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04-29-24 | 09:26 AM

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RChung

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Originally Posted by Doge

I am well aware this is a Zombie thread. Was it really 6 or so years ago I was posting my controversial ideas that you should not really train to a power meter?
I know the coaches like them. I just never saw they helped make anyone faster.
Cam Wurf broke a couple Kona records - not using one. This article just popped up.
Ditching the power meter is getting me results, says Alex Dowsett (msn.com)

Coggan has said several times that the title of his book is "Training and Racing With a Power Meter" not "Training and Racing to a Power Meter."

09-14-24 | 10:31 PM

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Doge

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Originally Posted by RChung

Coggan has said several times that the title of his book is "Training and Racing With a Power Meter" not "Training and Racing to a Power Meter."

Which is also my point that folks have disagreed with me for years. Some racers do look at the numbers to determine how to race. I see the same for training. Using numbers to determine effort is a mistake.