follow up question:
I spent 11 minutes above 410 watts, and had to hold 500-510 watts for 30 seconds at 3 different times. Just burning so many more matches than you normally would when riding a steady solo TT in the amateur field.
but to sit in the draft you had to do the above. does the yoyo-ing (am not referring to sam long here…) and stochastic power output to GET the draft and resultant excessive energy expenditure make up for a “worse” run. i.e. holding that many watts to ride a 2:06ish doesn’t seem necessary. especially with that VI.
you ran pretty steady, so you probably didn’t give up too much time on the run with that bike effort, but would you rather ride a 2:07-2:08 and run a 1:15? or ride a 2:05-2:06 and run a 1:18?
most pros (especially male pros) do not race in a way designed to give them the best overall time (and therefore, place), especially at regional races like Indian Wells.
great overall output though, especially given you have a demanding career.
This is what I was getting at. It depends how much the VI ends up chewing up what average power you can make.
At those speeds, personally, I’m about 10w per mph. Actually a hair less. For that height, I feel that’s a totally reasonable target for a pro triathlete. As I’m a total hobbyist nobody and am slightly taller. So, there’s speed on the table here for sure.