I think I gain more FTP when resting aftr a big chunk of Training stress than I do when piling it on further (or even tapering it off a bit), and it feels so much fresher when you get back on after an extra couple of days off...
With hindsight I should probably have started out with Low Volume, not Mid Volume. I chose the latter because I generally have plenty of time available but maybe it was too much of a step up in workload from my pre-TR regime, compounded by my schedule causing me to compress the training week on a few occasions. It felt fine - surprisingly so - until it eventually didn't, and the accumulated fatigue took its toll...
Being the first time I've followed a structured training programme linked to FTP, it's become clear there's little slacking within TR - most sessions are pretty hard, it's just the degree that varies! I've always needed a decent amount of recovery, and with TR I'd misjudged how much work I was doing (or capable of).
Still, it's all a useful learning exercise
Onward and upward-ish!