Looks like, after 4 months of training with a power meter and incorporating a variety of efforts (from all out sprints, to easy rides, to Zwift races and TTs) that I have a fairly fleshed out power curve. If I'm doing a couple of Zwift races per month, is there any point to doing a standalone FTP test? Or does it make more sense to just pull my 20min power off my power curve and multiply by 95%. I don't want to use a longer duration than that, since I don't normally do all out efforts of an hour, so my 60min power on the power curve isn't really reflective of my capability over that timeframe. Those would wreck me for the next day's training.
For comparison -
last FTP test (ramp) - 283w
20min power from power curve (last 4 weeks) = 290w --> 275w FTP (but not evenly paced, so maybe undershooting an evenly paced effort by a handful of watts.
Swimming Workout of the Day:
Favourite Swim Sets:
2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly
For comparison -
last FTP test (ramp) - 283w
20min power from power curve (last 4 weeks) = 290w --> 275w FTP (but not evenly paced, so maybe undershooting an evenly paced effort by a handful of watts.
Swimming Workout of the Day:
Favourite Swim Sets:
2020 National Masters Champion - M50-54 - 50m Butterfly