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hippy
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haha, perhaps, but I'm really only using TTs a practice/training for Triathlons, I'm just a bit more interested this year as I seem to be more middle of the pack whereas in previous years I've been very much towards the back.
I took the avg power from the 10 and took 95% of that to be my FTP.
I'm riding off numbers that are "generally accepted wisdom" as it seems like a shortcut to doing 2/3 races where I get it completely wrong, and at least limiting it to only a bit wrong, before I have a target myself, and I like using numbers for training and races, if you think that's wrong - sue me, but at the end of the day its about enjoyment as far as I'm concerned.
I pulled back after the first lap on Sunday as I was higher than my target and I was beginning to get slight twinges in my quads, so there is an element of listening to my body, but now I know for next time what the baseline is that I can definitely achieve, and will set myself a new target for the race, which will as you suggest, mean that I ride harder, but it'll still be based around a target power :p