Post mini-stand down effort
Power Clinic Folks,
I just wanted to update you after taking a mini-break from regular training for 2 weeks. I was unable to hold the 20' test during the 5' and 20' protocol and even tried another 20' effort on the following Friday...failed again.
I did a 2.5 hour ride on the road followed by a 2 hour easy road ride last Friday and Sat then took a week off with only a couple swims and a 3 mile run.
Today we did a 4.5 hour TT bike ride with me doing more pulling than ever. I even held long stretches 20-40 min pulls in the TT position then at 3 hours 16 mins I did an FTP pull (some peeps passed us while we were softpedaling and we had to catch them) and was 286 watts (304 prior to math), which was only 4 watts lower than my FTP in Dec (trainer). Again, I was over 3 hours fatigued!
Very pleased with the results of the OS.
Now I will rest a couple days then finish the OS with a few weeks of FTP work and tranistion.
Mike...I hope you are realizing the same results after a mini-break (assuming you took one).
Thanks Coaches.
Vince