Power Mentor Group with Shane & Marc - Closed. (Page 9)

I'll try it.

Me and technology aren't getting along lately.

Originally posted by marcag

Originally posted by ligersandtions - question for you about Golden Cheetah: is there a way to overlay your max 5/20/60/90/120 minute power output on the PMC, or is that something you can only do in Training Peaks?  I'd really like to have that feature, but I haven't been able to figure out if you can do it or not.

For those that don't know what a PMC is, here is a bit of a teaser. We will cover this again, but seeing it now will just make it easier to relate to later A PMC chart shows how much work/fitness we have done over time Here is my PMC for all 3 sports combined over time (3 years in this case). But a PMC is normally maintained per sport, especially for the bike. THe blue line is the equivalent of my fitness. It uses a formula that averages work done in the last 40 or so days. Notice it's at it's lowest during the off-season (now) and highest a few weeks before a race, The red line is short term fatigue. I do a really hard workout/week and it spikes The yellow line is my stress balance. It's basically a measure of how fresh I am. It drops when mty fatigue spikes So the idea is to get the blue line as high as possible, for maximum fitness. In doing so, my short term fatigue is also going to go very high. If i wanted to race at the peak of that fitness, I may not do well because I was so fatigued So the idea is to get a very high blue line, then taper and gain more freshness than I am losing fitness What is interesting about this chart is it shows that over the years, I have raised my training load. The lows (typically) in Dec are still higher year over year. If you notice the dotted lines on the right, those are my projected loads for 2014 so I can hit a peak greater than ever before So what is cool is I can quantify the work I need to do and my power meter will allow me to translate that into watts and hours of training This is a great way to say "this year I want to do 10% more than last year". Or it's a way to say "People that KQ typically put X TSS". Or "if my load is Y, I end up getting sick or injuring myself" All these numbers are derived from power. We will measure your FTP. TSS will be used to calculate the load of a workout based on your FTP and the Power you generated in the workout. This chart is an accumulation of those TSS scores. If this is Chinese, NO PROBLEMO. We will slowly get back into this and it will become more clear as we move forward If you have historic power data, this chart could be built from it.

One question I've had about the blue line/PMC is whether it factors in the improvements from increased base and consistency over a time period longer than 40 days (multiple seasons particularly) or if it is solely derived from the trailing 40 days (or so).

As an example, I "know" I am better runner the season after a strong year of continuous, consistent running/racing.  Physiologically, some of the adaptation of the previous season carries over, even if my training load does not increase (as yours apparently has, overall, the last few seasons - which is clearly a best case/"beast case" scenario).

So, are you (Marc) even more fit than the blue line would suggest, as you've been consistently applying stress season on season?  Does the PMC somehow incorporate historical data in this way, or is it just a mathematical average of the trailing 40 days?

Just wondering (and have been ever since you introduced me to that devilish blue line some months ago!).

Matt

Uninstall/Install fixed the power spike issue...

...now what am I doing wrong to execute a workout? 

Ok - I figured it out. I verified the directory, deleted the file you PMed me about, and now, all of the ones loaded from Ergdb work - and so do the ones I created! Yay! Thanks!

Electronics are not my friend lately - did my highest ever suffer score ride on Strava, and my power meter never synced to my Joule. Sigh. 

My legs are REALLY tired, but I'm excited to use GC to follow my next workout!!

That's cold! It was 36f (I think that's around 2c?) here when I went for my run - it was nice & crisp!

First run of 2014 done as well (raced a 5k)....in frigid 48F weather this morning  About perfect for racing in shorts and a tank top.

Planning an easy spin on the trainer this afternoon to work out some of the fatigue.  Can't wait to get started with the power mentor group torture

Raced a 5K "Resolution Run" last night in -10 C (about - 20 C with windchill).

I don't mind the cold, but the snowy/slushy roads makes it tough.

I've got GC installed and now that the holidays are winding down I did a practice run of Marc's 45 minute sample ride and all seems to be working well.

A few differences from TrainerRoad, but so far I think I have a handle on the basics of GC.

One question - is there an option to smooth virtual power while in training mode to either 3 or 5 seconds? 

I checked the "options" tab, but couldn't find it.