Sunday, June 10, 2007

Atomic RR - dropped again on the hills

Once again my low anaerobic numbers (5 second and 1 minute power) got me dropped early on as the young Cat 4/5 guys sprinted up the hills on the Atomic course.

Ended up doing a couple of laps with Albert Souza, then off the back as the girls finished.

Part climb before getting dropped

Peak 30s (534 watts):
Duration: 0:30
Distance: 221 m
Elevation Gain: 22 m
Elevation Loss: 0 m
Grade: 10.0 % (22 m)
Min Max Avg
Power: 309 833 534 watts

With the entire climb as:
Duration: 2:16
Work: 50 kJ
TSS: 5.8 (intensity factor 1.235
Distance: 1.103 km
Elevation Gain: 49 m
Elevation Loss: 0 m
Grade: 4.4 % (49 m)
Min Max Avg
Power: 0 833 370 watts

I can do that a couple of times, but slow down considerably after the first few times as it is too close to my maximum numbers.

The dip in my power is 2-4 minutes, so shorter hills with longer time to recover (like BCMCA Sydney course) are less of a problem (unless they are also, like Sydney the sprint for finish :-) ).

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