liekö tosi?According to this chart I have the capacity to be a Cat1 racer in endurance type events! This really surprised me. I suspect that due to my relatively low weight I'd still need to train up my absolute wattage before I could really be competitive at that level. So I intend to join an amateur race team later this year after completing the STP ride. Having never done any competitive sports this is sort of a big step for me.
Today the nice weather afforded me the opportunity to take a medium length ride during which I learned some important lessons. I ended up going 50 miles at about ~170 watts, taking it easy since I did hard hill climb intervals yesterday. I had only planned to be out for an hour and a half but extended my ride. The important lesson is; bring more food than you need.
I can tell you within a mile of when my blood sugar dropped too low for normal brain function. According to my cycle computer, I spent almost 2,000 calories contributing to the rotation of the wheel. This does not count work done by the upper body, the brain, or work done by the legs not contributing the forward motion (eg standing for a descent). This exceeds my bodies capacity to store energy and it became very obvious once I got tunnel vision and had some difficulty operating the bike. I will not make this mistake again. Fortunately, I was only 8 miles from home when it hit, and after eating 5 eggs, a few ozs of cheese, an 800 calorie shake, two twinkies and a cookie I felt ok again.
I also learned that 6'something ~220lb guys can not draft off of me, however, drafting off of them reduces my wattage by half for the same speed. Not bad! I just need to hire a few of them to pedal in front of me down to portland.
Today the nice weather afforded me the opportunity to take a medium length ride during which I learned some important lessons. I ended up going 50 miles at about ~170 watts, taking it easy since I did hard hill climb intervals yesterday. I had only planned to be out for an hour and a half but extended my ride. The important lesson is; bring more food than you need.
I can tell you within a mile of when my blood sugar dropped too low for normal brain function. According to my cycle computer, I spent almost 2,000 calories contributing to the rotation of the wheel. This does not count work done by the upper body, the brain, or work done by the legs not contributing the forward motion (eg standing for a descent). This exceeds my bodies capacity to store energy and it became very obvious once I got tunnel vision and had some difficulty operating the bike. I will not make this mistake again. Fortunately, I was only 8 miles from home when it hit, and after eating 5 eggs, a few ozs of cheese, an 800 calorie shake, two twinkies and a cookie I felt ok again.
I also learned that 6'something ~220lb guys can not draft off of me, however, drafting off of them reduces my wattage by half for the same speed. Not bad! I just need to hire a few of them to pedal in front of me down to portland.
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