Hi to everyone!
I am a new poster from Italy; I am a 44 years old triathlete focused on long distance races.
I would like to share some data from my last race (IM Germany) compared to another competitor that had fairly the same result in the bike section (180km no drafting).
I have a Polar power sensor and the other competitor has SRMpro.
My split was 5h15' (including a stop penalty of 9' #!?; so it was roughly 5h06') and he 5h05'.
Overall normalized power: me 241w / he 219w
hour 1: me 250w / he 233w
hour 2: me 264w / he 216w
hour 3: me 234w / he 218w
hour 4: me 234w / he 218w
hour 5: me 224w / he 212w
I have 290w CP30 and the data are consistent with my RPE and training data.
I am 160lb and 5ft7'; he is 155lb and 5ft10'
The difference of 22w in our NP (10%) could be reasonably due to different aerodinamics or someone had found a basic difference in watts readings between Polar and SRM ?
I attach a photo on the bike (I hope it is usefull).
Paolo
I am a new poster from Italy; I am a 44 years old triathlete focused on long distance races.
I would like to share some data from my last race (IM Germany) compared to another competitor that had fairly the same result in the bike section (180km no drafting).
I have a Polar power sensor and the other competitor has SRMpro.
My split was 5h15' (including a stop penalty of 9' #!?; so it was roughly 5h06') and he 5h05'.
Overall normalized power: me 241w / he 219w
hour 1: me 250w / he 233w
hour 2: me 264w / he 216w
hour 3: me 234w / he 218w
hour 4: me 234w / he 218w
hour 5: me 224w / he 212w
I have 290w CP30 and the data are consistent with my RPE and training data.
I am 160lb and 5ft7'; he is 155lb and 5ft10'
The difference of 22w in our NP (10%) could be reasonably due to different aerodinamics or someone had found a basic difference in watts readings between Polar and SRM ?
I attach a photo on the bike (I hope it is usefull).
Paolo