Recovery week rides outside

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Hi TrainerRoad’rs.
Next week is a recovery week in my Climbing Road Race plan. I’d like to replace these sessions with low intensity outdoor rides and associate the rides with the corresponding sessions in my calendar. I don’t have power on my bike and don’t use the outside workouts feature, so basically riding unstructured.

My question is, will AT still recognise these workout as completed if I associate them with my plan sessions, and will it adversely affect my upcoming FTP estimation (no more ramp tests for me)?

Thanks

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You can do outside rides by RPE rather than power.

I don’t know if not having a PM outside will affect FTP estimation, but completed outside rides do influence progression levels.

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If you mark the outside workouts as “completed”, it gives you credit for how the workout was structured…basically a pass / fail option. If you don’t make it as completed, then no credit for it.

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Do you have a heart rate monitor? If yes, then I actually prefer heart rate to power when riding outdoors. Set yourself a heart rate maximum, e. g. 135 bpm or 139 bpm. If you are living somewhere flat, you can also go 130 bpm. Then simply ride for various amounts of time.

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