# Chase the sun **URL:** \ **Category:** Training\ **Created:** [July 15, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/chase-the-sun/29507 "2025-07-15T12:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cobs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cobs](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/cobs)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/chase-the-sun/29507/1 "2025-07-15T12:31:49Z")
i am thinking of doing the 200mile sunrise to sunset ride next june so i have 11 months can anyone recommend a training plan i normally try to ride out 3 x a week depending on weather and just started strength twice a week, max i have done is 100 miles but i am not a fast rider so lots of work to do i need a plan to fill in the gaps especially during rubbish weather ---
**Author:** ![CPT\_A](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/cpt_a/32/15342_2.png) [@CPT\_A](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/CPT_A)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/chase-the-sun/29507/2 "2025-07-16T11:49:46Z")
Have you tried plugging all of that into Systm and having it generate your plan(s) for you? (Or Training Peaks, TrainerRoad, etc. - whatever you use) You’re paying for it, after all. And 11 months seems a long time - maybe break your planning into 4/4/3 month blocks or something, with a plan for each, so you can assess progress and adjust as you go? ---
**Author:** ![cobs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cobs](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/cobs)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/chase-the-sun/29507/3 "2025-07-16T17:59:49Z")
i was definitly going to break it down to blocks how do you plug all that into systm i just thought you only had the plans seen ---
**Author:** ![cobs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cobs](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/cobs)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/chase-the-sun/29507/4 "2025-07-16T18:01:07Z")
just not sure where to start speed, hills cadence etc ---
**Author:** ![CPT\_A](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/cpt_a/32/15342_2.png) [@CPT\_A](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/CPT_A)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/chase-the-sun/29507/5 "2025-07-17T12:09:57Z")
> [@cobs](#): > > i was definitly going to break it down to blocks how do you plug all that into systm i just thought you only had the plans seen I mean if it were ME, working with SYSTM’s 12 week plans, I would break it down into four plans of, say 3/3/3/2 months each, and then consider each plan as a “block” of training. As I understand it, a sunrise to sunset is basically a gran fondo, yes? A long endurance ride? So to me the most important bit of long endurance training is Z2/Z3 butt in the seat time. Sounds like you have good base fitness already given your distances, so using solely SYSTM’s planning, maybe just string together Century or Mountain Fondo plans every 12 weeks, swapping out some of the endurance rides for longer efforts as you progress? Similar for the final 8 week plan, but send the end date for the plan as your event date so that you get a couple of taper weeks. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/3X/9/0/90d7d68b05f96d4c165fcd25a8cff2747db9a085.png) Lots of other ways to do this though. If you’re experienced with training plans, you could use SYSTM’s block training feature to tailor individual 8 week blocks to lead you up to your event - though I’d still lean towards base and butt-in-the-seat type efforts. ---
**Author:** ![CPT\_A](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/cpt_a/32/15342_2.png) [@CPT\_A](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/u/CPT_A)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://wahoox.forum.wahoofitness.com/t/chase-the-sun/29507/6 "2025-07-17T12:10:59Z")
…and obviously you would want to test with either HM or FF at the end of each block to update your numbers so that the NEXT block will account for your improvements. ![images](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/thesufferfest/original/3X/9/c/9c94388ea58f04acc5f10ed3858c3ffee5f93c73.jpeg)