Friday, April 03, 2015

My first 20 min FTP test

Measured today at 176. 1.98 w/kg. Not awesome but only can go up from here, right?

Used the new Powertap plus Garmin 500. 

Shifted gears in the last 4 minutes ---- and watts shot up. Need to re-test at a tougher gear next time. I felt better mashing than spinning.

Ran 7.5 miles two days. Yada, yada, yada. Excuses.

How to go fast

from Slowtwitch forum:

Ride a lot. Ride with some intensity here and there. Use good equipment and pay attention to your position. It's really not that complicated. I don't know anyone that follows these three things that can't break an hour on a flat 40k TT course unless they are very new to the sport or well past their prime. Everyone else lacks at least one of those three things.

-Jason N