Well, I've searched the forums here and on wattage till my eyes blur and figured out that of course, in a hilly TT you should push (a bit) on the uphills and backoff (a bit) on the downhills. Makes perfect sense. The obvious question then, is how much to push and how much to backoff?? I'm going to do my first 40k soon and that will be the question.
I'm sure there is no exact answer but I was practicing yesterday and on the climbs I went at 105% and the descents at 95% (this is of my avg power I think I can sustain for the 40k). Problem is that 105% on a climb seems like I am going very slowly.
So is that 5% variation too little? Or should I climb at whatever power ends up hurting a bit at the top, pretty much using PE?
I'm sure there is no exact answer but I was practicing yesterday and on the climbs I went at 105% and the descents at 95% (this is of my avg power I think I can sustain for the 40k). Problem is that 105% on a climb seems like I am going very slowly.
So is that 5% variation too little? Or should I climb at whatever power ends up hurting a bit at the top, pretty much using PE?