Hi, I did the Purple Rain workout yesterday in MyWhoosh and the 20 second intervals did not have a power target. I have done the workout previously with no issues but would have uploaded the ZWO file via the workout builder. If I try that now is still shows as Free Ride intervals instead of the power target.
October 6th (20 second intervals should be 598 watts)
April 16th 2025 - intervals showing correctly at 586 watts target power:
Intervals show as free ride:
Workouts tagged MIxedMode like Purple Rain should include free ride intervals where target is a max effort not watts.
I believe you need to use export to ZWO option to include a target based on signature at time of export. Post above indicates Whoosh will sync whatever is queued as WOTD so other option is copy and edit the MixedMode workout to include hard targets and schedule that version on Planner.
It looks like MyWhoosh (or other apps like Zwift) don’t support our Mixed Mode intervals, where there’s a power target but the interval is set to Free Ride, meaning you’re expected to use your gears and cadence to hit the target, rather than having the trainer hold it via ERG. Most third-party platforms seem to support either ERG or Free Ride, but not our hybrid approach.
This often comes up in workouts like SMART - Purple Rain that include short, high-intensity efforts. Those 20s intervals aren’t well-suited to ERG due to trainer lag, and trying to do them in ERG can lead to the dreaded “spiral of death” where you bog down and can’t recover cadence. That’s why they’re exported as Free Ride, even though there’s still a power target shown in Xert.
So for now, treat those 20s intervals as maximal efforts - go really hard! 
Even without a visible power target in MyWhoosh, you’re still getting the intended training stimulus.
Let us know how it feels next time, or if you want help finding similar workouts that play nicer with third-party apps.
Thanks for the feedback. Yes that’s what I ended up doing - going hard for 20 seconds using a ‘big ring’ gear on the trainer
