Iñigo San Millán training model

[WindWarrior]

I also believe field testing is possible, for example

Zone 2 Power vs Zone 2 HR (Should I increase power to move HR to Z2?)

Lets start with Coggan remarks from 2003 paper he wrote for a USA Cycling coaches seminar on power based training: “HR guidelines: Relating or translating the specified power levels to corresponding HR ranges or zones is somewhat difficult, due to the inherent variability of HR as well as individual differences in the power-HR relationship (even when referenced to threshold power). Nonetheless, approximate HR guidelines have been provided in Table 1, such that they can be used along with powe…

And

Zone 2 Power vs Zone 2 HR (Should I increase power to move HR to Z2?)

Pre power meter: [image] 8 hours of climbing, 13:51 elapsed. Done at ‘in it to finish it’ but pace was endurance climbing and mostly nose breathing. Average HR between 134-140bpm. Average temps for each climb in F and C: 44F / 7C 65 / 18 74 / 23 80 / 27 69 / 21 First climb, top of zone2 is 142bpm: [image] Third climb w/o the early 15 minute stop [image] Fifth climb: [image] Yeah I’m a slow climber, that was done with an FTP of around 3W/kg. So ~8 hours of climbing over ~14 hours …

Which after that event I just kept training as usual. No unusual extra recovery required. I’ve got more field data like that, including more recent.