Field Test

I had to do a Field Test yesterday. I really hate doing these. Essentially they are 2 x 3 mile all out efforts (and everyone knows how much I hate TT'ing). The good news was that I blew every other FT I've ever done out of the water! My highest average Power prior to yesterday's was 297 watts done in January of 2006. I averaged 331 on my first 3 miles and then 318 on the second.! Six weeks ago I averaged 283 & 266 respectively. That's equates to over 10% increase from my previous best and ~15% increase from 7 weeks ago! I've been feeling this is the best shape I've ever been in this time of year and it's nice to have the data to back it up.

The bad news is this result completly changes my power ranges for my intervals. Hmmm, I guess I may have to 'throw' these results in the future! Here's how my ranges changed shown in watts;

• Endurance from 127-212 to 148-248
• Tempo from 226-240 to 264-281
• Steady State from 243-254 to 284-297

I'm hurting just thinking about my new ranges!