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I thought about that increase, and it's kind of blowing my mind. 7% higher than my best 20m power would be firmly in VO2 and put 20 minutes out of reach. Kudos.
I did got 5 watts higher average than my test from a little over a month ago. Lower and I would have been pissed, so it was a meh result.
I did got 5 watts higher average than my test from a little over a month ago. Lower and I would have been pissed, so it was a meh result.
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My PR is 6.4, at the end of a road race in which I worked my ass off. 5' PR is 5.8, so I'd think 6.4 is kind of low.
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I assume you are a 4 then... Have you talked to many people about Gila who have been there? A number of my teammates raced it as 3 and 4 and all share one common belief, that it's absolutely grueling. I'd love to race it some day when I'm fully healed and allowed to race, so maybe next year.
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I just looked and the 6.6 is from a Tabata session. No idea what the number would be for an actual 2 minute effort, but the 6.6 is not useful (not that my numbers would be necessarily useful as a reference anyway).
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0.00000001 w/kg more than the guy next to you, duh!
define "good" btw.
define "good" btw.
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I assume you are a 4 then... Have you talked to many people about Gila who have been there? A number of my teammates raced it as 3 and 4 and all share one common belief, that it's absolutely grueling. I'd love to race it some day when I'm fully healed and allowed to race, so maybe next year.
If I find after a few of those I'm still way to nervous in a group I will elect not to race.
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@gsteinb might finish crits on top of the mountain, but I don't think many have mountain-top finishes.
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judging by the way GC went on sunday you don't need to ride everyone off your wheel. That was a minute. two minutes at bethel gives you a half lap (at least). That's right around when guys would be content to let you go last lap thinking it suicide.
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@gsteinb might finish crits on top of the mountain, but I don't think many have mountain-top finishes.
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6.6 w/kg. That was in the first P123 race I ever did, in 2011. Never got close to the front.
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2 minutes at Bethel starts at the bottom of the hill on the previous lap. That's far enough to just be a regular attack.
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SRM!!! You can calibrate those. Ask Teton.
Besides I don't sweat drip honestly. Cold basement and a big fan.
Besides I don't sweat drip honestly. Cold basement and a big fan.
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If my calculations are right we could clone you and stick you high up in the mountains and put you and your clones on trainers and solve the California drought pretty much immediately. Because science.
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everest challenge confirms I suffer above 7k.
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1hr VERY easy at lunch, tooling around in the 42/18t on the fixed gear (hipster). I haven't rode my fixed gear in forever! It's a nice feel. I'm estimating ~32 TSS for the hour.
On a separate, related note, I am so married to my power meter that I have reserves about doing our Tuesday Night Racing (ATRA) series that starts in April... because I don't own a track powertap, and aren't going to fork out the cash for one anytime soon. I know track would be so good for those last-lap crit style efforts, and make doing that kind of ultra high intensity work more fun.
On a separate, related note, I am so married to my power meter that I have reserves about doing our Tuesday Night Racing (ATRA) series that starts in April... because I don't own a track powertap, and aren't going to fork out the cash for one anytime soon. I know track would be so good for those last-lap crit style efforts, and make doing that kind of ultra high intensity work more fun.
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Yea. I know this feeling. I can come in from rides, and especially runs, literally looking like I jumped into a swimming pool. God forbid I ever go somewhere with humidity.