Over the past year, I have been working on increasing my FTP using a higher cadence (95-100). By the end of the ride, my legs are pretty tired. My past two rides (TR) have included low cadence power work and I found my legs to be less fatigued once I finish.
I’ve got an international distance coming up on the 29th and am considering trying a different strategy. This includes dividing the bike into three sections. The first will be high cadence, second third will be 80-85 and the final will be high again. I like the way I’ve been running off the bike so I don’t want to change too much but really want to improve my bike split. The first third at high cadence will be to get the blood flowing, the second third will be for power output and the third will be to loosen my legs up and get ready to run with a high turnover
Anyone have success intentionally varying cadence throughout the course of a race? Obviously the course will dictate part of this but I think I may give it a shot. For the record, I’m an experienced competitor but have focused on long course until this year (which has been to survive) and sprints this year (increasing power through high cadence).
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I’ve got an international distance coming up on the 29th and am considering trying a different strategy. This includes dividing the bike into three sections. The first will be high cadence, second third will be 80-85 and the final will be high again. I like the way I’ve been running off the bike so I don’t want to change too much but really want to improve my bike split. The first third at high cadence will be to get the blood flowing, the second third will be for power output and the third will be to loosen my legs up and get ready to run with a high turnover
Anyone have success intentionally varying cadence throughout the course of a race? Obviously the course will dictate part of this but I think I may give it a shot. For the record, I’m an experienced competitor but have focused on long course until this year (which has been to survive) and sprints this year (increasing power through high cadence).
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