I raced again yesterday. Lasted longer this time (I think the race was easier to start with) and I withdrew gracefully after half an hour or so. An NP of 207 watts, so a little better.
I have an issue with the leg liner filling with sweat and getting a bit squishy to ride on after a while. Haven't worked out best way to deal with that yet. In this instance I took a 1-lap "mechanical" to remove the leg, dry everything off and replace. I did another lap with the race but felt like that was enough for the day and pulled myself off.
During the week I did a MAP Test - 289 watts.
So I'm ~ 70% of my previous maximal aerobic power and about 20% heavier.
I'm what you class as "untrained".
The other cool thing is I was able to race on a 170mm left crank arm. Just needed to lengthen my leg a bit (which ain't hard - just loosen one allen bolt).
I have an issue with the leg liner filling with sweat and getting a bit squishy to ride on after a while. Haven't worked out best way to deal with that yet. In this instance I took a 1-lap "mechanical" to remove the leg, dry everything off and replace. I did another lap with the race but felt like that was enough for the day and pulled myself off.
During the week I did a MAP Test - 289 watts.
So I'm ~ 70% of my previous maximal aerobic power and about 20% heavier.
I'm what you class as "untrained".
The other cool thing is I was able to race on a 170mm left crank arm. Just needed to lengthen my leg a bit (which ain't hard - just loosen one allen bolt).