Originally Posted by
Road Fan
Thanks, Carbonfiberboy, I'm finally getting a sense of understanding some of this stuff!
Based on these threads and reviewing Coggan and Friel's Cyclists' Training Bible, aside from pedaling in my free time, one of the first things I need to do is a 30 minute time trial with power to estimate my LTHR. I understand the basics of the test, so I have to look at how to do this with my Kickr, Elemnt, and Tickr.
I think this test:
https://trainright.com/cts-field-tes...-calculations/
is easier to do and gives good results.
Another test I used to do on my rollers: warm up in zone 2 for 20', then a 1.5' hard interval, 3.5' zone 2, another 1.5' interval, then zone 2 until 30'. Stop and reset HRM or put in a lap mark. Shift to a harder gear and pedal at (for me) ~95 cadence for 5 miles, holding what I thought was my hardest long effort level, then ramping up for the last 2 minutes to maximum HR, real torture that last minute. LTHR was the average HR for those 5 miles and was quite accurate.