Originally Posted by
Hill160881
What would be a good guess on my normalized FTP wastage? I feel my steady state ftp to be somewhere around 200-210 and my normalized on this corse is around 250w? Is that way off? If I can do 230 for 2 hours and 18 min then wouldn’t my 1 hour be a little higher?
Yes, your FTP should be somewhat higher. On a 2 hr 18 min ride an IF of 1.24 is not realistic. It should be well below 1 over that duration. NP is just a way of converting variable power into an estimated equivalent steady state average power. On this course your NP is a lot higher than your average power so maybe it’s skewed too much towards anaerobic efforts to be of much use in determining your FTP. Personally, I don’t even bother with power meters for off-road riding.