IM Lake Placid vs. IM Canada power comparisons
Just sitting here downloading my Garmin file for IM Canada and thought I'd compare it to IM LP from a month ago. I am amazed at how both files are nearly identical. Avg power is identical and NP is 1 watt higher at Canada. TSS is only 5 points higher this time at 255. VI = 1.06 for both events
What surprises me though is my run performance this time vs LP. In LP, I went in with a good taper and had just tested FTP for a good number. Run was 20+ min faster than any prior race at 4:10 and had an overall PR of 13 min. Compare that to IMC and it was much hotter and the run was pretty tough. Finished in 4:52 and about 20 min overall slower than LP. I knew I was going to have some fatigue and it sure hit home combined with the high temps.
I think my FTP likely had dropped as well between events by a few points. I didn't ever do another FTP test to validate where I was at and probably should have adjusted down to compensate and execute a better run.
I'm still OK with the race - had fun and really had no big goals, as I had already done a PR in LP.
Lesson learned - 2 IM races in about a month = tough day.
Comments
4:52 on a day with a temp of 93 compared to 4:10/73F does not sound like much of a drop off at all to me. I would say, job well done!
Great Job and X2 what Al said.
Congrats!!