Originally Posted by furiousferret

Some set 300 as a goal and some just set it there are hope to hit the numbers in training (more than likely they're close). At this point its really just a number to set your base for training intervals. If those intervals are easy across the board, people up it.

I think if we all used the standard 1 hour all out, those averages would drop drastically. To be fair though, its pretty hard to find a road to do an hour all out. Now some do a 30 minute test, 20 minute, there's even an 8 minute test now. Others even guess (which has its merits).