Tag Archives: FTP

Great early season results!

Congratulations to all our friends that were racing this weekend…some excellent results out there! Iron Anne Boone was once again first and only in her Try Charleston Half Ironman 65-69 Age category, racing faster than her time goal, and almost 15 minutes … Continue reading

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How I determine training intensity during a workout

Ok…we talked about training zones and intensity…so the general idea is that the amount of effort gets a ‘label’…I’m including the chart again here so that you can click on it to get a bigger version…I’ve also included links throughout … Continue reading

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Bike Functional Threshold Power (FTP) test result: 263 Watts

Almost looks like I know what I’m doing 🙂 Test on the bike went very well today…new FTP number is 263 Watts…up from 249 Watts 3 months ago: http://www.irondaughterirondad.com/bike-functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-result-249-watts/  …and spot on my prediction/goal of 260-265W from yesterday …so cool! What it all … Continue reading

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Re-testing bike and run: my advance predictions

Bike and run re-test are scheduled for this week coming up…if I can get them in around my other ‘stuff’ this week So here’s where I think that I’m at. BIKE: Last test: 249 watts FTP: January 3, 2011 http://www.irondaughterirondad.com/bike-functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-result-249-watts/ … Continue reading

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Age group athletes vs. Mother Nature et al

On January 4, 2011, I wrote about my bike test and result of 249 Watts FTP http://www.irondaughterirondad.com/bike-functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-result-249-watts/ and on January 7, my run test result of 37 vDOT http://www.irondaughterirondad.com/5k-run-test-nailed-37-vdot/ So it’s coming up to that time to re-test, to see … Continue reading

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I’m _really_ liking these bike workouts

I’m on a Short and Fast workout protocol in the ‘Off Season” (OS) so far, following the Endurance Nation workout schedule. I have to tell you…I’m _really_ liking the bike workouts…tweaked my hamstring on the run workouts…so it’ll be a few … Continue reading

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