Trianing solo can be good and bad over time, the best bits (for me) are riding round on an early morning blue sky day in summer (the worst are commuting in the p***ing rain) with the main problem bein a lack of feedback or measurment to see how your going.After doing a bit of a 5 minute test out on the road (417W) I though I'd have a go at my 60 second record today. My previous was actually 603W early last year and not 640 (not sure where I'd got that from) and todays test I managed 622W.
The first try I burned out far too quickly after setting off 200W over a sustainable level and by 30 seconds I was out of gas and a bit put out, however I waited for my HR to drop back to into 120 and then went for it again but a more steady pace, which felt right. I did not have any particular target worked out rather I rode at a pace, which I thought I could sustain before falling off the bike.
My 622W at a lardy 75.5kg puts me at 8.24W/kg for 60 seconds rather than 8.5W/kg if I were down to 73kg. So, now I'm into CAT3 zone for 1 minute I should at least be able to do a decent solo in a CAT4 event for the last lap (in theory) but if that where the case (according to cycling peaks) I'd already have won a lot more events by just riding off the front for the whole race. Hmmm...
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