Originally Posted by Cypress

A race I plan on doing in September is a hill climb. 6.2 miles 2200 feet of climbing. Using http://www.kreuzotter.de/english/espeed.htm I figured I will need to lay down 537 watts of meat to cap the record set by some skinny guy. 25 minutes of 500+ watts isn't going to be easy, but does anybody think it's possible? It's mass start of that matters.

I average 466 watts over roughly 28 minutes going up a local climb - but that isn't quite race speed, or with a group. It's also not as steep as the course. $100 goes to Cypress if I break the record.

It's a bike/run mass start that sets a biker and a runner on a team and the lowest total time wins. I've got a runner... he runs a 9:18 in the 3200m. I don't think he'll have a problem breaking the record and getting his $100.