Cycling Fitness / Training Advice

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apc

Looking at some stats from earlier in the year, found a similar ride to what I did today.

23/04/15

Watts: 189
Avg HR: 163

05/09/15
Watts: 192
Avg HR: 164

now I know comparing avg hr doenst tell the whole story however - would you not expect to see slightly better results over an entire summer? I.e I should have been able to produce 192W today for less effort/ hr. I was also slightly less fatigued today vs the ride in Apr.

Although I havnt tested my FTP in a couple of months last time I did it seems to be only a few watts greater than what it was in May.

Before Apr I was doing around 200 miles/month. Apr was the first month I did 500 and since I have done 500 to 550 every month since.

Any ideas what I am doing hopelessly wrong?

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skinny in reply to @apc

Your asking a question that has no answer!

Fitness ebbs and flows and doesn't always grow.

Plus just looking at average watts from a rise against HR shows very little (I'd say it shows nothing but that's not true)

If you want to compare fitness over time you need to do a repeatable fair test.

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apc in reply to @skinny

well I mentioned my ftp remained the same - perhaps I should do another however as it is a couple of months out of date.

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