I recently joined a racing team and completed a 30-minute indoor time trial on a CompuTrainer to use as my pre-season benchmark. (Gotta say, it was utterly exhausting! I must think of that next time I "think" I'm working hard on a ride or a run...whew! Took me back to my high school cross country days!) I now have all kinds of interesting statistics on my average wattage, peak wattage, cadence, average speed, calories burned, etc. Now that I have this info, I want to know what it means! And, more specifically, how I can use this data to gauge my fitness. Obviously I'll get an idea of how much I have improved when I go back and race myself at the next time trial, but I'm wondering what resources are out there regarding wattage or power output. It's my understanding that the average wattage number is really the key component to all of this, so now I'm curious to see how it stacks up (maybe not against elite riders...that may just be too depressing ). Can any of you recommend any good threads on here, or web sites or other resources, that would help me interpret my numbers? Thanks!