With Wahoo Systm over Ventoux and into the Club de Cingles

I digress. That’s why I changed the thread title. :slight_smile: And maybe this will be interesting for someone else who wants to climb Ventoux.
So I decided that Systm would take me to the Club de Cinglés via Ventoux. Finding the right training plan was easy. It could only be Mountain Fondo. All I had to do was complete the 4DP and I was ready to go.
I had never done a performance test like the 4DP before. I once did a ramp test with Trainerroad, but the app crashed at the end. I could only estimate my FTP. I didn’t even know what MAP was. So, before the first 4DP, I assumed 235W FTP (optimism) and 287W MAP (calculated?!?) and wanted to pace myself accordingly in the test. A very serious mistake. After the MAP interval, I was completely exhausted. A week later, during my second 4DP attempt, I was wiser and listened to my body. After the test, I was just as exhausted as after Nine Hammers, but Systm rewarded me with my 4DP profile.
Cool, I was an attacker with too low a MAP value. :slight_smile:

NM: 950W AC: 418W MAP: 271W FTP: 231W
Systm said: I first have to increase the MAP if I want to increase the FTP.
I clearly achieved that 8 weeks later, as the ramp test showed. MAP: +56W FTP: +9W
The Mountain Fondo Plan works perfectly for me. Most workouts last less than an hour. That’s okay indoor. Anything longer than that, I do outdoor.
I certainly wouldn’t have made such good progress with for instance Swift races. I’m now in the last three weeks of the training plan and I’m almost certain that I’ll be able to conquer the Cinglés and that I won’t suffer as much on my third attempt at Ventoux as I did at the ninth hammer.

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