Nice job CalicoCat !!
I also ended up doing a 20min FTP test last night (well maybe more like 20min L5), eventhough I didn't set out to do it at the start. It was my 2nd workout day (I do 2 on 1 off), and Thursday was my strong 2x30, so I wanted to do a simple 2x20. I was feeling pretty good all day, but did feel some fatigue, the good kind. For some reason I am always in a 100-103 rpm for the most part of all intervals, and I am so used to it now it's as if that's my preferred cadence. Anyways, on the 10th minute of my 1st 20min, my averages were 99rpm, and 195W. Now usually I do the 1st half of my intervals (20min or 30min) in 34/15, and on the 2nd half I'll get into 50/23 or 50/21. On the trainer the gearing is waay different than road.
Anyways, long story short, for some reason, on the last 10 minutes of the 20min I decided to go hard and see what I can average out. I ended up with 209W for the whole 20 mins, which is ~198 FTP, doing +/- 215W in the 2nd half with some big short bursts of ~230W here and there.
I keep thinking that if I actually set out to do the test from the start, I would've put in a much harder effort into the 1st 10 minutes, resulting in a much higher overall 20 min average. Sometime this week I will actually prepare and do it properly.
So I am very happy with the result, considering that last year my winter FTP was 212W, I know I can hit that mark.
I also ended up doing a 20min FTP test last night (well maybe more like 20min L5), eventhough I didn't set out to do it at the start. It was my 2nd workout day (I do 2 on 1 off), and Thursday was my strong 2x30, so I wanted to do a simple 2x20. I was feeling pretty good all day, but did feel some fatigue, the good kind. For some reason I am always in a 100-103 rpm for the most part of all intervals, and I am so used to it now it's as if that's my preferred cadence. Anyways, on the 10th minute of my 1st 20min, my averages were 99rpm, and 195W. Now usually I do the 1st half of my intervals (20min or 30min) in 34/15, and on the 2nd half I'll get into 50/23 or 50/21. On the trainer the gearing is waay different than road.
Anyways, long story short, for some reason, on the last 10 minutes of the 20min I decided to go hard and see what I can average out. I ended up with 209W for the whole 20 mins, which is ~198 FTP, doing +/- 215W in the 2nd half with some big short bursts of ~230W here and there.
I keep thinking that if I actually set out to do the test from the start, I would've put in a much harder effort into the 1st 10 minutes, resulting in a much higher overall 20 min average. Sometime this week I will actually prepare and do it properly.
So I am very happy with the result, considering that last year my winter FTP was 212W, I know I can hit that mark.