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@Smallfurry
I've never totally liked the percent FTP descrpition. Its useful post ride. But I struggle to relate to itwhile riding.
So I think of it more as interval time.
So your FTP is 60min pace.
I think of sweetspot as 30min pace.
I can feel what a 1min effort should feel like. What a 5 min effort should feel like etc. But I cant sit on a turbo and think 'hmmmmmm this is 88%FTP'.
You can look at your max powers for different interval lengths on TR, and compare them to your FTP to get back to %FTPs.