I got the Prudential Ride100 official start information magazine this morning. It referred to an email they had sent with my start details late June. I never received that email so called the helpline – lie a lot of other people I think since it was busy for the first hour I was trying. When I did get through I was on hold for 25 minutes before I got to speak to someone.
Turns out they sent the email out again about 5 minutes before I spoke to the person and my start time is Blue B at 6:06 – a pretty early start time. I’ve decided to do the park and ride to the start – I’ve got a spot at Surrey Quays shopping centre about 6 miles from the start and 5 from the finish.
Got back from the US this morning. I’ve not really done much cardio activity for the last 10 days so figured a good way to stay awake was a quick FTP test! Average power for the 20 minutes was 304W, the first time I’ve been over 300W for 20 minutes. That translates into an FTP of 289W, up from my previous test at 274W.
This is the first light week after the first 3 week period. Today’s session was a 30 minute “time trial” on the turbo trainer – The Long Scream Sufferfest video. Training Peaks tells me that my 20 minute best average power during the session was 277 Watts – the last 20 minutes not surprisingly. Based on that, my FTP is now up to 263 Watts.
The calculation for FTP is 95% of the best average 20 minute power.
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