Glad to here that! Thank you!
Whatabout race day, is 80-85% of FTP manageable and easy to monitor?
I think for IM the range is 65-80% and for half 75-85% ftp
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Almost impossible to hit numbers in real-time, I usually have lap NP and current lap NP displayed, and keep 3sec displayed to avoid over-powering.
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What did you end up getting? I really need to get one for my first 70.3 in a month! I race in Casetlli cycling kits and am comfortable and used to their fit.
I feel you, although I find that over the duration of the interval the ups and downs end up approximately where I should be.
Consider also that if you ride based on power of your indoor FTP it is often perceived as easier (cooling, mini breaks, etc)
With the run, it’s a HV plan? I wouldn’t want to do it for HIM but sounds ok to me given that context. Aim is clearly volume.
Btw if you don’t want to do such a long run but have the time why not split it in two And perform over the day/24h?
With me lots of life stress the last weeks but aiming to give an update shortly 
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I am finding this very interesting @velopiano. I too am concerned about the endurance rides taking me into too high of a heart rate so that by the end of the ride I am dying. I will be following low volume as well for IM Maryland so look forward to following your training. Hopefully I can figure out how to do that on the forums!
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Thanks for saying so! Interestingly, since posting this my experience with the long endurance rides has changed. I must be getting more aerobically fit, because for several weeks now my heart rate has stayed in the correct zone for the majority of the prescribed rides (longest so far has been 3h30m). It might drift up a bit late in the ride, but no more than a few beats over what I consider my aerobic limit of 150 bpm (my max is about 200). I am in my third year of structured training, for what that is worth. I still think it is reasonable to keep the power lower on these sorts of rides if your heart rate is higher, but I am not a coach or an expert! Best of luck to you and your training, and hope you kill it in Maryland.
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I’m in the same boat as you guys, I was worried about my HR on long rides . But my fitness must have improved over the last few weeks. As I did Longfellow yesterday (4hrs) and only averaged 118bpm . Plus my pw:hr variance was only 4%(ish) so I am quite happy with my progress 
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@velopiano @WildWill Well I hope that I can post here in a month or so that I have had that same bump in fitness! Thank you for the kind words and keep up the solid training!
do you guys do the long endurance (3+ hours) on the trainer or outdoor on road?
At the moment on the trainer.
I will do some outside as we move into summer
On the trainer in winter, road or rail trail in spring/summer
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Hey @JoeX thanks for the tag. Training has been going really well, but more so for my running and swimming. Ive been using a lactate meter to set my zones and this winter has been a pretty good learning experience.
I’m also learning that hr is not a great proxy for lt1/lt2 for me… just because my hr has gone down at specific wattages, that doesn’t necessarily mean that my thresholds have gone up.
Im starting a slightly modified version of ssb2 this week, and hope to focus on that up until my vacation at the beginning of may then use wireless from the general build to carry my through the xterra season. Focus is still on volume so aiming for the 12-14 hr/week range.
My 2 cents on the long run question… it depends how quick of a rise in volume will it take to get your long run to 2:20. Im currently doing 1:45 long runs and may get to around 2 hours while focusing on oly distances. The difference is I’m doing them at rpe 4, not 6. I’ll do some harder ones leading up to my races, but mostly aiming for extensive aerobic pacing.
When I’ve done some of my long runs at that super easy pace, avg hr around 67-68% of max, my runs the following week were usually pretty awesome. Im running between 28 -32 mpw right now, maybe peaking at about 35 mpw.
Also aiming for 10,000 yards swimming and about 7 hours cycling.
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Thank @JoeX for making sure i stay honest with the roll call.
So far I would say its been going well, first month into FDLV. Been in a bit of a tricky situation as I have a new job locally and am no longer working from home so I have had to car share with the wife. This has stopped me from any swim workouts due to pool hours really only available before work and it’s not been feasible to go to swim in the morning back home then car share to work. Thankfully this will come to an end in about a month when I am able to have my summer car out.
So with that I have been able to hit almost all my bike rides, but running has been hit or miss, due to car sharing (don’t run in the snow) and the wind up of beer league hockey. That has been sneaky cause its late night (10pm-11pm start times) and i dont get home until 1am and sleeping at 2am but working at 8:30am. So i have had to bail on some runs or reduce some bike rides due to just not having enough sleep.
All in all better start then the last three IM’s I have done so yay?
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All inside for me, even the 5 to 6 hours!
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Waking up to find that Joe Skipper broke the IM NZ course has made my morning. I know that they changed the course a little but a few years ago sub 8 on that course was unthinkable and some of the greats of the sport have completed that race
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Machine… ive only had to do 2:15 so far on the trainer… granted i only started indoor training in November but still. The dread is strong in me
Yes, fantastic performance and not a surprise either given his last win. Good to see him get the results he deserves 
I saw the start up to his exit and lead out of T2 but had to hit the sack after that.
Distraction is your tactic. Box set binge, Eurosport, music plus a couple of quick stops for a stretch and change.
It will be ok, maybe if you are a little odd like me.
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