trains

The rhythm of a criterium: constant accelerations out of corners on top of a high base.

Who it's for

Criterium racers.

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