Interval Mode in PT

I rarely bother marking the intervals in the PT. Once I get the info into CP I just highlight the work intervals one at a time hit ctrl-R to save. Once you have marked all your intervals you can link them and name the first one. This will name all the rest so that the names look like int:1, int:2, etc.

I use this method because most of my intervals are done on a computrainer. If you are outside then I guess you are using the interval marker the see your average power during the ON segment of the interval. If thats the case I would just redefine the intervals as above once in CP.

I really only use the interval function on the PT when I have multiple rides that I want to be able to distinguish while the data is still in the PT.

Ok.

The only thing is I need to know the average power for that 2minutes so I suppose I could just try and stick to X for min while no in interval mode but I like the fact I see the average power increase or decrease in a specific interval and react accordingly.

It's not really a big deal just thought there may be other ays of doing it...I'm thinking my second option will be better.

I use the second method you described. Many of my intervals are composed of "sub-intervals" (e.g. 4x 10' (7'@275w+3'@290w) etc) and I will mark each component of the interval. I do this primarily so I can make use of the avg. watts function to stick to my target. Post-ride, I will mark a new range for the entire interval and delete the ranges for rest intervals, so the file is relatively clean before I upload to my coach.

You can end up with a lot of intervals on the road, but IIRC, the PT SL can handle up to 99.

I think it is quite easy to do

Go into Interval mode by holding down the Mode button
Do the hard work
Press Select and Mode at the same time and the interval number increments but the time, watts, dist etc goes to zero
when the recovery is over
Press Select and Mode at the same time and the interval number increments but the time, watts, dist etc goes to zero
repeat the hard effort!

this works for me. My firmware is 2.21

Regards

giannip said:

Hi

Just wondering how you record your intervals in interval mode.

For example, I was doing 6 x 2min + 3min rest last night for the first time with PT and so basically I did the following;

1) start new interval on PT
2) do 2min at specified wattage average
3) rest 3min
4) repeat 1-4 untill did I the 6 (well didn't do ALL 6 buts that's another story 😄 )

The only thing is that then my recovery period is included in my interval so once I download the data to CP and I look at the intervals, the power average will not be the one I was training at. (unless I select just the 2min section of course)

The question is, do you then start a new interval after step 2 and then again after step 3 ?

so that I would have;

interval #1: 2min at target wattage average
interval#2: 3min rest
interval #3: 2 min at target average wattage
interval #4: 3min rest

any tips ?

I don't like the clutter of rest interval 'intervals' so I'd mark the start of the hard/ON effort, note avg. power during the INT as I think that's a good idea and just let the rest interval meld into the work interval. Then I'd quickly edit/shorten the intervals in CP to reflect the ON portions only. Too much button pressing can be distracting outdoors (especially two-handed).

I don't mark the end of the work interval either. I just stop pedalling for a second, and the power drop shows me the end of the int. Fast Find usually picks these up very well, or else I just manually select, rename range, link, etc. in WKO+.