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

[Debbie Chaga]

Is he having fun though?
Deb


On Feb 9, 2008 10:28 AM, Peter Schmidt <pschmid1 at swarthmore.edu> wrote:

> 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
>
>
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