Comparing Power from Different Rides
I use a Stages PM to capture my power and I’m trying tofigure out the best way to compare the intensity of different rides. As an example, in the past week I did oneride of 65 miles that had an overall power of 147W.However, this ride includes 10 miles to getto the start of the ride and 15 miles home that are at only a moderate pace anddon’t cause much stress while the middle 40 miles of the actual ride were at158W.I’m comparing this ride to onedone two days later that was 50 miles at 168W but we took a 14 minute storestop in the middle of the ride.I cantell you the 40 miles of the first ride was much tougher than the 50 mile rid,ebut the numbers suggest otherwise – unless the rest makes that much of adifference?Thanks