Originally Posted by
Enthalpic
I was never unhappy. Those are good power numbers - congrats.
During my last VO2 test I felt very limited by the mask and the instruction not to stand or rock the bike; I could have produced a much bigger 5 min number if I was allowed to stand and jam - as that is what I am good at. Even then they said I reached VO2max based on my respiratory exchange ratio.
I hated the mask. Made me feel like I was drowning. I've done the test twice, and I'm convinced that the second time, I bailed out of the test a bit early because I didn't want to hit that point of feeling like I was drowning.
(I don't remember my numbers, but they weren't impressive - certainly not fast cat 3 level.)