Reading is FUNdamental

Under normal circumstances, reading comprehension is a strength for me. I have good retention, and understand most concepts. Every once in a while, though, my brain will substitute some information into the place of what I think I thought I knew. Tonight is one such occassion.

As written, my plan for tonight was 3x15 min at 315w, which is 105% of FTP. After fighting to finish the second rep, I was only able to do 307w for the last one. Disappointed with the struggling, I checked my Training and Racing with a Power Meter and discovered that what is normally prescribed is 2x15 min @ 96-105%, so I was overcooking the effort. If there's any lesson to learn from Daniels, it's to do the minimum amount of work to stress the intended system. That's not what happened tonight.

I also found I was really struggling through the ends of the efforts, to the point of shifting position every 15-20 seconds to generate more power with "rested" muscle groups. I think I might be better served by reducing my wattage target, and focusing on maintaining solid form through the whole interval. I don't do this as much on the road, more on the trainer, but it's a bad habit, and won't serve me well in the future.

Bike: 90 min, warm-up, one-leg drills, 2x15 min @ 315w w/ 10 min rest, 1x15 min @ 307w, cooldown
Run: 2 miles @ 6.5 mph