Originally Posted by
Dunbar
I currently have my FTP set at 280w. I think that may be a little low but haven't been able to test it in a while.
Here is the power curve from the interval ride. Someone with an FTP of 220 can't push 300 watts continuously for close to 10 minutes...not possible...unless they have their FTP set low. Average/Normalized/Weighted power over the course of a ride where I ride in Los Angeles (with traffic lights, stop signs, people, cars) has very little correlation to FTP.
Yeah...if that is normalized power your FTP is more like 220. Seriously. For sure. Don't argue about it just get on a trainer and go all out for 20 minutes and post the curve. That or send me a pile of your power files over time - race ones even better and I can give you a fairly certain indication. Honestly. And...yes...you can...on the 300 bit. Just checked my power curve and all time duration peak for 300W and it is 12 minutes. and at that time my FTP was roughly 250. Seriously man...you've got your FTP WAY overestimated. It's OK. It doesn't mean you're less of a man. It means your training zones are set incorrectly and most likely you ar overloading yourself too hard. You'll actually start to get faster if you ease off. This is what I mean about it not being a measuring device. Knowing it's lower than you thought doesn't make you somehow slower all of a sudden. It just means you'll train better.
Seriously...do a test.
