Another round of Andrews for me today…
New 12 sec power PR, but my heart rate data was a little weird. Goal was 75 min at 70%HR max but HR wasn’t responding at 70% FTP. Opposite my recent experiences with 70% HR at less than 60% FTP.
It’s like my AV node / parasympathetic tone was high for the first half and the blockade suddenly went away half way through the ride. Similarly, my HR didn’t seem to respond to the sprint effort.
Pardon my inexperience with HR data, I used it only briefly about 9 years ago.
I’m sorry that your raw watts fell off, but I’m glad your w/kg is steady @Jataha! My w/kg fell, but I definitely grew some cool muscles in my legs. I will take that as a win! Lol.
I like your plan @Jataha! I’m gonna try to remember to fuel all my rides. I got out of the habit during specialty phase because it was so hard that I could barely breathe, much less eat. Now that my FTP is lower I am actually excited for my next Sweet Spot ride and a pack of my favorite chews.
We got this, @Jataha! 
First outdoor workout with my new Garmin 530, hope I did it justice 
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enjoying getting the hard work in outside either way. Just started raining as I was finishing up. First rain in a while, the roads turned into an ice rink on the way into town. I’d a couple of wild slides. I stayed up, but all I could think about was that I was going to break my new computer 
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Avalanche Spire with some extended warmup this morning.
Really glad to get this one in the bag - all felt where I think it needed to be so I am putting trust in the Ramp Test result I got earlier in the week. I will see how the next few workouts pan out also, as I like over-unders so want to make sure its good across a range of workout types.
Ok well I ate terribly and then slept terribly and then felt terrible and this felt easier than not only the 3x30 on Tuesday but also the 6x10 yesterday, so I think all that nonsense about making sure you prepare well for hard workouts is just a marketing strategy by Big Endurance to get you to sleep and eat better.
Carpathian Peak for me today:
Did alright. Measurement system is still dropping out unexpectedly. Gonna have to get medieval with it.
Had Seneca rocks on schedule yesterday, but got an invitation for a club ITT on a short strava loop. Ended up nabbing 2nd place
Climbs are not my thing, so I’m really pleased that I could hold my speed and keep gaining time on the stronger climbers.
Also didn’t feel completly drained in the end, and did not approach my max hr of 197. Maybe I could have gone harder the last 2 laps?
Sandford last night - didn’t really love it tbh. Last minute felt a stretch, which is exactly the point i guess. I’ve noticed that with the progressions on the VO2 type workouts or supra thresholds, TR has been slowly increasing the length of time in zone by 30 seconds, which didn’t look like a lot when I read the description but in real life felt like a long time! This particular version i felt had recoveries that were a bit too long, but maybe thats why the last one was the cleanest! Trainer power went mid way through 1 interval which was a bit of a pain…
Watched The Wife. I think Glenn Close could make a recipe for hard-boiled eggs enthralling.