Trainer Road Spring Challenge (Page 10)

I have not done any tests, because i have not been riding the trainer.

That is an awesome improvement Dave, you should be really proud!!

Dave wins!!!

Sorry to hear about the food poisoning Nate! Hope you're feeling better.

Who else is out there that was doing the challenge?  Red, where are you at??? Anyone else?

Well... I got shelled off the back of a one man race. I cracked.

I felt OK. Thought it was going to go OK. At least get what I got last time. Tried to stay a little over to make up for those times I wasn't. Could not hold it. Got back on the horse, but it was done. Suggested FTP was 228, down from 239. Even keeping the gain of 239, end result...

Dave Crushed It, Me, Us!!!

Awesome job Dave! Winner of the TrainerRoad Spring Challenge.

If off to go lick my wounds and figure out where to go from here.

Ahh that's ok, we all have those days!  You'll crush it next time dood.  We'll all hit the trainer come Novemeber and our FTPs will skyrocket!

Nice job Dave!

I kind of fizzled out on the TR riding, once the weather got nice.  I also got into a taper-race-recovery-taper-race pattern since about early June.

I don't think I improved much since the spring, recently (though outside the challenge dates) checked FTP, and I did bump it up a little since last time, but also put on a couple pounds.  But I'm losing that weight again.

New FTP of 271, 3.81 watts/kg.

One thing I noticed, is there a way to calibrate a Power Tap to Trainer Road?  I do it on the Garmin before riding, but I couldn't find that option in TR.

A manually calculated FTP for the same ride as the 20 minute test, recorded on my Edge 500, with a recent calibration, put the 20 minute average power, less 5%, at about 280.