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I am a big fan of "The Sufferfest" training videos, and, as it happens, I just completed the same workout three times.

The session is appropriately named "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time" (you can click there for more info),but basically it is a 2 hours turbo trainer climbing session where you aim the combativity award (or most stupid rider of the day,as I heard it called in the pro peloton).

Here is a preview :

First time was trying it out, number 2 and 3 where part of a training plan where it popped up.

Third time I did it, it almost felt easier, so I wanted to check the stats on it !

(It was the day after a very intense training, so it should not have been the case of simply being more rested).

Back to the results, first time I tried this was on November. I remembered the session to be insane !

2 hours on the turbo was a record for me, I had some difficulty hitting and maintaining the power targets, and ended up kaput.

Looking at the stats, it shows virtual "48.80km" (this is based on power, so it can related to average power) and a relative effort (based on heart-rate) of 155 ( MASSIVE in Strava's naming, yeah felt like it). 

While in lockdown I started a training plan on "the sufferfest", and this showed up on the calendar.
A bit better this time !! Roughly same targets but relative effort is "only" Tough.
Could just be the case of being more used to pedaling on the turbo trainer, as it has been my only exercise for a while ...

This is the one that triggered me to check the numbers !

I hit the targets every time ! (Higher "distance") and relative effort was almost half than back in November!!

A lot is getting used to long turbo session, to the open windows/fans/hidration, but for sure there is also some physical improvement there !

This is the kind of stuff that makes you happy, and is proof is a plan going right !