Jordano wrote:
devashish_paul wrote:
cloy wrote:
I work 30 miles away from my house. Two times a week I will do intervals on trainerroad then hop on the bike and ride the hour and a half to work. Generally, I can easily average around 60% of my FTP on the way to work and around 50-55% on the way back without it impacting my runs/swims. My question is: is there benefit? I know "zone 2" is generally above 60%, but it takes me a lot of mental effort to hold 200+ watts for an additional 6+ hours a week. Suck it up?
This is rule number 1 on ST. you could get your $0 subscription to this place revoked for even typing 50% and FTP in the same sentence. Now if your name is Petr Sagan, you're allowed to do whatever you want to do....but even Cam Wurf is not permitted to ride at 50% FTP!!!!
Its funny, this a total non issue in cycling. The vast majority of training rides I do with my teammates at camps come in right around 50% FTP average with large portions consistently below. You could say its not the best use of time but I've ridden with some really top guys who do their endurance really easy.
Yeah, but you guys are riding 36,000km per year (and probably Cam Wurf is, but he just does all his mileage during Ironman racing LOL).....so for sure, you and Peter Sagan can ride 20,000km out of that at 50% FTP....the rest of ST barely logging 6000km per year and spending the rest of the time on the couch or on the forum.....well 50% FTP out of the puny 6000km per year is waste of time.