I’m using the AI to plan my training and have my goal set for an A race at the end of March.
Before that race, I have 3 other races.
How is it best to schedule these on the calendar?
Or should I just modify the ramp rate in a week where I have a B/C race in the calendar?
You could treat them as training races and adapt the forecast around them.
That’s great. Thanks for sharing that.
In case you know, is it common that you can’t find an activity you’ve done before?
I’ve done most of my races last year but when I search for them and disable the ‘within 3 months’ button the workouts don’t show?
These races are from 10 months ago.
I’m assuming I can’t upload a previous activity fit file, like I can if I’m using it to target an event?
You should be able to locate any activity on file with power data.
If you aren’t sure about the title go to Activities Table and locate by date.
If necessary give the activity a unique title and search by that to find it on the Planner.
One last question since you’ve al been so helpful, thank you in advance.
Let’s say I use an event I did last year as a goal to plan my training towards.
Does it plan training for me to match that previous event effort, beat it? Not sure how it works tbh…
When you select Event or Race AI the Focus Power profile and duration of the event determine the type of plan forecasted between now and the event date.
For example, you want to train for a 3-hour mountainous road race with a Focus of Mixed Climber that is three months from now.
Matching a previous effort isn’t a direct factor in the forecast but Event Readiness (ER) level estimates how well prepared you’ll be on that day based on your current TL and what changes are predicted in TL (low/high/peak) and Signature values between now and the event.
To “do your best” you want an ER value as low as you can go within the max hours/week you can reasonably expect to train as you approach the event factored against any schedule limitations (Availability).
Note the 1-5 ER scale in this article and how it applies to predicted performance –
Event Readiness – Xert
For a detailed overview on how a forecast plan works in Xert see this blog post –
Outcome-Driven Training Plans – Xert
A forecast establishes a framework/map to meet your goal, but it isn’t cast in stone.
You can adjust things along the way (pinning, swapping days, indoor vs outdoor, schedule changes, slider adjustments, stuff that happens 
).
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
Jumping on to this to add a similar point. I’ve done the prescribed method of “Pinning” races to my calendar in place of recommended training and recalculating the Forecast AI, but this still leaves a bit to be desired. If, for example, I have a race on Sunday and have pinned it, Forecast AI is still recommending a high-intensity 2.5hr session on Saturday that would leave me undercooked for Sunday. It would be great if there was a way to designate the pinned sessions as a race instead of a workout so that the system knows better to dial back recommended sessions the day before to be lower impact.