Something seems off with intervals.icu and it’s CTL forecasting based on my plan. I’m about to start a 6-week block of SSBMV1 with a couple of tweaks. The really slow rise in CTL seems off. I can’t really dump much more training volume into the week, but am starting at a relatively low CTL. I would expect more given the block of training I’m about to undertake. FWIW, the out-of-the-box SSBMV1 plan is even slower in terms of ramp rate and CTL gain. As you can I’m almost never in the Green Zone.
Week 1-2 CTL: 37 to 38 (+1)
Week 2-3 CTL: 38 to 40 (+2)
Week 3-4 CTL: 40 to 42 (+2)
Week 4-5 CTL: 42 to 44 (+2)
Week 5-6 CTL: 44 to 45 (+1)
Total CTL gain (6 weeks): 8
Nope that seems pretty reasonable how it is forecasted. Remember also that there is more stress in life than training stress so a slow increase is crucial to find a sustainable load
" The blue line shows fitness . This is a 42 day exponentially weighted moving average of your training load. The purple line shows fatigue . This is a 7 day exponentially weighted moving average of your training load."
If you click on ‘Activities’ to view your intervals.icu calendar you can click on a day in the future. That will pop a dialogue box that allows you to enter a variety of different activities. If you click on ‘ride’ (just for example) you’ll get another dialogue box that allows you to further define the activity…but the thing I most want to draw your attention to in this dialogue box is the lower left hand circled “?” ‘Learn how to build workouts!’
You can eventually build a library of workouts to import & place. But, anyhow, that will get you started.
You can also import your TrainerRoad calendar … click “Options” and “Add Calendar” on the activities page. This won’t pull in the actual workout detail but does have the TSS so future fitness can be calculated.
Does the completed ride/activity replace the forecasted one like the TR calendar? Is it constantly updated from TR’s calendar as I make changes etc etc?
Planned workouts in the past are ignored for fitness and todays workouts are ignored as soon as you have completed one activity. It updates several times a day and when you arrive at Intervals.icu. You can also click the refresh link to manually refresh:
