How do you guys and gals choose estimated TSS on rides without a power meter? I did a 50 mile mountain bike race without a power meter a few months ago. It took over 5 hours. It was my only race/ride like this of the season so I have no other reference point for pace and intensity. It was brutal. M…

I go by how sore I was the day after. I could easily ride the next day with minimal soreness: Under 200 TSS I had some soreness but could manage a decent ride if I needed to: 200-250 TSS Coffee ride only: 250-300 TSS I don’t want to look at a bike: More than 300 TSS

[image] stevemz: 300 TSS: I don’t want to look at a bike hahaha makes sense to me. Can we add that to the TSS drop down on TR?

I know there are instances where you can go over 100 TSS/hour but over 5 hours ?? Is this doable ? Looking over my own paltry stats I did 108 in 64 minutes and was cooked.

[image] SeeEl: I did 108 in 64 minutes and was cooked. Ha. You’re right. I think that’s where duration vs. intensity comes in as well as mountain bike vs. trainer ride. I had some weird muscles sore after this one. Arms and back where on the trainer it is only legs. But yeah. No way 100 TSS p…

I did a similar ride (not a race though) with my brother. 55.5 miles, all singletrack at an agressive pace which took me 4:55:10. Was smoked after it and lost 8 pounds :flushed:. No power meter but my TSS estimation was 338. Seems a little high. I have a Traditional Base 2 workout scheduled tomorrow…

[image] MI-XC: lasting 2:45 mins in zone 2 and zone 3 (Martin Hill). TSS for that workout is 146. I know I couldn’t double that effort That makes sense. Especially considering the duration of that workout. [image] MI-XC: All that being said I thing TSS estimate is the pace/zone, not nece…

If it was all out, I’d put in race pace. TR automatically adjusts the IF to be appropriate given the duration of the race - so a 5 hr race will use a lower IF than a 1 hour race in calculating TSS. Last summer I did a 6 hr MTB race averaging my threshold heart rate for the duration. Was completely …

TSS How to calculate a 5 hour mtb race?

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thesupermarket December 7, 2018, 10:37pm 3

hahaha makes sense to me. Can we add that to the TSS drop down on TR?

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