Well-Rested Performance

After last week's recovery week, my body was ready to show off what it was capable of. And show off it did.

In the last week, I achieved several personal bests for the year:

• Max power: 1181 watts, best since Sept 2012 (best ever was 1330w)
• 5:00 avg: 370 watts, tied for best ever, last set in Aug 2013
• 8:00 avg: 323 watts, best since June 2014 (best ever was 338w)
• 20:00 avg: 267 watts, best since July 2014 (best ever was 309w)
• 1 hr NP: 278 watts, best since Sept 2013 (best ever was 298w)
• 1 hr avg: 245 watts, best since July 2014 (best ever was 261w)

So yeah, I'm definitely seeing signs of progress. I can't sit back and relax because I still have a ton of progress left to make. Not to mention, these are all still on the road bike. I haven't started training on my TT bike yet.

A few particular targets that I am aiming for by next June:

• 5-minute power of 400 watts.
• 20-minute power of 340 watts (about 320 on the TT bike)
• 1-hour power of 320 watts (about 300 on the TT bike).

Seeing this kind of performance gain is encouraging, but I've still got a long way to go!!