… you involuntarily poop a little bit in your shorts.
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Posting this for a friend…I hope. 
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You finish it at 100% difficulty because you can’t figure out how to turn it down.
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I’m counting down from ten, three times to finish out the final 30 seconds of the intervals.
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Time slows down during the “on” efforts!
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When the first interval requires you to do mental gymnastics to get through it.
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You look in the All Rides tab and see the graveyard of previous attempts 
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… when you’re reading this still sat on your bike in the garage…
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…you start plotting how you’re going to make up for bailing on the last two intervals. “Well, if I do an extra workout on Saturday or if I do the +2 version on Sunday…”
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You start questioning why you’re doing this to yourself….
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Somewhat related: I’ve always found that I can “dig deep, and get the next 10% of the way to the finish”… and that holds over any duration between ten seconds and six months. I try not to think about the entire thing. Just do “the next 10%”, then reevaluate.
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There are many VO2 workouts where I’ve told myself that if I can get through just the first one, I should be okay for the whole set, and it’s been true!
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the group text says “endurance pace”.
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… you put the workout off all day. Then at 11pm you finally start it because “if you wait any longer adaptive training will get mad at you”
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You fail the cooldown!
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…your arms start to tingle.
(This has only happened on a couple ramp tests and I think towards the end of over-under workouts).
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I’ve had this and then my face goes numb…
…WKO pumps your FTP up 5w after you finish.
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you’re looking for an option 6 in the workout survey.
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… you sit down in the shower afterwards
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