Is my top end cycling speed as totally pathetic as I think it is?
I can hold 19 plus mph for over three hours at a moderate HR. I can hold 20 plus mph for an hour and it is no big deal. I can hold 21 plus mph for an hour but it is hard work.
When I go to do 1.25 mile hard/1.25 miles easy intervals, I can not even hold 23 mph average speed during the work interval. Is not being able to kick my speed up 10% for a three plus minute sprint as pathetic as it seems?
I know power goes up as the cube of speed, so a 10% increase would require about 30% more power output, but this interval speed still seems absurd to me.
Old and fat in FL,
I can hold 19 plus mph for over three hours at a moderate HR. I can hold 20 plus mph for an hour and it is no big deal. I can hold 21 plus mph for an hour but it is hard work.
When I go to do 1.25 mile hard/1.25 miles easy intervals, I can not even hold 23 mph average speed during the work interval. Is not being able to kick my speed up 10% for a three plus minute sprint as pathetic as it seems?
I know power goes up as the cube of speed, so a 10% increase would require about 30% more power output, but this interval speed still seems absurd to me.
Old and fat in FL,