I'm guess with the rest being that short, it's safe to assume your LT is about 300? I remember Kevin coming home last semester and being excited about being tested at 310. Maybe you need to switch to Olympic next year and win a National title. :D BTW....how much do you weigh?

I wish I had the slightest idea what you guys were talking about. Are there bike trainers that measure watts, power, distance, or anything that gives an idea as to how much work was done? What's LT and FTP? Lactic Threshold comes to mind for LT.

I plan on getting a trainer for my bike this winter, but it would be nice to know how much work I'm putting to the rear wheel in addition to knowing my HR. My guess is that I need an exercise bike to do that.

I use an Ergomo power meter and am pretty familiar with training with power. Your power output looks pretty good especially considering your weight to power ratio.

Do you typically ride a lower cadence? If not then keep working up towards maintaining that 85-95 range if possible. And if you can maintain your power output with a slightly higher cadence and slightly lower heart rate you will be in a great position to dominate on the bike (not that you are going to do bad because you still have excellent numbers that I would take in a heartbeat!!!).

Finally I have found that my power output on the road is always better than on a trainer which often translates to a faster time, etc. Now that is just my experience but personally I think you will find that you are riding with more power on the open road than what you are seeing on the computrainer.

Have you ever considered getting a power meter? For an athlete of your level, a PM is a great investment and WILL make you a faster rider given your work ethic, etc.

Good luck!

4-5' on with 3' off is not a good enough predictor of FTP. When you get to 12-15' on with 2' off for 3-4 repeats, post again.

A standard FTP test protocol is to do 2x20' at FTP (or whatever you can do) with 2' rest in between and then grab the NP for the entire 42', and that's "close enough."

Do you have the book 'Training and Racing with a Power Meter'? It discusses different FTP testing protocols.

If I were to hazard a WAG, I'd say your FTP is more around 270-275, but you'd need to prove me wrong with a better test protocol.

.....but guessing people's physiology with inaccurate testing procedures and no controls over the internet is fun!:D

Besides, my bad guess made Bryan feel better than yours :p

I've never ridden that far.....all I care about is LT......mine happens to be in the neighborhood of 600 W. :D

Now that I'm done lying.....I did counter-attack my friend yesterday at 37 mph on a flat....that made me feel good!

Edit: I held 37 for less than 112 miles, though.

I think you have crazy aerobic capacity. I don't think I can imagine how many base miles it takes to get an aerobic 40k down to 66 min. I think you have a damn good race in Kona in coming up!

241 watts at 141 is pretty darn good. My LT is 285, but at around 140 HR I am pushing 220 watts. Looking to get that higher with some solid base training in preparing for IMAZ.

what was your time?

I find these numbers to be really interesting actually and if you study them they do reveal the secret to quality IM training. I suspect that over the same trial I would have a higher FTP watts wise, maybe 280 - 290, but Brian's biking over an IM is stronger than mine. Clearly his aerobic system is much stronger than mine. In years past I have just gone long and hard, probably calling on the anaerobic system too much and as a result, not training the aerobic system as much. I know Brian put in a lot of base miles and areobic training and look at this bike splits for longer distances. While the 40k times are good, they are nowhere near as impressive as his longer distance bike splits. Shows you that short and long course are certainly two different types of animals.

Bryan,
You are an animal! It has to be hard going for an hour indoors at that effort level. That's crazy.
It's funny the different approaches we take to training. I do some FTP work during the week. Mainly, 10-20 min efforts similar to the wattage numbers you do with 1 to 2 min recoveries. A tempo ride then, on the weekend it's a long Sim ride 5:30 at around 200-220 watts followed by a long run the next day.
It looks like you are hitting the quality and I am hitting volume ..23 hrs this week.
There are a lot of guys I know that swear by the quality approach. I guess I'm just old school.