Pantelones wrote:
#1: Doesn't matter if it is Zones with defined boundaries or fuzzy iLevels. If they are defined incorrectly from a poor or incomplete data set they are wrong. iLevels aren't magic.
#2: Not really sure how this applies to my question.
#3: Not sure how this applies either. It is well seen that the WKO model when given a limited number of performances can't accurately or logically determine performance possibilities.
The points are that:
1) if you're overly-constraining the intensity of your efforts based on either my original leves or the new iLevels, you;re doing it wrong (PPP: "they're called levels and not zones for a reason"); and
2) if you don't make that mistake, the P=D model quickly auto-adjusts the iLevels to reflect your true abilities. Although any model can be fooled by truly junk data (e.g., artifactual high power spikes of a few seconds due to powermeter limitations, or a long string of zero power at the end of your mean maximal power curve due to forgetting to turn off your recording device), the WKO4 model simply doesn't need
that much data to get a decent read on things.