I agree, I looked up my 3-minute best and it’s not even 130%. I think I could do it once, by itself, with a warm up and cool down, maybe 
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Someone set up a group workout
That could be awesome
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Mine is 320 for the season (so not far off 130%), but it’s literally the last three minutes of a ramp test I did back in February. That means it was an effort to complete failure, and I’ve not bested it since base. That tells me all I need to know about trying to attempt even just one of those efforts. 
I was thinking the same. Though I have to wait till they bring Group Workouts to mobile
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With TR anything over 2 minutes was a massive struggle. Last year in late January I switched to doing more endurance work (FasCat sweet spot base), and by June I was able to do a 3x3-min at 133% with 3-min recovery, 122% with a 5-min recovery, and 120%. It was 82F outside and I bagged the 4th interval after a minute at 121%. That was 4 days after a 20-min field test that bumped FTP from 243 to 260. So I think its possible, on a good day, to swing this challenge but I’d want to do a anaerobic capacity block and then vo2 block before Johnson in order to prime the pump and wrap my brain around the suffering.
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Doesn’t look that bad, I’ll do it Sunday morning.
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After a 140km gravel ride yesterday, Johnson will have to wait a few more days.
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I tried and failed 
It’s hard, got to 2 minutes into the 4th big interval and my legs just died. Felt like the last minute of a ramp test.
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Come at it on a Tuesday when your fresh
Oh man…you were close! I like the fact that you made the workout beat you physically…most riders are banging on the down arrow at the third interval or just don’t even start the 4th interval. 
But you definitely took that 4th interval on. Yikes. 
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I gave it my best shot 
I guess this would be easier/more appropriate at the end of a training block/when you have a (hopefully) slightly underestimated FTP?
Or maybe someone who has a great Maximal Aerobic Power relative to their FTP?
Maybe. @jzhowie was right on the edge of completing that workout. When I did it I used bicarb…if @jzhowie used & tolerated an effective dose of bicarb then that would have made the difference. Or so says I.
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Redemption ride today, similar kinds of power/time outputs required. Holding VO2 power is much easier on hills.
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I’m picking your FTP is slightly understated at 250? 0.92 seems reasonably high for four and a half hours? Admittedly I’m no expert at power analysis, and your Average Power is a lot lower, but still that’s a bunch 
Yeah, some moving/stationary funkiness going on with the ride. Total time was 5 hours. Possibly making actual IF lower?
It was a very hard effort, full on race pace on the climbs, but also lots of rest on the descents.
Intervals.icu has my ftp at 258, which is probably about right.
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lots of TROPHIES! 
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My human coach gave be 3x3x3 all the time. This is easy
@130%?
Yeah….of course I am on a recovery week so I’ll hold this off but yeah I did this regular all the time.