Comments on: Tour of Elk Grove – Stage 2 Power and Heartrate

By: kartoone

kartoone — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:42:28 +0000

Thanks John. Day 1 wattage was similar, but I was a little more conservative and with the longer course you don’t see as many power spikes representing the hard accelerations coming out of the corners or attacking. I actually posted it in an older post that has scrolled off the home page. Here’s the direct link: http://toonecycling.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/tour-of-elk-grove-12-stage-1-powerheartrate-data/

By: johnkcoyle

johnkcoyle — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:15:03 +0000

Fascinating – I’ve never owned a power meter so I’ve had to guess watts based on my trainer and what others report. I assume Day 1 Watts were similar?

What is interesting to me is how average Watts can become so high through interval work via corners, the draft etc. I suppose in a time trial the same method of interval work is less efficient than just cranking out a steady pace… I can only sustain about 250 watts steadily, but can average over 300 during a race due to the intervals…

-John

PS: I saw you almost get the $500 prime – man that was a nice move – thought for sure you were going to get it

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Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:09:26 +0000

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