Originally Posted by
patentcad
Thanks for the feedback. I have a reasonable FTP/aerobic capacity/recovery. I need more snap/acceleration. I think the training to get the latter may well help with those high causality lactic situations like the one that caused me to lose the wheel on the climb today. I was in a 39 x 21, seated, the guy I was chasing was in a 39 x 19 or 17 standing, my legs were screaming too much to respond. I distinctly recall making the observation that my lungs had the headroom for that next effort at that particular moment, my legs were simply too wasted.
Careful with the knees PCaddy. CDR's advice is great for someone with no history of knee crap, but the low cadence stuff really hurts me. I've got a good enough sprint and can train it well enough using high cadence explosive efforts. Trying to stomp my 53x12 up from 5mph causes suffering that impacts my training in a negative way. Granted I've had a lot more slicing and dicing done than you have, but you've got a lotta miles on me
