I have an 80 mile sportive planned for the 18 March. Would it be really silly to try to plan The Tour around it? 
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Sad thing is, even with Musk at the helm it’s nowhere CLOSE to “the worst”.
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Since according to @Rupert, there is no non-nuclear option, I will not be joining this year’s Tour.
I don’t think there’s anything stopping you from creating your own non-nuclear option. I suspect I will be dialing down one or more of the stages, depending on how I’m feeling and what else is going on.
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In the past, we could always dial it down (or up) as much as one wanted for any stage. He was very clear - everybody is riding the same tour, there are no other options.
100% every day for a week - would require so much recovery, that in the end I would lose fitness. I am not a young man anymore.
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All he means is that there’s no preset dialled down plan. You’re always able to turn it down.
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I believe he said everybody will be riding the same tour, Since everybody always rode the same workouts/rides, I do not know any other interpretation.
I think you’re reading that way to literally. Honestly you can dial it down when and how much you like.
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Respect your decision, @Heretic, but realize that they’ve dumbed down the whole tour this year so that “everyone can finish” (sorry Wahoo, but it’s true). The overall TSS is way lower than prior years, based on what I looked up briefly. So maybe consider that this year’s nuclear is a ToS dialed down?
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From the “What is the Wahooligan Tour” page:
How to ride the Tour
This year, our Wahoo Sports Science Team has created a route that is challenging, but should be possible for everyone. They recommend hitting each stage at the suggested efforts, but reducing the intensity on days when you feel you need more recovery.
But regardless, I’d say make it work for you, dialing down where you see fit to make it an achievable challenge that’s suited to you.
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This line is key. It’s totally up to each of us to determine what level to ride at. There’s no mandatory requirement to do every stage at 100%.
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I would like some official confirmation that I would get a badge if I reduce the efforts. I realize that “possible for everyone” is a bit of puffery considering the wide range of riders that are here. I would like @Rupert to explain what he meant by one tour for everyone.
You could be right, but I am almost 70, and I found that I have to be very careful about my mix of hard and easy efforts. I also do strength training as well which adds to the stress.
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Sure, like I said - respect your decision. Just don’t want to lose a SUFF veteran!
As @Owen and @way9e0 have pointed out, there’s absolutely no reason you couldn’t dial down any stage to “ride at your own pace”. Nothing in the software will stop you - they’re just not going to “pre-adjust” the stages based on the nuclear etc. options.
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Hi @Heretic and apologies for any confusion.
This year we have created one version of the route and recommend riding at 100%. However if you would like to reduce the intensities you are more than welcome to do so based on how you are feeling. If you would like to start steady, I recommend starting Cash register on day 1 at 80% and then you can adjust the intensities form there based on how you are feeling.
What I meant by we will all be riding the same tour is the 100% option on SYSTM with the workouts adjusted to your 4DP profile so it will be within your means.
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The individual workouts would be adjusted for my abilities, but a week of 517+ TSS (there are several rides whose TSS is currently unknown) is a lot for something that interrupts my fitness plans. So long as I can get a badge for my reduced effort, I will feel part of the community.
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By completing the workouts at any intensity you will receive the badge.
The goal of the Tour is to raise funds and awareness for the Davis Phinney Foundation so we appreciate and thank everyone for their efforts and contributions
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I am happy to hear that you are back with us!
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