My Chronic Training Load (CTL) has stalled and even regressed a bit since taking my new job with Microsoft, but I finally feel like I’m getting into a routine and have had more energy for my workouts. Yesterday I did an hour and half on the rollers with one, 30-minute LT interval. Today I wasn’t sure how much I would have in my legs for a 2×20 workout. Seems like I had enough.

I typically have lower wattages on my first interval than my second, so today I tried to make them a bit more even. I take a long time to warm-up and generate power so in order for me to increase the wattage of my first interval, I really have to focus. The second one never seems as hard.  As I started my first interval, I was happy when I was able to keep it around 285-290 watts without much effort. The second interval felt about the same and I was able to complete it at exactly the same wattage. During both intervals, I shifted every few minutes to vary my cadence, but overall they were mostly steady-state.