I am wondering for all you people out there training with power... I was looking at analytic cycling.com and had a question about using it to train with power for people who don't have a powermeter.
Say you are doing intervals in a closed course and you are aiming to hit a certain power. You can plug in your desired power, weight, etc. and analyticcycling.com gives you your speed. Does that mean that if you can hit this speed as your average speed for one lap on the closed course, you are hitting whatever power you inputed?
I am assuming that slope is 0 since whatever fluctuations up or down on the closed course eventually levels out to net gain of 0 (since you are coming back to starting point). Am I correct to assume this?
Does this work? Can you train using this method?
On a side note.........anybody know what is around a proper frontal area for a rider of about 5'3"-5'5'" both in the drops and on the hoods?
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Using analyticcycling.com to train with power
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I am assuming that slope is 0 since whatever fluctuations up or down on the closed course eventually levels out to net gain of 0 (since you are coming back to starting point). Am I correct to assume this?
I think your assumption is misled.
Just look at a 40km out and back course which is simply out is uphill and back is downhill. If you want to average 40kph for the full coarse but on the out uphill you ave 35kph over the 20km you would have to ave 46.7kph on the back 20km. At this higher speed the drag is going to throw your power required out of reach. The only way to have a slope of 0 is on the track.
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