Author Topic: going out of my comfort zone  (Read 150 times)

bushwacka

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Re: going out of my comfort zone
« on: July 13, 2012, 09:03:58 am »
normally during ski season I am usally like 165 to 170. I know this is not going to make sense but I put on muscle mass to easily. Right now with riding everyday I have put a ton of leg mass on. It really can be freakish. Any time I make a serious attempt of limiting my diet I end up with alot less power to weight. Right now I am at 4.85 watts per Kilo getting to the 5 plus range put me on par with mid pack Elite MTBer, 5.5 would put me solidly into I could pedal with nearly anyone range.

isee where your coming from on the Tri thing, but my guess is those getting into know the cost of the bike, and in all honesty a cheap tri bike with 8 speed stuff bought for hundreds of dollars would still be better than a maxed out modern aero road bike with a couple grand of Zipp wheels on it.  I actually hate when organizer put a limit on equipment. For instance the 32mm tire rule in cross, or the for the race to the top of vermont you must run 2.0 tires on your bike. Me being a tinker loves to get every ounce of go out of what ever I am racing.

since I am doing the TT to train FT power it wouldnt matter if I was on my road bike, TT bike or MTB really. Its about training myself, good finishes are just a nice by product.

The climb was on straightish road, its the road that goes up to Stowe Mountain Resort, but goes beyond the resort as well. Not sure how turns would help or hurt anyone.

here is the elevation profile

http://www.onionriver.com/wp-content/results/smug_notch_tt.pdf