TrainerRoad Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/trainerroad/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:18:57 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg TrainerRoad Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/trainerroad/ 32 32 2696646 20 minute FTP Test – Fitness Gains https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/04/20-minute-ftp-test-fitness-gains/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/04/20-minute-ftp-test-fitness-gains/#comments Tue, 04 Apr 2017 07:56:33 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24040 Phew, it’s been a while since I last did an FTP. Monday morning brought with it time to do a 20 minute FTP test though. My last test was at the beginning of January, an 8 minute test that produced an FTP of 290 Watts. Not great, but it dod result in a slight improvement over...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/07/trainerroad-best-bike-split/feed/ 5 22487 TrainerRoad TrainerRelay and Workout Builder https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/04/trainerroad-trainerrelay-and-workout-builder/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/04/trainerroad-trainerrelay-and-workout-builder/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:26:04 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=13215 I got to play with a new feature of the TrainerRoad Beta software yesterday. The feature called TrainerRelay allow you to re-broadcast your virtual power data from TrainerRoad on your PC to a head unit such as my Garmin Forerunner 910XT watch. This essentially gives me a power meter that I can use to train with. TrainerRoad...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/04/trainerroad-trainerrelay-and-workout-builder/feed/ 1 13215 Functional Threshold Power (FTP) Test No. 3 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-no-3/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/functional-threshold-power-ftp-test-no-3/#respond Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:52:29 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12422 My turbo training schedule had me doing an FTP test on Monday courtesy of TrainerRoad. These tests are always hard, so I guess it was my punishment for such a pig out at the pudding party on Sunday. This was the third time I’d done such a test so I’m getting used to them now but...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/ynyslas-floods/feed/ 3 12331 Turbo Training with FTP and LTHR https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/01/turbo-trainer-to-ftp-and-lthr/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/01/turbo-trainer-to-ftp-and-lthr/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:49:08 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12169 Turbo Trainer throughout the winter can become a little dull (although I quite enjoy it!). So, to spice things up I’ve been following one of the TrainerRoad training plans. The plans themselves are OK, although by necessity they are a little generic. That’s fine at this time of year for me though as I’m only really doing...

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