Originally Posted by
hamster
Drafting makes a huge difference. Here's a crit track of a guy who averaged 191 W and 25.5 mph for half an hour, and placed 26/53 in the category 4/5:
http://app.strava.com/activities/6441896# This guy averaged 180 W and 26.8 mph:
http://app.strava.com/activities/37546363# 191 W gets you somewhere around 20..21 mph in the drops without drafting.
3:30 metric century is an okay time, I think, if it's flat. If 20 minute distance can be improved from 6.5 to 7 miles, that should put the OP in the right ballpark for cat 4/5 races.
wow, that's cool to hear! great, well I actually havent been doing 200 SINCE april, but I am now up to 200 miles a week. It was pretty flat. I think 800ft tops of elevation gain in total, so yeah pretty flat I'd say
I'll keep working on building my aerobic base. Probably shouldn't worry about speed since it is June already and I am not racing this year