Originally Posted by
waterrockets
Driveway 3/4 crit, back of the race (well, aside from all the DNF racers).
It was a tough race with a lot of wind and aggression at the front. I didn't have the fitness tonight. I was staying in the top 15 pretty well, but a couple position recoveries required me to hit the wind briefly. With 2 to go, I just couldn't find the power any more. Looking at the ride file, I only burned two matches, and IF was right about at threshold, so I'm left with my weak-ass 3.4 W/kg threshold isn't enough. ****
Maybe they lurk on bikeforums and fear your 1' power, and so made it a 5' drag race...
Your discussion a while back about 1' power obviously made an impression on me. I work on this regularly...I don't think I'll ever get to 800w, but 1' is no longer a weakness for me like it used to be... BTW my coach thinks my 1' power is limited by a lack of HTFU more than anything.
Also 3.4 w/kg isn't bad for a working man with kids and a lawn to mow, and prolly a master, too. Also for a lot of crits I think w/CdA might be a better metric anyway, except for the fact that there are no benchmarks available.