Originally Posted by
topflightpro
For me, any efforts longer than 5 min. are painful. Even sweetspot, which is below FTP. I'm not sure if it's physical or mental, or probably both, but I struggle mightily with longer efforts.
It's really kind of frustrating and something I'm actively working on. I can do shorter than 5 min. intervals all day.
Same for me ... I could be doing 20 min intervals at tempo and it feels just as miserable to me as 105%. I also tried to work on it, but that made me hate it even more.