Originally Posted by Ttoc6

So I've more or less taken a short break from the forums over the Xmas break and at the same time a break from the power meter. I came back to some great discussion points

I probably posted this topic because it's tough to stay motivated right now when I'm confined to the trainer and dark days. A week away (even if it is the middle of base season)has probably been good for me.

I think the take away I have here is to stop letting ctl and atl dictate my life in cycling and focus more on tangible metrics. Am I getting stronger? If yes, stay the course. I've had a pretty steep drop off in my metrics but I still feel like I'm as strong or at least close to where I ended last season. Last year I lived and died by these graphs, but since I'm doing more off the bike stuff, it's tough.

Might be worse when I finally get to try xc skiing next week now that there is enough snow!




On the topic of tts, I find my power drop-off on the tt bike is not as severe as I had come to expect reading online. Maybe this is error bars in my 2 pms, but it was nice to know I'm not "losing" as much as I thought I would. Wish it was warm enough to go out and do some real aero testing though!