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[font=Arial]Any idea about what would be optimum pacing strategy for Paris Brest Paris, concidering a recreational rider targeting somewhat below 80 hours time, maybe ~55 hours riding time, and ~30 hours off the bike time. PBP itself is 1225 km, and includes about 10 000 m climbing.[/font]
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[font=Arial]With the bicycle speed analysis calculators seems that the optimum strategy would be riding the uphills with greater power, like 180 W, and the flat sections with moderate power, like 100 W, with those powers the total ride time would be the same 55.5 hours than with a constant power of 140 W, but with the constant power the energy needed would be greater (23 MJ with variable power and 25.5 MJ with constant power).[/font]
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[font=Arial]But has anyone here tested this kind of pacing strategies on long hilly courses, are there other factors which would make the constant power easier to maintain up to 20 hours on consecutive days? Recovering faster or less time needed for off bike activities like eating, shopping, filling water bottles perhaps? [/font]
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[font=Arial]My maximum power, tested by a gym stationary bike, 20 Watts steps up after one minute was 320 Watts. Some picks from the test: [/font]
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[font=Arial]100 95 [/font]
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[font=Arial]140 190[/font]
[font=Arial]160 240[/font]
[font=Arial]180 320[/font]
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[font=Arial]So obviously the 140 Watts area should be power target for the ride? Should this be visible in training as well, or should I follow the generic principles of lot of base training, with 1-2 harder sessions of LT or TT per week? Or alternatively, wether the strategy would be hammering up the hills and taking easy on the flats, should I have more emphasis on the LT training+[/font]
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