I did a workout with some guys last night where we climbed some really steep (up to 15% grade) short climbs (some as short at 50 m, some as long as say, 300 m).
Using cyclingpeaks 2.0, I found the duration to be 1 hour 27 min, with an average watts of 189, and a normalized wattage of 316, IF of 0.988 and VI being 1.67 (which seems high). My best hour was 215 W average with NP of 342, IF of 1.068 and VI was 1.59.
I've been using an FT of 320 Watts. A few days ago I did a TT, which is normally my strength, and was only able to average 306 W for 19 km. One caveat was that I changed my position to a more agressive one, and I believe it was too low in front and my seat was too low and far back. I will be doing some TT specific stuff in the next few days, so I'll hopefully see better wattage there.
SO... my question is whether the steepness and shortness of the hills I did skewed the NP to make it appear that my FT is higher than it is, or should I maybe bump it up a bit. I know I shouldn't base too much on one workout, but I am anxious for signs of progress.
Thanks in advance.
Using cyclingpeaks 2.0, I found the duration to be 1 hour 27 min, with an average watts of 189, and a normalized wattage of 316, IF of 0.988 and VI being 1.67 (which seems high). My best hour was 215 W average with NP of 342, IF of 1.068 and VI was 1.59.
I've been using an FT of 320 Watts. A few days ago I did a TT, which is normally my strength, and was only able to average 306 W for 19 km. One caveat was that I changed my position to a more agressive one, and I believe it was too low in front and my seat was too low and far back. I will be doing some TT specific stuff in the next few days, so I'll hopefully see better wattage there.
SO... my question is whether the steepness and shortness of the hills I did skewed the NP to make it appear that my FT is higher than it is, or should I maybe bump it up a bit. I know I shouldn't base too much on one workout, but I am anxious for signs of progress.
Thanks in advance.