Trying out a block of threshold training

As intensity goes up volume needs to go down. If you are dead set on the weekly hr target I would drop the intensity of that friday ride so its 60%. Some of those workouts (Fletcher etc.) are touching on 75% intensity and that can be a lot in a week like you are doing.

FWIW all of the materials coming out of Moore and Cusick indicate that for FTP work you want to target 15% as a weekly total of overall work, with 20% being the upper limit. The way your draft week is scheduled you are pushing the high end of that and if you subscribe the the mantra of doing the least amount of stress to generate the most amount of adaption, you may be digging yourself into a deep hole.

I’d strongly advise starting by making your easy days easy (Friday, maybe even look at Weds) and then see how that goes.

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