I jsut got a powertap, and I'm trying to figure out my FTP. Only problem is that I don't have a download cradle for it yet.
I just completed a 32 mile road race, and when I went into recall mode for the race, my avg power was listed as 319. The race was pretty much a maximal effort road race for me, and it was 1hr 14min long. (short race, I know. kinda like a circuit race) I also uploaded my garmin edge 305 data to wko+, and noted a total time spent not pedaling to be roughly 14 minutes (18.3% specifically). Since the powertap interval's recalled average power included zeros, I went and multiplied that 319 by 1.183, and came up with about 380. Could I use this as a rough estimate for my FTP? I'm 80kg, and have a pretty solid TT, so even though 380 is high, I don't think it's rediculious, but I'm not sure if my method is accurate.
Also, if I'm way off track here, anyone have any idea what you think my FTP would be?
I just completed a 32 mile road race, and when I went into recall mode for the race, my avg power was listed as 319. The race was pretty much a maximal effort road race for me, and it was 1hr 14min long. (short race, I know. kinda like a circuit race) I also uploaded my garmin edge 305 data to wko+, and noted a total time spent not pedaling to be roughly 14 minutes (18.3% specifically). Since the powertap interval's recalled average power included zeros, I went and multiplied that 319 by 1.183, and came up with about 380. Could I use this as a rough estimate for my FTP? I'm 80kg, and have a pretty solid TT, so even though 380 is high, I don't think it's rediculious, but I'm not sure if my method is accurate.
Also, if I'm way off track here, anyone have any idea what you think my FTP would be?