What you describe is like being in the sweet spot, which covers a good portion of the aerobic middle and IMO pretty good stuff for 3 hours. I would say that is how my outside cycling can average when solo in a TT type training pace in traffic for that time frame and a little more honed in on indoor training target in ERG mode at a shorter duration. I may have most of my time in the upper range of L4, but will still label it sweet spot because some of it may be in low L4 / high L3.
For me personally when choosing to be at the upper end or lower end of that range depends on what I have planned for the week in managing the training load. If it is too intense and it disrupts other training days I will go a bit lower, but it is a tough choice. At the moment I am trying to ramp up or be a bit more progressive so I am trying to endure (and adapt) the higher range and still be consistent with day to day training.
For me personally when choosing to be at the upper end or lower end of that range depends on what I have planned for the week in managing the training load. If it is too intense and it disrupts other training days I will go a bit lower, but it is a tough choice. At the moment I am trying to ramp up or be a bit more progressive so I am trying to endure (and adapt) the higher range and still be consistent with day to day training.
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Felt_Rider: Feb 14, 18 4:06