IMTX is my 3rd Ironman but new to power and using Training Peaks for tracking Fitness, Fatigue and Form. According to the prediction I have to do about double of what I prefer on my race week in order to keep my numbers in Joe Friel's recommended plus 5 to plus 10 range for Form (TSB) on race day.
Going into this I thought the advantage to tracking all this data was to be able to create the perfect taper and be ready to roll on race day. But I'm already cooked and if I don't truly taper I'm in trouble - at least mentally, but my gut tells me physically as well.
My typical taper for the last 5-6 days entails 3-4 hours of total work over those days with two days completely off (Wed and Fri for the Saturday race). But the data points to much more. My Form as of today is -12.7TSB but with 6 hours of training it goes all the way to 35.8 which according to Friel is not even close for a good performance. For reference I peak in the 17-18 hour range and my last 4 weeks have been 17, 18, 15, 13 leading into race week.
I'm going with my gut and tapering the way I usually do - but did I wast my time with all this data?
Going into this I thought the advantage to tracking all this data was to be able to create the perfect taper and be ready to roll on race day. But I'm already cooked and if I don't truly taper I'm in trouble - at least mentally, but my gut tells me physically as well.
My typical taper for the last 5-6 days entails 3-4 hours of total work over those days with two days completely off (Wed and Fri for the Saturday race). But the data points to much more. My Form as of today is -12.7TSB but with 6 hours of training it goes all the way to 35.8 which according to Friel is not even close for a good performance. For reference I peak in the 17-18 hour range and my last 4 weeks have been 17, 18, 15, 13 leading into race week.
I'm going with my gut and tapering the way I usually do - but did I wast my time with all this data?