Tag: powermeter

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things: A Triathlon Gear Geek’s Must Have List

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I didn’t used to think of myself as a triathlon gear geek. But, one look around my house and my garage will quickly call that assumption into question. When I first started in triathlon, I had just the basics: a used bike that was 2 sizes too big for me, $20 bike shorts (ouch!), a grocery bag for my transition bag, and I was just learning about the value of some type of butt butter. I had no idea was Zipp was, nor did I own a single pair of compression socks. How on earth did I ever finish those …

Power: Weaknesses and Opportunities

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Our next race is just one week away: Rev3 Quassy half iron distance, in Middlebury, CT on June 3. I’m super excited for this race; so far, I think it’s my favorite half-distance course, especially the bike, which I wrote about last year after doing the race for the first time. During the past week, Coach Vince and I have been working out the race plan. For the first time, I will use the information from my power meter (as well as heart rate) to execute the cycling portion of the plan. When I picked up the power meter at …

Power Meters: Nice to have or necessary?

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The CompuTrainer comes with a PIG (performance improvement guarantee) plan that suggests effort levels based on the results of the FT test, which I took last week. With results in hand, I set to the task of recalibrating my cycling efforts. I had a tempo ride scheduled for Wednesday, and to gauge my effort, I followed the PIG guidelines for a tempo ride, which recommend holding 85% of FT power for 45 minutes. For me, this translated into 187 watts for the main set of the workout. Okay, let’s do this, I thought. I did my warm-up and got into …