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I thought Slowman had mentioned you were experimenting with shorter cranks, and this is why I asked. I must be mistaken.
So, in the original post we have examples of two people who went a little too easy on the bike if this was a key race.
Where are you going to look to go a little faster on the bike? I would guess moreso on the flats than the hills.
Anyway, there's only so much I can take away from your pacing strategy...
It's interesting that we've got this thread and the 10K/IM run Thread and nobody's put them together. At least in a post.
Good luck with the rest of your season.
the 10k/IM run thread stemmed from an email discussion among Chris, Dev, and I, so it is related to this one. Basically, it seems that you can run/ride at pretty much the same percentage of threshold power/pace - 75-80%.
I would look to go faster by pacing the same way, but just at an overall higher percentage of FTP. I.e., I'd ride the same way, just at closer to 80% of FTP rather than 75%.
Jens was the one who experimented with really short cranks, and rides 165's. Dan did mention that I switched to 175's from 180's, but that was a switch back. I.e., I rode 175's, switched to 180's last season, and switched back to 175's this season and realized that I much preferred the 175's and had much better power output, especially in the aero position, and had a much easier time riding a comfortably high cadence. So you aren't crazy... :)
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