Has anyone noticed that you can’t really extend the warmup of the Saddleback workout? I was hoping to take the warmup a little easier, but extending it by a minute just gave me an extra minute at 74%, the power setting of the rest of the workout. It seems like there should be a way to extend the warmup so that you don’t have to start grinding right away. Saddleback is the only workout where I’ve wanted to extend the warmup.
I would love to be able to filter the workout library by expected failure rate.
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Not sure if this has been raised already, but I feel like there could be major improvements to the Alternates for the AI workouts. I can almost never find a suitable alternative using that functionality and instead have to go search. As an example - if I get an endurance workout that has an IF of .69, and choose “easier” I almost always see things that are far lower, like .55 or less, whereas I was just hoping to get under .65.
Take Pioneer -3. 60 minutes, IF .69
If I look at “similar” they are all .67 or higher
If I click “easier” they are all .55 or lower.
Why not something in the middle? There are plenty in the library, it’s just not recommending them as alternates.
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I’d get on board with this. I’ve seen this happen too. It feels like the ML sometimes doesn’t know where to look. In this instance it’s well below.
I know WLs are a blunt instrument in comparison to ML simulations, but in this instance it could use that to get a ballpark estimate then simulate the difficulty on those to refine, rather than simulating the entire workout library at that duration.
Or… have a “more” button at the bottom of the list that just exposes the whole list, orded by WL.
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Good idea. It’s not perfect, but I’d be more than happy just to get the simple “more button” solution.
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+1 for this please? 
Or the ability to set/recall a restore point? I feel this could be beneficial for changes to the plan too. I tinkered with my plan last week & it converted my last loading week before my A event into a recovery week with only two loading weeks beforehand. I’m on a building endurance plan which is not event-centric, but it seemed odd.
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Yes, having a screen where we can fiddle with the plan, see the preview next to our current plan, and then either discard or save the changes would be ideal.
For something like that, I think it would be necessary to limit it to the desktop website due to screen real estate needed. Which is fine, since it’s a advanced feature and should be done rarely and when I have some time, not minutes before my workout.
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Not just a race, but any activity. The group and solo rides are a first step, but it would be cool if you could add historical rides to your calendar.
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Just wondering if the idea is to start the intended workout as scheduled, but decrease the intensity by 5% or maybe just 2% ?
Could be. I’ve actually never decreased the intensity of a workout in all the years I’ve used TR! Maybe I should do that.
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Could be a solution for when the workout is too high a chance of failure, but you like the format so want to do it anyway.
Now that the ML is looking at actual watts, & the achieved WL is decided by that rather than a pass/fail on the level stipulated in the original workout at 100%, it looks like it doesn’t matter if you turn it down, you just get a lower score.
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It’s not a technique that I’ve used before a ride, but I have occasionally used it when I’ve completed a few intervals and realised that I’ve bitten off a bit too much.
But if the new AI is only interested in watts then I don’t know why this wouldn’t work? So stick with the schedule but dial it down slightly. Not sure how I’d record that at the end of the ride though.
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The advice TR gave me was “rate the work you did, not the work you were assigned”