McGregor -5 this morning.
Sort of embarrassing. But I guess for me it is true that the ceiling is gone if I don’t train. I was never good at sprint efforts, but I don’t remember being this bad at them. I just could not make enough power.
The best part of this is that AI knew I struggled and didn’t even ask my how it went. It just skipped to asking why I was so weak. 
I plan to revisit this workout in a couple weeks.
a pretty tough workout for me, but that 4th burst in each interval was really hard. I’m wondering if I should be doing these types of v02 max workouts though. I’m on low volume climbing road race but I’m not racing (I just ride hilly routes), so is there any point in doing these v02 max workouts with the sprint bursts?
Yes. Lots of carry-over in terms of physiological adaptations. 
Had a date with Mary last night. First time I’ve made it all the way, full pull with no bailouts. Due in no small part to the best FTP estimates I’ve had in my TR career, via AIFTPD.
The ease of use and results I’m getting from AIFTPD are great. I wish I had it when I started TR in 2015. Would have prevented a LOT of bailouts and overly difficult workouts over the years. 
I can relate to that. Completed Pizzone yesterday. Not only nailed it, but nailed it comfortably. I felt like I could go on and on. I was almost sorry that it ended. Gave it a ‘hard’ rating, because ‘moderate’ would be over the top 
It was the first time that I felt that my estimated FTP and my ‘real’ FTP (what I could really maintain during an hour) perhaps aren’t that far apart.
do we still have to do ramp tests? yuck. I hate those. nice job on Bradbury. That’s a tough one even -1
figured this would be hard and it was. At what point do you guys rate rides “very hard”? This felt “very hard” but I’ve been reserving that rating for a workout where I fail or come close to failing at some point. I wasn’t in danger of stopping here and my cadence never dropped but it was very tough, where a slight headache was coming on towards the end, and I’m just looking down (maybe even closing my eyes a bit) as I hold on to finish each interval.
In my experience, when I legit fail (cannot meet the power targets or cannot complete the session), AI doesn’t ask how the workout felt. So I wouldn’t save “very hard” for the ones I fail.
What could be sensitive about the after workout feedback that needs blocking out?
It’s less clear on how to rate the long endurance rides but I’m one of the few who do them so not an issue really.
I do plenty of the long Endurance rides inside and end up with just the simple naming being good for my needs. Easy & Moderate are most common and I just pick on feel. Easy only really happen for me on sub 1.5 hour and most others Moderate (2-4 hrs). I have likely done a few Hard, but only if I messed up fuel & water or made a large jump in duration (over 30 mins step).
@JoeX nothing - for some reason that data field always takes forever to load and I screen capture as soon as the image first loads. I marked Mount Hayes -3 as Moderate.
Took less than five seconds for the image and all of the other data to load, but nearly 30 seconds for the feedback field. 
Ahah. That’s why it’s like that so often. Thanks - been bugging me for ages.
Doesn’t happen to me, or at least I don’t notice it. iOS.
Failed bothy 4x4 VO2 workouts. Second one went better. But felt like the limiter was more my legs and not breathing/HR.
Now I have a conundrum. Tomorrow I have finally time for a long day in the saddle (5-7h). But would have a VO2 session. Not sure if I do that and then tack on 4-5h of endurance or if I just di endurance and try to fit the 2 intensity days in with shuffling around