calling the experienced ones, help
I irst got on a road bike 12 months ago,i train just for sprint duathlon races as i'm a runner mainly. my aim is to get down to 20 mins for 14k which works out about average 40kph. after a year i'm down from 28mins to 24mins for 14k on a windy course which works out average 35kph. i'm facinated in this power meter stuff I hear so much about but I don't understand it.
is the power the amount of force you push down on the pedals?
I was just wondering if i invest in a power meter how i would use it to my advantage?
do i just try and aim at keeping an average high power reading, similar to what i do at the moment with my training, i try to keep the speedo at 35kph for the duration but this is hard with winds.
my other newbie question
because i'm only interested in very short time trials sprints (14k to20k) what is the best training i should do? the cycling version of fartleks? hill attack reps? at the moment i'm just doing the same course over and over.
thanks
I irst got on a road bike 12 months ago,i train just for sprint duathlon races as i'm a runner mainly. my aim is to get down to 20 mins for 14k which works out about average 40kph. after a year i'm down from 28mins to 24mins for 14k on a windy course which works out average 35kph. i'm facinated in this power meter stuff I hear so much about but I don't understand it.
is the power the amount of force you push down on the pedals?
I was just wondering if i invest in a power meter how i would use it to my advantage?
do i just try and aim at keeping an average high power reading, similar to what i do at the moment with my training, i try to keep the speedo at 35kph for the duration but this is hard with winds.
my other newbie question
because i'm only interested in very short time trials sprints (14k to20k) what is the best training i should do? the cycling version of fartleks? hill attack reps? at the moment i'm just doing the same course over and over.
thanks