Quote Originally Posted by alimey View Post
Measuring power is fantastic for training - you can measure your workouts & improvements (as well as avoid over-training) and also for racing in terms of metering your effort. If you are bunch racing it's not much use during the race as you can't really look at it - or do anything about it. But it's very useful afterwards to analyze what you did.
I agree, is a great way to keep track of your training and you can accurately measure your improvement. Power also allows to really target zones and do some great workouts.