After a couple week of riding, then a forced break while I was in LA, I thought I’d change the start of my 2008 training plan to today! It really doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things; it only affects my Excel-based training diary which I’ve setup to handle one season’s worth of data.

So what better way to start my season than to do a 1-hour functional threshold power (FTP) test! Since the weather is still nice around here I took advantage of the warm temperatures and did a 1-hour threshold test up Bogus Basin Road. I got an idea of what my FTP currently is from the MAP Test a couple weeks ago, but I wanted to confirm it. Well, my estimated 270 was duly confirmed, as my 1-hour power today was 272!