Hi Everybody
So I took some advice from this thread and did a zero calibration of the stages unit before the workout. I had previously tried this, but the calibration failed. After some Googling, I realized the left pedal had to be in the 6 o’clock position for this to work.
The good news is that the calibrated unit cleared the power troughs and brought the workout closer to my endurance limits. I also took note of comments such as from @Nigel_Doyle who said that the workout should be hard but definitely doable. Well, I had to really dig deep to make it.
After running performance analytics I realized why it was harder. I’ve been treating TARGET POWER as a floor more than a middle-of-the-road target. I am not a road cyclist so I have not developed a consistent pedal stroke, which means I have high power volatility - if on top of that I treat target power as a floor - I am actually working at threshhold power for most of the exercise. My FTP is 259, so if Sweet Spot limit is at 94% of FTP, I should have not exceeded 243W much during the exercise. Well, on my third Eclipse 20-min interval, for example, I averaged 246W. This means I spent most of the interval at threshold power limit. Does this explain why I almost fell off the bike after the workout?
Anyway, Eclipse is done. Thanks for all your input. I don’t even want to know what Warlow and Palisade have in store for me…
LtS