Originally Posted by
pdlamb
FWIW, I think the OP has been shown to have incomplete understanding of cardiac drift, no concept of setting or achieving goals
One day someone will actually make a point about cardiac drift other than "OP has no concept of cardiac drift" or lists confounding variables applicable only to the outdoors or "I just want to ride my bike outdoors".
Goals have nothing to do with load monitoring. I'll discuss goals as long as you want but not in this thread where it doesn't apply. Load monitoring is about ensuring you are coping and adapting to the load imposed by the program and has nothing to do with energy system prioritization. It can and should, however, inform inevitably required adjustments to any generic load, progression, recovery week frequency, etc.