Stage 2 Wilkesville

Stage 2 Wilkesville was a good day for the boys. Dan was 3rd and won the KOM points and I ended up 7th in chase group. Dan in 3rd overall and I am 7th overall with around 30 seconds the main field. Russ, Cameron and Greg finished in the main field. Today is another hilly 77 miles at Hocking Hills. More to come!

Tour of Ohio

Well it's been awhile. We are at Tour of Ohio again. This is the 7th time for me and the first time for the rest of the crew. Dan, Russ, Greg and Cameron. The first day was a new course in Galloplois. It was a 55 mile single loop road race. The race went well and Dan was 4th and I was around 10th in the field sprint. I was sick at the state road race on Sunday so to get thought the first couple of days will be challenging. We head to Wilksville today and the real racing begins. More to come!

Cone Azalia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihZLEVSR7sI

The sprint for Cone Azalia.

RATL 2

Ok. More bikin last weekend at ratl 2, finally made the winning break. So lets compare last week power #'s with this weeks. Last week I was really aggressive from the start of the race and wasted a lot of energy, this week I raced smarter. I used my energy when the smack went down in the race. Here are a couple of power # from week 1 and 2.

Week 1. CP 1

Peak 1min (515 watts):
Duration: 1:00
Work: 31 kJ
TSS: 3.3 (intensity factor 1.413)
Norm Power: n/a
VI: n/a
Pw:HR: 29.44%
Pa:HR: 25.13%
Distance: 749 m

Week 2 CP 1

Peak 1min (590 watts):
Duration: 1:00 (1:05)
Work: 35 kJ
TSS: 4.8 (intensity factor 1.699)
Norm Power: n/a
VI: n/a
Pw:HR: -14.49%
Pa:HR: -2.02%
Distance: 737 m

In week 2 the cp1 was a lot higher, this was part of the bridge effort to the break. Now in week 1 I missed the break but my cp 20 was a lot higher than in week 2.

Week 1 CP 20

Peak 20min (340 watts):
Duration: 20:00
Work: 408 kJ
TSS: 38.9 (intensity factor 1.08)
Norm Power: 378
VI: 1.11
Pw:HR: 8.19%
Pa:HR: 0.14%
Distance: 14.479 km

Week 2 Cp 20

Peak 20min (311 watts):
Duration: 20:00 (20:45)
Work: 373 kJ
TSS: 35.5 (intensity factor 1.032)
Norm Power: 361
VI: 1.16
Pw:HR: 13.17%
Pa:HR: 2.86%
Distance: 13.742 km

So what we can gleam from this is that you need to save your energy until the move goes.

Pic form benjacat.blogspot.com

Local Races

Well this season is on! This last weekend was some of the best local racing in a long time. Good Stuff. People are throwing down. I have some power data for you # people.
RATL # 1

SRM #1:
Duration: 1:30:45 (1:31:25)
Work: 1598 kJ
TSS: 143.9 (intensity factor 0.975)
Norm Power: 341
VI: 1.16
Pw:HR: 10.18%
Pa:HR: 0.27%
Distance: 62.256 km
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 1022 294 watts
Heart Rate: 0 240 171 bpm
Cadence: 31 120 86 rpm
Speed: 20.4 61.4 41.2 kph
Pace 0:59 2:56 1:27 min/km
Crank Torque: 0 108.4 32.6 N-m

Valley Training Race: # 1

SRM #1:
Duration: 1:28:15 (1:29:19)
Work: 1419 kJ
TSS: 133.5 (intensity factor 0.953)
Norm Power: 333
VI: 1.24
Pw:HR: -3.91%
Pa:HR: 0.47%
Distance: 59.85 km
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 953 268 watts
Heart Rate: 0 240 158 bpm
Cadence: 41 134 87 rpm
Speed: 0 62.4 40.7 kph
Pace 0:58 0:00 1:28 min/km
Crank Torque: 0 107.1 29.1 N-m