That might be obvious to most of us but once my routine gets back to normal these workouts are more difficult.
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I rarely want to rest for 2 full days every 4-6 weeks before testing, especially as the triathlon season draws closer. Trainerroad suggest resting for 2 days before testing (Friel also suggests resting for a few days before testing (2012: 60).I always feel like my tests are not accurate though, and I think this is for a number of reasons: Not only this but there is traffic on the road which might get in the way during your test!īeing a Trainerroad user, I am already familiar with testing my FTP at home on my turbo trainer using one of their tests. While simple, it obviously has drawbacks – it would really challenge you to do a test this long, both mentally and physically, to go out on the road and ride as hard as you can for 60 minutes (Friel 2012: 54). The test is a simple one find out the power you can hold you 60 minutes. In the Power Meter Handbook, Joe Friel talks about how Andrew Coggan, PhD came up with the idea of FTP as a measurement of the power an athlete can sustain at their lactate threshold intensity for about an hour (Friel 2012: 53). I came across this interesting article about the differences in measuring FTP (Functional Threshold Power) indoors and outdoors and thought it would be good to add some other ideas to complement those in the article.
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If you want a free trial of Trainerroad, please get in touch! I know I have been writing a lot about it recently but I am very excited that I am finally making some bike gains and have the added benefit of running better off the bike too.
I put most of this improvement down to the training plans I have been following on. My average power is 15-20 watts higher than last year and my runs have been very consistent too (cca. In each race I have consistently ridden better than ever before with half ironman bike splits of 2h20 and 2h24, and an ironman bike split of 4h57. After 4 races, I am really pleased with my results:ħth May: Austrian 1/2 Iron, 4h08 (7th in cat, 19/200) You can read my review hereĤth June: Czechman, 4h24 (5th in cat, 20/600) You can read my review hereġ1th June: Schloss-Moritzburg Ironman, 9h17 (2nd) You can read my review hereġ8the June: Moraviaman Iron relay (I rode 45km in 1h09 and ran 21.1km in 1h26) I thought it was time to take a look back at the season so far. Tomorrow I’m going to Piestany for Slovakman, so I guess I will see how the break has affected me! Getting excited now…. Saturday saw a short, fairly intense bike workout and Monday my last long swim. I put some of this down to being tired (on our holiday in Croatia there was load music until 4 or 5 in the morning 😦 for half of the week) and my son hasn’t been sleeping very well.Īfter returning home in the middle of last week, I’ve cut back my running to a bare minimum and I did a last long bike ride on Thursday. While working through my specialty phase I have also had a real mix of bike workouts, some felt really good and others felt really hard. This has limited my ability to run in training, especially long and fast training. It’s been a strange few weeks, by the end of the last race I was suffering with achilles pain which has persisted to a greater or lesser extent for the last few weeks (I intend to write a post shortly about how I try to stay fit/limit injury). After a 6-week break from racing, I’m finally coming to the end of the wait for the rest of my season to start.
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