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Old 01-20-13, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Virten
Biked for 5hours 15minutes so that is about 66tss per hour. So...yep. Why is this TSS so hard to believe?

also my ride two days after was 77miles and took 5hrs 19mins. TSS was 344 but climbed about 8300 ft vs 6300 ft on the previous ride.

Perhaps my FTP was set too low on garmin perhaps not but why would I lie about my TSS on an Internet forum ? At least jsutkeepspining pointed out why the numbers may be skewed instead of writing "nope."
Actually, I thought about this while I was out today. I wasn't doubting that this was the number that came out, but that the number was actually reflective of reality. I also wanted to know how long you rode and in what terrain.

I'd venture a guess that you do have your FTP set a bit too low. If you don't you have an Ironman power curve, which is certainly possible. But that's a big IF for most pros over 5.5 hours.
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