Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
Envy. I'm trying to gradually ease up to over a 70 CTL, though of course with hrTSS it's not the same as power and maybe my power TSS would be higher. I'll bump it up a few numbers and then really feel it and have to level it off for a week or so, then try another bump up. I was at 45 in early November.
Well I wouldn't have too much envy. Its just a number that somewhat describes some aspect of your training. There's lots of reasons it could vary from person to person- for example you might ride your tests harder than me (wouldn't surprise me), I could have a falsely slightly-low FTP. Or you might spend more time warming up or cooling down than me and therefore spend more time in easy zones. But even more than that, I don't think a super-high CTL is the right thing for everybody necessarily. I have it because of these long endurance events I'm training for. I know you do similar, even though I'm not sure of your exact thing. Honestly I think numbers like CTL are not really for comparison between people as much as they are for tracking progress in an individual.