Thanks for the advice. The efforts in question are actually hill climbs (we have a lot of 10-15 minute consistent grade climbs around here).
Originally Posted by
globecanvas
Once I'm at about 110% it feels like the VO2max match is burning and although it's possible to burn faster for a short period of time, it seems not possible to burn that particular match slowly for a long period of time.
It seems like the crux is to ride these efforts just over the edge of VO2max but without going too far into the red. I have a good sense of how straight up VO2max efforts feel, and how threshold efforts feel, but these in-between efforts seem to take a lot more focus to stay right on that edge.