Looking now - I see that last years top 1 minute effort during the test was 341, versus 335 this year. 6 watts right there I guess.
But I guess it begs the question - should I have tried to just drill that last interval harder til failure? I’d think I could have gone a bit harder if on the last or second to last step, I knew that was basically it. Guess that would also skew the results?
I knew exactly how much time I was in the test last year so I was kind of setting that up to not stop until I at least matched the time. Maybe that wasn’t smart.
Nonetheless, with lifetime PRs on the power curve, I’ll consider it a win for the most part. I realize the FTP is an important number for me psychologically, but PRs are also a good mental win for. Turning 50 this year and I realize at some point the needle starts going the other way, but I’m not ready to accept that reality that just yet.