Hey @Torneng 
Let’s go by parts because I think there are some claims here that are not too fair.
Plan Adherence
By looking at the last block and this one I would not consider the following a good plan adherence, nor just skipping Saturday’s threshold workout.
Last block:
Few things about this block:
- Balanced approach
- Ski days + lots of unstructured riding taking over scheduled TR Endurance/Interval Workout
- Workouts being manually picked or choosing a Workout Alternate/AI Workouts (this you can see if it’s missing the Calendar or Sparkle or both in the workout card).
- All except one interval workout (March 24th) were rated Hard which is what we want to interval workout to feel like 9if rating honestly). Note: The Maximum Effort on the 24th did come after a full weekend of skiing, which of course has a toll on your legs.
Current block:
Few things about this block:
- Logged in pretty big 4-5 hour rides the first week (April 15th-19th) and then got sick.
- Changed your training approach to Demanding and did a race right after getting sick
- Overall I see a lot of big rides too even on days the system is telling you to rest
- For the first 3 weeks I don’t see any type of plan adherence to the workouts being recommended.
- Cowpen on May 2nd was your first TR Interval workout, but that one looks to be manually picked (no Sparkle or Calendar on workout card) and rated Very Hard on a Yellow Day.
Sure, if I do a level 7.3 SS this Saturday and a level 9.5 next Saturday a 7% increase could be reasonable. But I’m not going to do that. Not even close.
The workouts are recommended on your power data, but they also will change daily based on what you are completing. Aka, your SS for this Saturday already being lower.
Here is a great forum post with our power records took that does a great job explaining how to check why a workout is being recommended. In short it tells whether a workout is asking for power you’ve already proven you can do, or whether it’s pushing into new territory.
And nothing kills the confidence as much as failing a bunch of workouts 5 weeks out from my A event
In this part, I think we ought to be a little honest. We can’t have the cake and eat it too. Meaning, if we’re trying to be ready for an Event we have to prioritize, and to be honest I am not seeing that on your Calendar. You’re going skiing, doing long rides, and the fatigue warning are not being exactly followed… so this is leading to the actual recommended workouts from your training plan being compromised or not being able to successfully complete them because we need to have a balance between recovery and training that doesn’t burn your matches.
Ironically, when I search up the SS workout planned for this Saturday with the browse workout feature, it shows up as not recommended. So, at least that part of the TRAI has a better grasp of my limitation.
This part I will have to check on! Can you let me know which workout exactly? or if you’re seeing on others too.
In summary, I think we should bring down your Training Approach to Balanced. Then you have 5 weeks before your Event, so if we focus on following the plan and the fatigue detection warnings, I think we still got time to brings things back and be fresh for your race! Focusing on quality over quantity I think will benefit you lots :).