Question about quad burning, etc

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Yeah, the expense kept me from it for a while. But after I paid off my bike and Spring drew closer, I thought...."aw heck, why not?" I use the rationalization - "Its for my health! Its an investment..." hee hee
(I haven't figured out how to put pics where I want em yet, so they ended up at the bottom) This is one fun road unit! :P

Now...if we could have someone please turn off the rain spicket (sp?) so I can go play? LOL We had about 5-6weeks of really lovely weather before this cold/snow/rain junk came back for a "don't forget us" visit! Spring is supposed to be right now. Ugh.

I did my light ride yesterday, but screwed it up! I was supposed to do "recovery" which according to my LT test was around 89 avg watts. Umm... Ooops. I got that confused with my recovery cadence of 100. I did 100W instead. Duh... Okay.. I'm still learning.

I do have a book "Racing/Training with a Power Meter" by Hunter Allen and Andrew Coggin. It says the FT of a world class female is 5.69W per kg. I'll estimate an athlete like that weighs around 125lb/56.8kg (being generous b/c of muscle weight)...that would translate to a functional threshold of about 323.3 watts. My 20min suffer-fest test revealed a FT of 172. (I maxed out at 318). I've got a ways to go....not that I'm shooting for world class, mind you. LOL!!

Oh yeah.. I'm amazed at the watts those sprinters can achieve! My "coach" has gotten over 1000 on a sprint. I can't even imagine that kind of power.