[DVBC] Re: some watts stats for DBVC-ers

[Peter Schmidt]

Hi fellow bikers.
Here below are some power stats from VeloNews, for all you climbers out
there.
The rider discussed has been in the Amgen Tour of CA and has been training
with a device measuring watts as he rides the CA course preparing for this
year's race.   Makes for inspiring reading, no?  Or maybe just depressing?
 And this dude didn't even win!  Just a little something to keep you warm
during your winter rides....

Me, myself, am locked onto the trainer.  Not a watts meter in sight. 
Though I have some nice tunes to listen to as I get the pedals turning. 
Perhaps if I hooked up a device to power my iPod with my rpm's?  Oh, I
forgot, it's already got a battery...   :-)
Hope to start riding outdoors in a few weeks--for the first time since the
accident in October--and see some of you.
--Peter

"...Jufre Pou, who weighs 147 pounds, averaged 388 watts for 32-minutes.
His maximum 10-minute value was an astonishing 400 watts. This is some
very valuable data as he starts to prepare for the Giro since the Italian
race has a 13km uphill time trial and a 42km flat time trial. He can now
use this data to design specific, objective intervals to prepare him for
both. The time trial data from California also reaffirms that Jufre Pou’s
functional threshold power (FTP) is somewhere between 380-390 watts at the
time of the Tour of California.

Another great stage to track critical power values was Stage3, which
finished in San Jose. The race took the riders up the steep grades of
Sierra Road with just 23 miles to go on the stage. Jufre Pou averaged 408
watts for 12- minutes on the climb, 441 watts for the first five
minutes...."


For more:  "Tracking Power at the Tour of CA"
http://www.velonews.com/article/11806

-- 
Best wishes,

Peter Schmidt