What's the dealio on calculating very long sustainable power outputs, taking into account that most of the ride is over 7,000ft?
I know what I'm comfortable at over several hours at lower elevations upto 2,600ft but not at what I sustain for 198miles, at altitude where you're spending most of the day climbing.
Most of the older schedules I've looked at for 12+ hour events (RTTC 12 and 24 hour events on flat courses) have been based around pacing schedules from 50 mile and 100 mile TT events and extrapolating from that as well as pacing from heart rate.
I looked at the Monod spreadsheet, popped my old test results in there and extended it out over 12 hours and it told me that I'd be riding on the rivet all day... 290 watts all day. Yeah right. LOL
I know what I'm comfortable at over several hours at lower elevations upto 2,600ft but not at what I sustain for 198miles, at altitude where you're spending most of the day climbing.
Most of the older schedules I've looked at for 12+ hour events (RTTC 12 and 24 hour events on flat courses) have been based around pacing schedules from 50 mile and 100 mile TT events and extrapolating from that as well as pacing from heart rate.
I looked at the Monod spreadsheet, popped my old test results in there and extended it out over 12 hours and it told me that I'd be riding on the rivet all day... 290 watts all day. Yeah right. LOL