weekly tss score

[DJpak]

Tss248.6..... not good week&ends

[Sulli]

my garmin is tripping, said my TSS for 4 passes was 617.....

[Eugene Oppelt]

my garmin is tripping, said my TSS for 4 passes was 617.....

 

Yoh!

[Eugene Oppelt]

So-so week

 

6.5 hrs

TSS 529

IF 0,81

 

(Today's ride was a lekka 0,95 IF with a 233 TSS - feeling sleepy n....zzzzzzz

[IdeJongh]

Mid week bug had be out for quite a bit, but managed some tiny miles over the weekend.

 

TSS 362 IF 0.78

[Jakkals.]

Weekly TSS 837.8

Weekly IF 0.7252

 

Baviaans TSS 723.4

Baviaans IF 0.835

[Eugene Oppelt]

Weekly TSS 837.8

Weekly IF 0.7252

 

Baviaans TSS 723.4

Baviaans IF 0.835

 

Well done

What a ride!

 

Recover well!

[Jakkals.]

Well done

What a ride!

 

Recover well!

 

Definitely starting to do easier rides. This hard riding gets a bit too much.

[Eugene Oppelt]

 

 

Definitely starting to do easier rides. This hard riding gets a bit too much.

 

On the contrary , I roll road exclusively.

Racing every month from Sept.

Raising my IF now.

[Jakkals.]

On the contrary , I roll road exclusively.

Racing every month from Sept.

Raising my IF now.

 

All the best, on this side we dont have much for the roadies

 

Hopefully I can go down to do ride Die Burger, hence I dont start at the back behind PPA. would be a nightmare.

[Jakkals.]

Hi Chaps,

 

One for the more experienced power users:

 

This morning I rode with the "slower" bunch, NP higher than AVG power by 68w, however my IF for the ride still being quite high at 0.898. Almost felt that I haven't broken a sweat on the ride.

 

This was an in town ride, so I'd say the reason for the big difference are from the stop start.

 

Is my IF over stated and how do I correct this?

[Spinnekop]

Hi Chaps,

 

One for the more experienced power users:

 

This morning I rode with the "slower" bunch, NP higher than AVG power by 68w, however my IF for the ride still being quite high at 0.898. Almost felt that I haven't broken a sweat on the ride.

 

This was an in town ride, so I'd say the reason for the big difference are from the stop start.

 

Is my IF over stated and how do I correct this?

Gut feel is your FTP is set wrong. IF gets calculation as NP/FTP. Thus 0.898 is just saying that you have done a ride at 90% of your FTP. If you did not feel any big effort in the ride then either FTP is wrong or you did a decent NP (Thus when you did pedal, it was hard but did coast a lot)

[IdeJongh]

Hi Chaps,

 

One for the more experienced power users:

 

This morning I rode with the "slower" bunch, NP higher than AVG power by 68w, however my IF for the ride still being quite high at 0.898. Almost felt that I haven't broken a sweat on the ride.

 

This was an in town ride, so I'd say the reason for the big difference are from the stop start.

 

Is my IF over stated and how do I correct this?

 

+1 on the stop start.

 

NP calcs reduces the impact of non-pedaling time in your ride, so you get to rest and recover, but weighted on the distance traveled, it doesn't reduce as much as avg power.

 

Also how long was the ride? With stop start rests if you did a 1hr ride at 0.89 IF it might have felt relatively easy, but if your ride was +2hrs then yes your FTP might be too low

[Eugene Oppelt]

Hi Chaps,

 

One for the more experienced power users:

 

This morning I rode with the "slower" bunch, NP higher than AVG power by 68w, however my IF for the ride still being quite high at 0.898. Almost felt that I haven't broken a sweat on the ride.

 

This was an in town ride, so I'd say the reason for the big difference are from the stop start.

 

Is my IF over stated and how do I correct this?

Just to add to the other comments: It's possible FTP is too low based on your perceived sense of exertion (no sweating)... with a near 0.9 IF...More importantly: When last did you do a FTP power run to assess current shape?(if I am understanding your question correctly)

[Eugene Oppelt]

Hi Chaps,

 

One for the more experienced power users:

 

This morning I rode with the "slower" bunch, NP higher than AVG power by 68w, however my IF for the ride still being quite high at 0.898. Almost felt that I haven't broken a sweat on the ride.

 

This was an in town ride, so I'd say the reason for the big difference are from the stop start.

 

Is my IF over stated and how do I correct this?

Hmm don't worry too much about the gap between NP and avg power;that only reflects the level of variability of power / force / pedalling throughout the city course. 68 is a relatively big gap though (so lots of stop-and start)

[Jakkals.]

Gut feel is your FTP is set wrong. IF gets calculation as NP/FTP. Thus 0.898 is just saying that you have done a ride at 90% of your FTP. If you did not feel any big effort in the ride then either FTP is wrong or you did a decent NP (Thus when you did pedal, it was hard but did coast a lot)

+1 on the stop start.

 

NP calcs reduces the impact of non-pedaling time in your ride, so you get to rest and recover, but weighted on the distance traveled, it doesn't reduce as much as avg power.

 

Also how long was the ride? With stop start rests if you did a 1hr ride at 0.89 IF it might have felt relatively easy, but if your ride was +2hrs then yes your FTP might be too low

Seems FTP is too low based on your perceived sense of exertion (no sweating)... with a near 0.9 IF, I will definitely be breaking a sweat... If so, this is a good sign as it means you are building some good legs. When last did you do a FTP power run to assess current form?(if I am understanding your question correctly)

 

Thanks guys,

 

Ride time was 1h23m, must say when I did pedal, normally at the front I tried to keep it at FTP and on inclines just over and if I wasnt riding at the front, I coasted(not pedaling).

 

FTP test was done 3 weeks ago. Not too keen on dying again this weekend, as this year was quite tough training with injury through winter for Baviaans and want to enjoy "riding" a again.