Originally Posted by himespau

I'm new to using W*bal. I mainly use it while riding on Zwift and usually in races to help me decide when to try to make a move or how well I'm recovering by sitting in - things I've always just used in the past by feel, but I figure, if the data is there, why not use it.

I've been noticing though that on sustained efforts like TTs or hill climb efforts that I'm almost always ending the effort with a negative balance. 10-20 minute efforts usually have me ~-2-3 kJ. Today, I did a ~20-ish minute hill climb effort and ended it at -8.6. Is it normal to be ending efforts in the negative? Should I try resetting my baseline to a higher level, or is that just how these things work?