Follow-up on "5-hour power"
After last year's discussions on "5-hour power" started
by Withrow and then continued here (http://members.endurancenation.us/Forums/tabid/57/aft/17648/Default.aspx),
I'm checking in to see if anyone has further specifics on how to apply the concept
to pacing the bike leg of an IM race. My impression was that rather than just
the IF tables there was going to be a new state-of-the-art in development that
involved interpretation and application of the mean-maximal power curve. Rich's
post toward the end of the thread I referenced actually says that directly.
That said, in Coach R's response to Dino's recent RR he
mentioned the importance of a good 1-hour FTP measurement from which to base
pacing…in other words, the historic (time –tested and proven!!) EN approach. As
I approach my RR's in the coming weeks I'd love to understand if I can use my
mean-maximal power curve to set target watts.
Thoughts anyone?
Comments
See this wiki post I'm writing: http://members.endurancenation.us/Resources/Wiki/tabid/91/Default.aspx?topic=Racing+Long+Course+Triathlon+with+Power
^This^ is my bulleted notes from my Racing with Power webinar from a couple weeks ago, that I'm building out with additional text and other stuff to compliment the webinar download. I hope to be finished with this by the end of this week.
Matt, I was thinking the same thing as I'm now doing longer rides for IMMD. Almost forgot how hard holding .70-.75 can be after 3 hours on the bike.