I'm hooked... not just on fitness and racing bikes and the people and atmosphere that comes with, but the numbers behind it all too! Saturday was my first power test and while I'm still learning what the numbers mean and how to improve certain aspects, the science behind training with power is exciting! It let's my engineering mind geek out over something that I already love!
Sunday I raced Shawnee, again using a powertap. I chose to race the pit bike since it already had a tire matching the powertap wheel and just to get more comfortable on it. The course was very flat with only a couple of short six feet climbs and very few technical challenges. For the day after threshold power testing, the legs were good, I just couldn't seem to remount the bike at speed thanks to a differently shaped road saddle catching my leg leaving me dangling on the back of the bike. Pretty ugly a few times and that's being nice! Finished 5th of 6 on the day, which wasn't what I was after, but I got some good numbers and am especially happy with the holeshot power data... let's just say I hit numbers that people 20-25lbs heavier than me would be happy seeing! Now I just have to learn to distribute my matches throughout the race instead of striking so many at the start as well as learn to produce power at lower cadenence (these aren't 100 mile mt bike races anymore!)
Next up - Tour de Louisville...
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