Dylan Johnson's "The Problem with TrainerRoad Training Plans": it's gonna be a busy day around here

[chidlow]

Can’t argue with that logic.

Although I’d point out that 4.8 W/kg puts you at the very pointy end of the TR bell-curve:

The Bell curve of cylists - how fast are the average TR users?

Moar data!!! It seems like people want to see what’s “TR Average” and compare themselves to that. I’ve broken everything down a lot more. While I was doing this I wonder if we’re breaking new ground here…I don’t think anyone else has this much accurate data on riders. Insights: You get slower as you get older (duh). You can see that there’s a steep decline starting at 3.5-3.75 FTP/kg for men and women when you compare age in 10-year buckets. For both men and women, there’s a large drop off…

And similarly for the good ol’ Coggan power profile dataset, you’re in the “Excellent” bracket, and not too far off “Exceptional”.

So I wouldn’t be so quick to assume you’re not capable of more if you had the extra training time (and inclination) to hit 20 or even 30 hours per week.