Originally Posted by hubcyclist

i've finished 11 weeks of Trainerroad's sweet spot base high volume plans (just have a recovery week this week). Went from training at 275w at the beginning of base 1 to 285w at base 2, and my initial hunch based on my seeing HR/RPE change lately is that I could bump up to 290-295 for build, which would be a whole other level of hurt compared to just doing sweet spot, which is my milieu.
If I do go to 295 and somehow manage to get 5w more during build, that would put me around 4.3w/kg, which is just mind blowing to me that I would even potentially sniff that level. Despite "racing" since 2014 I'm still a Cat 5, so if things shake out I may be a lot more motivated to do road events, or at least join in some faster pace group rides instead of being solo.