Yes indeed... time will tell if the numbers my powertap are telling me are right. If so, I can't wait to race this fall.
A couple quick snippets from my tempo ride today:
Long steady climb, feeling good! - Chicken Shack Hill:
Duration: 14:33
Work: 307 kJ
TSS: 25.7 (intensity factor 1.028)
Norm Power: 355
VI: 1.01
Distance: 7.215 km
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 471 351 watts
Cadence: 56 95 82 rpm
Speed: 22.6 38.8 29.7 kph
Peak 60min (293 watts):
Duration: 1:00:01
Work: 1055 kJ
TSS: 87.3 (intensity factor 0.934)
Norm Power: 322
VI: 1.1
Distance: 32.853 km
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 510 293 watts
Cadence: 35 109 82 rpm
Speed: 11.6 70.2 32.8 kph
Main Session, ET:
Duration: 1:45:05
Work: 1731 kJ
TSS: 140.3 (intensity factor 0.895)
Norm Power: 309
VI: 1.13
Distance: 61.189 km
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 894 274 watts
Cadence: 33 116 82 rpm
Speed: 11.6 70.2 34.9 kph
Greatest thing was... at the end of the ride I was thinking.. man. I coulda gone forever today. I know I'm putting in solid tempo work. It feels like solid tempo work. Tomorrow is another tempo day and I'll wear the heart rate monitor for the first time in a while just to get a look at it in comparison to the power data.
Next week I'll have a new powertap on the back wheel and the truth will come out. One thing I can say for certain. I was climbing today in gears I wasn't climbing in before. I was out of the saddle, climbing very comfortably at/above 400 watts quite a few times. Then when I got to the flats I was riding a steady tempo pace, into the wind, at just over 40-41 kph for a while before coming back into the city.
All in all... the raw data says the powertap must be right. I checked torque on the powertap enough times, and it was consistently at zero, so if it was off in any direction - it would have to be off low.
Makes for the prospects of an exciting week when the new wheels are in town.
A couple quick snippets from my tempo ride today:
Long steady climb, feeling good! - Chicken Shack Hill:
Duration: 14:33
Work: 307 kJ
TSS: 25.7 (intensity factor 1.028)
Norm Power: 355
VI: 1.01
Distance: 7.215 km
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 471 351 watts
Cadence: 56 95 82 rpm
Speed: 22.6 38.8 29.7 kph
Peak 60min (293 watts):
Duration: 1:00:01
Work: 1055 kJ
TSS: 87.3 (intensity factor 0.934)
Norm Power: 322
VI: 1.1
Distance: 32.853 km
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 510 293 watts
Cadence: 35 109 82 rpm
Speed: 11.6 70.2 32.8 kph
Main Session, ET:
Duration: 1:45:05
Work: 1731 kJ
TSS: 140.3 (intensity factor 0.895)
Norm Power: 309
VI: 1.13
Distance: 61.189 km
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 894 274 watts
Cadence: 33 116 82 rpm
Speed: 11.6 70.2 34.9 kph
Greatest thing was... at the end of the ride I was thinking.. man. I coulda gone forever today. I know I'm putting in solid tempo work. It feels like solid tempo work. Tomorrow is another tempo day and I'll wear the heart rate monitor for the first time in a while just to get a look at it in comparison to the power data.
Next week I'll have a new powertap on the back wheel and the truth will come out. One thing I can say for certain. I was climbing today in gears I wasn't climbing in before. I was out of the saddle, climbing very comfortably at/above 400 watts quite a few times. Then when I got to the flats I was riding a steady tempo pace, into the wind, at just over 40-41 kph for a while before coming back into the city.
All in all... the raw data says the powertap must be right. I checked torque on the powertap enough times, and it was consistently at zero, so if it was off in any direction - it would have to be off low.
Makes for the prospects of an exciting week when the new wheels are in town.