Great work, everyone! Super psyched to see all those watts and all the love to go with.
@Shaughn Simmons - For more info, week 8: FTP 230, 2.5 w/kg; week 14: FTP 270, 2.9 w/kg. No power data for week 1 as I've only recently joined the "training with power" club!
@Derrek Sanks - Nice work! That's a huge gain. @ "Brian Hagan" - Thanks for your leadership these past 14 weeks @ "David Holmes" - Congrats on the PRs on the bike and HIM! @Stephen Cogger - Impressive FTP gain. @Ellen Sauter - Great job on the big FTP gain! @ "Patrick Hughes" - Congratulations on the big FTP gain despite the work/flu obstacles @Ross Kaffenberger - Nice FTP/kg gain! @Shaughn Simmons - Thanks. You are right. Everyday cannot be filled with rainbows, unicorns and huge FTP gains. In addition, you are correct in that I have both had huge weekly running mileage gains and much faster pacing. I made a lot of progress with my FTP over the past year, and that was certainly accomplished at the expense of my running. Since joining EN in August, I have maintained those FTP gains, and am running longer and faster than I have for several years.
I am off to swim camp next week. Reading these posts have been a great source of motivation. Thanks! Hope to see many of you at Quassy and IMLP this year.
Rode 60 miles yesturday - and as advised reduced ride time to < 3 hrs, and broke it into 6x20' @80-85%ftp(5') - averaged for entire ride - 2:51, 21.1 mph, tss-175, if-.783, hr-121, np-188
Temperature increased from 53 deg at start to 80 deg @ finish - good riding conditions, headwind out, tailwind back
Did my test yesterday, ohh how miserable it is. Started out at FTP of 194, jumped to 201 in week 8 and yesterday I was at 207. Happy with the results.
Between week 1-8 doing the Zone 4 work, I slowly got more accustomed to the numbers and felt comfortable toward the end holding Zone 4. But had a different experience from week 8 to 14. Zone 4 was much harder to hold and mostly miserable. I am a bit nervous that with the new bump up, I will have a hard time staying in Zone 4. Isn't it supposed to get easier?
I haven't ridden much in the past 2 years due to injury and lots of other distractions so I looked back on my final Power test going into IMMT 2014 and my week 14 numbers are slightly higher than what I went into IMMT with! I'm looking forward to more training to see where I can get for IMLP2017. Now I need to get a handle on my running... #workworks
Hi all -- I've been absent from the forums since they changed over to the new technology which seems to work great on a desktop, but isn't as mobile friendly.
I had a bit of a strange training week leading up to my bike test with a couple days of skiing in Wyoming, a short run on Thursday and not much else. Regardless, I tested earlier today and am stoked to report that I've hit an all-time high FTP of 259! Feeling like I'm coming down with a cold or something, so it's possible that I could've done more, but very happy with my Outseason and new FTP PR.
@Brian Hagan thanks so much for your leadership. You did a great job as bike captain!
It's been great training with you all -- good luck in the next phase of training and during race season. Hope to see many of you at IMLP this summer!
Tested yesterday. Gosh, I hate testing! I eked out 3 more watts over week 8, but improved a lot from week 1- 142, 153, 156. 2.2w/kg. Good outseason overall. Transitioning to half marathon plan (going to try advanced for the first time and then HIM for Rev Quassy in June.
@Brian Hagan - thank you very much for leading and driving us home! Agree with Mike! @arnoldschmidt - smart modification and damn solid 60 miler there approximating more and more race specific wkos! @Ashley Jaksa - congratulations on the improvement! Don't kill anyone out there this spring! @Kirsten Surprenant - good luck at IMLP 2017 and congrats on entering the spring on a strong note! @Leslie Knight - an improvement is an improvement! You carry a heavy workload and improved your FTP at the same time!! BOOM! Good luck with the HM plan!
Well it seems weird not staring a new bike thread on Monday. I really enjoyed being the 2017 NOS bike captain! I think we kicked the gorilla's butt!
I did not test this week, because I was planning on extending the OutSeason plan a couple more weeks. I've since decided to do this Suffer Fest Challenge and will test when it is over. I believe I am going to see a decent bump when I do, because I've noticed I can hold my threshold power longer and at a lower heart rate. You all have really helped me become a lot stronger mentally, and my fitness level is much better because of it.
After the Suffer Fest Challenge is over, I am going to continue the bike focus until I start IM race prep for IMMT.
@Bill McKinney I hope the ski race went well. I will look for the race report! @Patrick Marsh Thanks! My guess is that your FTP is higher - you had way too many admin things going on during that test! @Shaughn Simmons -Thanks for all the kind words & leadership. I can't wait to meet you in person this summer! @Robert Sabo - Good luck at IMPR 70.3. It looks like a fun group going down there! @"Ed Shimon" - Great FTP Test! Did you break your cranks! @Bill Manard - Great improvement in FTP. I think the ToS will help push it a little more. @Scott Imlay - I hope you are feeling better and was able to get the test done. @Derrek Sanks - Thanks! - Great progress! 230 -> 270! Good luck with ToS! @Ross Kaffenberger - Well done - Looks like you and @Derrek Sanks had a similar progression! 230 -> 270 is stout! @Sabra Gonzalez - Great jump in VO2 - You raised the roof and will definitely benefit from that for the rest of the season! @Stephen Cogger => Great FTP bump @Phil Mills I hope you are feeling better. I know you were going to continue with the JOS group! I think that was a great decision, and you will crush it! @Ellen Sauter - Great bump. You are going to do awesome at Nationals! @Patrick Hughes - 7% bump is huge @David Holmes" 1.8 MPH increase! That is the result of a lot of hard work! @arnold schmidt - I sort of feel sorry for your competition at Galveston. Not really! That was a hammering 60 mile ride! I can't wait to see your race plan and race report! @Ashley Jaksa - 194 => 207 is fantastic! Remember.... It does not get easier. You just go faster! @Kirsten Surprenant - A 10% bump in 14 weeks is stout! Good luck at IMLP! @Mike Weinmann - Thanks! All time high FTP! Great work! @Leslie Knight - You had a great OutSeason with excellent progress. I think you win the craziest schedule and still got it done award!
I finally recovered from my cold/flu enough to do the 20 minute FTP test on TrainerRoad. I got a very slight bump from 192W to 195W. I'm still not 100%, so I'm happy I showed any improvement. Now, off to Swim Camp!
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@Shaughn Simmons - For more info, week 8: FTP 230, 2.5 w/kg; week 14: FTP 270, 2.9 w/kg. No power data for week 1 as I've only recently joined the "training with power" club!
@ "Brian Hagan" - Thanks for your leadership these past 14 weeks
@ "David Holmes" - Congrats on the PRs on the bike and HIM!
@Stephen Cogger - Impressive FTP gain.
@Ellen Sauter - Great job on the big FTP gain!
@ "Patrick Hughes" - Congratulations on the big FTP gain despite the work/flu obstacles
@Ross Kaffenberger - Nice FTP/kg gain!
@Shaughn Simmons - Thanks. You are right. Everyday cannot be filled with rainbows, unicorns and huge FTP gains. In addition, you are correct in that I have both had huge weekly running mileage gains and much faster pacing. I made a lot of progress with my FTP over the past year, and that was certainly accomplished at the expense of my running. Since joining EN in August, I have maintained those FTP gains, and am running longer and faster than I have for several years.
I am off to swim camp next week. Reading these posts have been a great source of motivation. Thanks! Hope to see many of you at Quassy and IMLP this year.
Temperature increased from 53 deg at start to 80 deg @ finish - good riding conditions, headwind out, tailwind back
thank you for advice
Between week 1-8 doing the Zone 4 work, I slowly got more accustomed to the numbers and felt comfortable toward the end holding Zone 4. But had a different experience from week 8 to 14. Zone 4 was much harder to hold and mostly miserable. I am a bit nervous that with the new bump up, I will have a hard time staying in Zone 4. Isn't it supposed to get easier?
Did my test on Thursday and I'm happy with my results.
VO2: week 1 - 200, week 8 - 205, week 14 - 220
FTP: week 1 - 168, week 8 - 173, week 14 - 182
I haven't ridden much in the past 2 years due to injury and lots of other distractions so I looked back on my final Power test going into IMMT 2014 and my week 14 numbers are slightly higher than what I went into IMMT with! I'm looking forward to more training to see where I can get for IMLP2017. Now I need to get a handle on my running... #workworks
I had a bit of a strange training week leading up to my bike test with a couple days of skiing in Wyoming, a short run on Thursday and not much else. Regardless, I tested earlier today and am stoked to report that I've hit an all-time high FTP of 259! Feeling like I'm coming down with a cold or something, so it's possible that I could've done more, but very happy with my Outseason and new FTP PR.
@Brian Hagan thanks so much for your leadership. You did a great job as bike captain!
It's been great training with you all -- good luck in the next phase of training and during race season. Hope to see many of you at IMLP this summer!
@arnoldschmidt - smart modification and damn solid 60 miler there approximating more and more race specific wkos!
@Ashley Jaksa - congratulations on the improvement! Don't kill anyone out there this spring!
@Kirsten Surprenant - good luck at IMLP 2017 and congrats on entering the spring on a strong note!
@Leslie Knight - an improvement is an improvement! You carry a heavy workload and improved your FTP at the same time!! BOOM! Good luck with the HM plan!
I had some Saturday FTP work: https://www.strava.com/activities/854981970
Have a great 2017 all!
SS
I did not test this week, because I was planning on extending the OutSeason plan a couple more weeks. I've since decided to do this Suffer Fest Challenge and will test when it is over. I believe I am going to see a decent bump when I do, because I've noticed I can hold my threshold power longer and at a lower heart rate. You all have really helped me become a lot stronger mentally, and my fitness level is much better because of it.
After the Suffer Fest Challenge is over, I am going to continue the bike focus until I start IM race prep for IMMT.
@Bill McKinney I hope the ski race went well. I will look for the race report!
@Patrick Marsh Thanks! My guess is that your FTP is higher - you had way too many admin things going on during that test!
@Shaughn Simmons -Thanks for all the kind words & leadership. I can't wait to meet you in person this summer!
@Robert Sabo - Good luck at IMPR 70.3. It looks like a fun group going down there!
@"Ed Shimon" - Great FTP Test! Did you break your cranks!
@Bill Manard - Great improvement in FTP. I think the ToS will help push it a little more.
@Scott Imlay - I hope you are feeling better and was able to get the test done.
@Derrek Sanks - Thanks! - Great progress! 230 -> 270! Good luck with ToS!
@Ross Kaffenberger - Well done - Looks like you and @Derrek Sanks had a similar progression! 230 -> 270 is stout!
@Sabra Gonzalez - Great jump in VO2 - You raised the roof and will definitely benefit from that for the rest of the season!
@Stephen Cogger => Great FTP bump
@Phil Mills I hope you are feeling better. I know you were going to continue with the JOS group! I think that was a great decision, and you will crush it!
@Ellen Sauter - Great bump. You are going to do awesome at Nationals!
@Patrick Hughes - 7% bump is huge
@David Holmes" 1.8 MPH increase! That is the result of a lot of hard work!
@arnold schmidt - I sort of feel sorry for your competition at Galveston. Not really! That was a hammering 60 mile ride! I can't wait to see your race plan and race report!
@Ashley Jaksa - 194 => 207 is fantastic! Remember.... It does not get easier. You just go faster!
@Kirsten Surprenant - A 10% bump in 14 weeks is stout! Good luck at IMLP!
@Mike Weinmann - Thanks! All time high FTP! Great work!
@Leslie Knight - You had a great OutSeason with excellent progress. I think you win the craziest schedule and still got it done award!
Good luck everyone!