Once upon a time, there was a peak for my abilities to generate power on a bicycle. Starting from an endurance pace, it was a climb to FTP, then another climb to CP5, more climbing to CP1 and a sheer face to sprint power. Well, in my months of endurance work, I seem to have taken a bulldozer to the mountain.
Tonight was my first session in a long spell working at super-threshold intensity. A year ago, I would have considered this a pretty easy workout: 6x3 minutes at 110% FTP. At this point, it was a fight. I won, but was mortally wounded during the battle. Using the "attic/ceiling" analogy, I have almost no attic anymore. It was already scheduled that I was going to spend two months working on this, so at least I know what I'm in for. If I want to to build up my FTP and endurance paces, I need to significantly raise my short-term power.
Bike: 65 minutes, w/6x3 minutes @ 110% FTP, 5 minute recovery
Run: 2 miles @ 7.2 mph
You are the anti-me. After a few months of 'trackie-like' training, I'm all attic and no house.
ReplyDeleteSounds like both of our training has accomplished the intended goals. Now it's time to get a bit more balance. I'll raise the left, you fill the right.
ReplyDeleteDeal. I'm doing a TT workout tomorrow.
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