Originally Posted by
acidfast7
i agree.
i was expecting around 400kcal/RT.
i'm willing to listen to other ideas of how to calculate.
HR and power can be related for an individual, within a narrow enough range. IMO, if you know your power levels for various heart rate zones, you could use a heart rate meter and work up an equation, integrate over time and arrive at total power. Then look at some of the online formulas and monkey with the guessed-at parameters until they agree with your hr-based estimate, and then use that parameterized formula for the duration. But a direct power measurement at least once is the only way to be really confident.
Or just pick a number between 400 and 650.