Hey @OliverTwist,
Thanks for the feedback, and I’m sorry to hear that things aren’t going as you had hoped..
After looking at your career, the first thing I can see that is concerning to me is that you haven’t updated your FTP since May. We’ve tried to adjust your FTP many times, but it looks like you’ve declined all of those FTP detections/adjustments.
Because of this, I think your FTP was set too high, and you were stuck doing really low-level workouts (in the 1.0 - 2.5 range) for quite a while.
You’re just now starting to see workouts in the 4 - 4.5 range in some zones, but I feel like your training hasn’t been as productive as it could have been had you lowered your FTP and taken on higher-level workouts.
I’ve also noticed that there were a lot of ups and downs in your training stress since last September. There are a handful of weeks with only one or two endurance rides completed, and a fair bit of unstructured riding scattered throughout. I don’t know the context of your life, so I can’t tell you if that was “wrong” per se, but consistency certainly does have an impact on fitness.
How did you feel throughout your training? Were you fatigued throughout? Did you look forward to your rest weeks? In general, were your workouts challenging? Are you fueling the work?
Let me know your thoughts. I’m sure we can make some progress here. 