Originally Posted by
achoo
If you can get your power up to 700W for 15 sec, you should be able to up it 20-30W and hold it for several minutes, at least.
I can only tell you what I did & why. I don't understand the relevance of you stating what I should have been able to do. I can state what I will try & do next time, and I've already stated that.
Originally Posted by
achoo
If you can't hold that, you need to work on aerobic and/or muscular endurance. Short intervals don't do that. Long intervals with no breaks do. Look at your rides - how often do you stop pedaling, or let your power drop below 125W, say? Even for 1 sec? Those little breaks really do kill your endurance workouts.
Here's last Saturday's workout:
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/211996665
There are 4 instances where my cadence dropped for seconds because of lights or slowing down for brutal railroad tracks over a span of 2 hours 54 minutes, average wattage 247w, NP 273w, average HR 153, overall max HR 180, max HR during ride 169. You tell me.