Powerprofiles

[fancycoconut]

16, 51.4 kg

1sec= 18.45 w/kg
5sec= 17 w/kg
1min= 8.76 w/kg
5min= 5.67 w/kg
10min= 5.21 w/kg
20min= 4.82 w/kg
ftp= 4.58 w/kg

now at 50.8 kg
and new threshold #s
20min= 4.94 w/kg
ftp= 4.69

[Tinea Pedis]

Hope that helps?

but but how many watts do u haz?!?!

Not enough.

[efeballi]

Just had a chance to ride a friend's Quarq.

73 kg, gained weight since the end of season.

5 sec: 15,75 W/kg

30 sec: 11.73 W/kg

20 min: 4.52 W/kg

FTP: 4.29 W/kg


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[CulBaire]

Hope that helps?

but but how many watts do u haz?!?!

Not enough.

[pinoymamba]

5 sec - 21.1 w/kg (training ride)
1 min - 8 w/kg (race)
5 min - 4.8 w/kg (race)
20 min - 3.8 w/kg (test)

just turned 29 and it's my second year of riding and racing. i just got my usac cat 3 upgrade at the end of this year. not on any kind of structured training. i found my biggest weakness was aerobic capacity so i've been working on that with a lot of volume. i've also lost a considerable amount of excess fat.

175cm and 68 kg was 79 kg at the beginning of the year. could lose another 4 kg or so but i'm already losing a lot of top end kick. i've also learned these numbers don't really mean much in a race.

[KWalker]

Looks like you're riding an insane amount on IG

Don't worry about 5s or NM power quite as much when the volume is high. It depends a lot on freshness and type II fiber maintenance. You could easily get close again with a block of appropriate training near your races.

I don't know what kind of races you do but I've seen guys win road races and criteriums at the cat 3 level with "sprints" of 1000-1100w. At that point it becomes much more about tactics and positioning to a degree. In road races power plays more of a role on certain courses. You're light enough now where no race should be an issue in the area.

[Tinea Pedis]

i've also learned these numbers don't really mean much in a race.

Spot. On!

I've seen guys win road races and criteriums at the cat 3 level with "sprints" of 1000-1100w.

I'm one of those guys (Cat 3 part notwithstanding). Pummel the crap out of the opposition throughout the race then a well timed and well positioned 5 sec of 1000w is certainly enough to win from a selection. Useless in a big bunch kick though.

[nathanong87]

i've also learned these numbers don't really mean much in a race.

Spot. On!
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I've seen guys win road races and criteriums at the cat 3 level with "sprints" of 1000-1100w.

I'm one of those guys (Cat 3 part notwithstanding). Pummel the crap out of the oposition throughout the race then a well timed and well positioned 5 sec of 1000w is certainly enough to win from a selection. Useless in a big bunch kick though.

this is my kind of 5s power (or lacktherof).

sprinting 1000w fresh because of higher aerobic stuff trumps trying to deploy 1500w tired cuz red line all race.

[KWalker]

the best is seeing climbers 'sprint' in the Tour. It makes me feel like Chris Hoy.

[prebsy]

i've also learned these numbers don't really mean much in a race.

Spot. On!

I've seen guys win road races and criteriums at the cat 3 level with "sprints" of 1000-1100w.

I'm one of those guys (Cat 3 part notwithstanding). Pummel the crap out of the opposition throughout the race then a well timed and well positioned 5 sec of 1000w is certainly enough to win from a selection. Useless in a big bunch kick though.

I won a straight 3 crit from a field sprint a few years back and I don't think I broke 1000W (in the final sprint). In the lower ranks you can have a ton of success with ballsy tactics. Everyone is just looking to ride a wheel to 50m to go.

[KWalker]

Yup, and that will work for a lot of people and then they get in the 2's and forever are pack fodder. Cat 3 racing in the Mid-Atlantic had become entirely about the last 100-150m the past two years to the point where it was almost like doing group rides that had entry fees.

Back to this thread, here were my best power outputs from last year and the approximate weight they were done at. All but the 5s and 1min were all-time bests. The 20 and 60 were from a race-pace group ride so not quite as steady state as I'd like, but were repeated within a few watts the following week so I went with it:

1hr: 356 (170lbs)
20min: 372 (170 lbs)
5min: 417 (164 lbs)
2min: 474 (163 lbs)
1min: 643 (164 lbs)
5s: 1280 (162 lbs)

Most importantly I started this year at 177lbs and am ending it at 156lbs this morning with the same power/slightly higher power than normal for this time of winter. Hopefully that translates into something.

[nathanong87]

Cat 3 racing in the Mid-Atlantic had become entirely about the last 100-150m the past two years to the point where it was almost like doing group rides that had entry fees.

last year probably. This year, not so much.

★ ★ 2014 PP @ 138-141lbs , 62.5-64kg ★ ★

1hr : 303w (SST interval)
20m : 334w
5m: 373w
2m: 466w
1m: 718w
5s: 1056w

most of these were training, kom hunting, or starbucks drive thrus. I think the 5s was in a race.

now I'm just a cot-dang snorlax

[KWalker]

Last year was the worst for the part of the season I was there although the year before wasn't too much better although some of the more selective road races were still pretty hard.

[ITTY]

Last time I tested I was sick, and the rest of the numbers were generated in the last few weeks this winter during base mile rides. Therefore, I'm hoping to see some serious improvement as the season gets closer. If it matters, last season I upgraded to Cat 2 and struggled (in the P-1-2 fields). Currently 175 cm and 68 kg, but race weight is 65-66 kg.

5 sec - 1117 W, 16.43 W/kg (training ride)
1 min - 488 W, 7.18 W/kg (training ride)
5 min - 338 W, 4.97 W/kg (training ride)
20 min - 270 W, 3.97 W/kg (test)

[ALS]

New boy.....

Forty something, riding hard 6-9h per week but don't race (used to a long time ago).

5s 15.7w/g
1m 6.7w/g
5m 5.3w/g
20m 4.7w/g