I've read about
decoupling, but I can be kind of dense and I don't really get it completely. My numbers can be all over the place, is it really showing me anything about my fitness or is it just noise?
Edit: here was some data for a climb today...
Climb:
Duration: 17:25
Work: 271 kJ
TSS: 25.5 (intensity factor 0.938)
Norm Power: 263
VI: 1.01
Pw:HR: 4.8%
Pa:HR: 15.7%
Distance: 2.924 mi
Elevation Gain: 1232 ft
Elevation Loss: 30 ft
Grade: 7.8 % (1203 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 456 259 watts
Heart Rate: 119 185 173 bpm
Cadence: 55 109 81 rpm
Speed: 2.3 18.7 10.1 mph
Pace 3:12 26:06 5:57 min/mi
Altitude: 196 1398 798 ft
Crank Torque: 0 584 278 lb-in
Some SST yesterday
Entire workout (229 watts):
Duration: 1:12:02 (1:17:18)
Work: 992 kJ
TSS: 90.6 (intensity factor 0.869)
Norm Power: 243
VI: 1.06
Pw:HR: 6.9%
Pa:HR: -27.48%
Distance: 24.311 mi
Elevation Gain: 2076 ft
Elevation Loss: 2077 ft
Grade: -0.0 % (-1 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 613 230 watts
Heart Rate: 55 173 159 bpm
Cadence: 2 124 94 rpm
Speed: 0 52.3 20.3 mph
Pace 1:09 0:00 2:57 min/mi
Altitude: -14 804 299 ft
Crank Torque: 0 852 208 lb-in
And a group ride yesterday
Entire workout (229 watts):
Duration: 54:33 (1:01:23)
Work: 751 kJ
TSS: 78 (intensity factor 0.926)
Norm Power: 259
VI: 1.13
Pw:HR: 12.58%
Pa:HR: 5.12%
Distance: 20.533 mi
Elevation Gain: 1287 ft
Elevation Loss: 1297 ft
Grade: -0.0 % (-10 ft)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 716 230 watts
Heart Rate: 67 185 163 bpm
Cadence: 1 121 91 rpm
Speed: 0.7 50.8 22.7 mph
Pace 1:11 87:47 2:39 min/mi
Altitude: 47 250 115 ft
Crank Torque: 0 785 213 lb-in