I swear this is my last post...
Murakami, one thing to note is that there is a unique combination of
- G forces
- Torque required to push the pedals
- Legspeed required to keep the legs from intefering with the turning pedals (resulting in negative wattage that slows you down)
- Bike handling
...that ONLY occur during race-pace drills using race gears at race speeds on the track.
There are generally only 2 ways to get this training:
- Race
- Use a derny
Racing takes A LOT of energy. It takes a lot of energy to get up to race pace. If your objective is to train at race pace, you will spend a HUGE chunk of energy just getting there. So, the derny eliminates that first part so you can efficiently train the race pace part a lot more during a training session.
The bigger (rhetorical) question is: Is this the right time in your annual training plan to work on race pace training?