How far off targets do you need to be to get the "struggle survey"?

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I’m curious how far off wattage targets do you need to be to get the “why today was challenging” question (aka, struggle survey)?

I think answering “very hard” or harder on a post-workout survey will also trigger it, but I’m curious what’s the specific percentage off of interval targets that triggers it? :thinking:

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It’s never been shared in public from anything i have seen or heard.

I would guess 5% or more below target, but have nothing but gut feel to back that guess.

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I’m not sure it’s being off by a specific %. I received the struggle survey on a workout I rated hard and hit the targets. Looks like I varied a bit from my normal in power and cadence though during the intervals. Seems like it’s pretty nuanced.

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Thanks, Chad! That may be about right.

I recently did Jacks +4 and wasn’t feeling great, but not awful either. So I intentionally sagged the middle intervals but only enough to hopefully avoid the “struggle survey”…mainly out of pride. :laughing:

My worst interval (#5 below) was 5.2% off target and I did get the survey.

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  • Right, there is more to the story in the relative Difficulty rating of the workout you perform and your starting PL for that training level. Rating a Hard or even Very Hard for a Stretch may be totally fine. Doing the same rating for an Achievable might rightly issue the Struggle survey because it shouldn’t be that difficult.
  • Yep, it is not a single factor trigger in many cases.
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