Power & Fatigue
My power vs rpe has been off this week, everything feels harder than it should. Heart rate has been slightly lower than normal as well, but after a few rest days HR is higher / normal but still have the feeling that my RPE is higher than it should be for any given effort.
To compound things, I’m at the very end of a 4+ week block where I expected some fatigue to set in, but I also just updated my power meter firmware (giant power pro) and it changed my R/L power balance by 5% so I’m wondering if that’s part of the issue if not *the* issue, and I haven’t lost any power at all.
To top that off, my average speed is .4-.5 mph faster on the same routes with the same average power, so im leaning towards power meter but it’s hard to say! Also heat index is 20+ degrees warmer than the past few weeks, so there’s that too!
Am I overthinking this? Lol