Originally Posted by
climber7
curious - is this how you do your trademarked intervals, too? or do you actually try to pace those a little?
The intervals have the same profile, but not the same power as the test. So, rather than pacing by choosing a wattage to hold, or a %of FTP, I end up with a steady RPE, and I'd say it's RPE 9-9.5 for the intervals. Starts off with a serious sprint and the effort stays constant. No power records will be set, but it's not paced in the traditional sense.
I'm doing these to train for the all-out efforts that I try to use for race finishes, as that profile is most useful for getting a gap and keeping speed up as much as possible to delay being caught by the sprinters.