Fat Man Power

Reston 3/4 power file:

For those of you who want to know what my weight is, it is 190 as of right now. Here is my file. I did the majority of work in the beginning of the race. It had a 5 minute power of 343 and a 10 minute power of 334. So the first 10 minutes of the race were the hottest according to my power file. I worked hard in the first minute to get my ass up to the top 10-15. Everylap I hit about 570 as a peak on the uphill, and some laps it was more because I wanted to move up or somebody slammed on their brakes causing me to slow and have to accelerate harder than I wanted. My NP was 328 for the race.

Looking at this power file it was an average race as some others I have done this year. I noticed a lot of times in both the 3/4 and 1,2,3 that there were plenty of times to rest. Last year my HR was near 185 the whole time this year it was almost 10 beats lower. Why? I think I am fitter and was playing it way more conservative than last by sitting in. Last year I was on the front half the time this year I was on or off of it 3 times.

My peak power of 941 for 5 seconds is weak on this graph. But I had no chance of sprinting since I got caught in that wreck. I have been in some races especially 1,2,3 races where I hit 1100 in the first 5 minutes and settled down to a pace of 350 average for the rest of the 5 minutes. That hurts.

Greenbelt this week I hit 1054(5 sec) in the middle of the uphill in the first 20 minutes holding evan faders wheel. And I had 700 watt(and above) spikes 19 times during greenbelt. Ughh. That gets to me after a while. I wonder why I can not hold on the very last lap on the uphill. I am no sprinter but can pound out 700 bursts for some reason. Wish it would translate to results.