As I demonstrated over the weekend, my threshold power must be pretty good right now. I'm riding even better than I expected I would. Obviously, my plan is to build it even higher. (Is there such a thing as "too strong?") But if I want to raise my FTP, I need to build up my shorter term power first. This is the old "raise the left, fill the right", or "raise the attic before you lift the ceiling" style of training. So that means short, hard intervals. Which suck. Lots. By the time I got to the last two intervals, the sounds I was making in the last 15 seconds and first 30 of the recovery interval were apparently concerning my wife. But I'm still alive, barely.
I cranked out pretty good power during the intervals, about 10-15 better than two weeks ago. I did notice that my mean power over the whole workout was lower, because I was really cruising the rest. If I wasn't going all-out, I could barely turn the cranks. I guess I'm still a little fatigued from the weekend. Luckily I'll get an easy 100-120km on Saturday to help with the rest.
Bike: 65 minutes, w/6x3 min @ 345w, 5 min recovery
Run: 2 miles @ 7.2 mph + 4 strides
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