Notification of workout updates

I’ve been using Athletica for a couple of months now. I’m settling in to the system quite well - for example I am using the following workflow to conduct indoor bike trainer workouts as specified by Athletica:
Download zwo file - upload zwo file to my Zwift workouts folder - ride the workout in Zwift.
This all works pretty smoothly. I usually do my hard workouts very early in the morning, so I upload the zwo file the evening before.
This morning I had a 4 x 7 x30s HIIT workout, with target around 320W. What I hadn’t realised was that overnight, the target had risen to 351W, while the overall structure of the workout had not changed and therefore I didn’t notice the update!
It would be helpful if updated workouts could be better flagged if possible - maybe with the date/time of the update. Perhaps where it says “Now” it could have an indications of when the last change was?

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Hey @Robert
glad to hear you are enjoying the system.
For 30/30s you should always to give your Best Effort (all out for 30s) and keep the target power “open”. Let your feel dictate how much power is available to you at any given day. It is helpful to have some kind of idea, but some days we just have a little more in the tank (a sign of positive adaptation) while other days we just can’t seem to hit our targets (maybe a little too much fatigue?!) . It’s all part of the game. When you leave the upper target “open” you allow natural development of your power to happen. LMK if that makes sense to you?
I will tag @Prof here for your suggestion about flagging and notifying the user better about the updates.
MJ

Ah - I’ve noted that the 30s intervals I’ve had in my training plan vary in the target power, so I’ve been using erg mode to keep within the target range.

But better notification of updates would be helpful!

Robert

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They are better to do without ERG mode so you are riding “free” :fist_left:t2: without restrictions from the trainer. Keeping it true :facepunch:t2:
MJ

Hi @Robert … its strange that you got the update because I can see you’ve correctly ticked the box on your profile which should prevent Athletica from updating on the day. If this happens again, please flag for me (even better if you can document the before/after situation with screenshots).
Screenshot 2024-10-15 at 12.05.42 PM

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