Olympic Bike Pacing

gschlossnagle

Hi,

I have a B/C Olympic coming up on the way to a half I'm training for.  I searched the wiki but couldn't find any power/pacing recommendations for how to target the event (specifically the bike portion).  I'm a 1:15 or so 40k guy, so my plan was to aim for something in the 90% FTP range.  Does that sound reasonable or should I leave more in the tank?

In previous races (without a powermeter), I would usually just target staying in upper zone 3/zone 4 for most of the bike.

Thanks!

 

George

Scott Alexander

I believe the guidance is in the Power Webinar. Since Nemo isn't here (she's a the IMWI camp), someone else's wiki-fu or search-fu will have to say for sure.

IM 70-75%
HIM 80-85%
Oly 90-95%
Sprint 100% FTP+

mattsull

What Scott said. Those are the correct numbers.

gschlossnagle

Thanks!