now after reading about this topic, i'm left to wonder about this: for how long can you keep your FTP gains if you don't work on it and would you be able to "carry over" some of your FTP gains to the next season? if so, what's the best way to accomplish this?

back story: knee injuries plagued first two months of the season, started training in March and added intensity in late March, did two weekends of racing in April, raised FTP (not observed directly) by June, got injured, been doing quite a bit of JRA but realized that 1) it's boring as hell, 2) i'm really really slow now.

I'm thinking of targeting FTP for the next 2-3 month, stop doing intensity & start JRA by early November, and restart with intensity in early January. I'd appreciate any input regarding this.

Thanks