When you open a ride, you should see a tab somewhere In the middle named "best efforts power curve". From there you can see your max power for specific time periods on that particular ride (mapped against your all-time best efforts). Not sure if that's what your after.

do I need the premium subscription for that jazz?

@Yaks yes I think you do - but it's like $60 per year.

Soo....I can still use Garmin Connect by uploading my files manually.  That made me smile.  As far as what premium service I should use, what's the what?  I just ponied  $6 for a month of Strava.  Does the Strava premium do anything more or better than Garmin Connect?  thanking you...yack

@twoyacks - get Golden Cheetah http://goldencheetah.org/

Download golden cheetah. Free. Very powerful.

I have the CHEETAH ! (and no idea what to do with it)

Jules said:

Interesting bit on CX training "secrets'

http://www.cxmagazine.com/sneak-peek-issue-20s-national-champion-training-secrets?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+CyclocrossMagazine+(Cyclocross+Magazine)&utm_content=cyclocross&utm_term=cyclocross,+cycling,+bike+racing,+veldrijden,+cyclo-cross

Common thread with all these athletes? They have good recovery periods! Interesting to hear that the coach thinks 1 recovery day per race day. For most of us, especially those on the KCC Cyclocross sub-division team Awesome, that means we're not doing work on the bike again until Wednesday. Adam Myerson this past year wrote/spoke about how at one point in the season, he was surprised he was able to do a workout on a Tuesday after a double race weekend.

The other point I found interesting is the importance of training/practicing at race pace on your cross bike. That's one of many areas I need to work on for next year. Easy to go hard on the trainer or on the road, but harder, logistically to go hard on a tape-less/barrier-less course that is made up in your head on some random piece of grass near your apartment.

"wednesday worlds" is serious shit in the Republic of Boulder.  

mugwump said:

"wednesday worlds" is serious shit in the Republic of Boulder.  

I think if people would go out and do a hard group road ride on their CX bikes, like an hour in a park of a four-up TTT, they could get in the same kind of intensity.  

I feel like somewhere in New England that have weeknight training. Our problem of course is, the Parks Department and cops.

You know how after a few days off the bike and plenty of food and drink you accumulate more chub around the waist? Well I have now named that extra girth "Stored Watts". As in, I'm storing watts for when I get back on the bike. At the very least this makes me feel better.

yikes...doing 20 minute indoor intervals at 250-260 watts just shells me.  

twoyacks said:

yikes...doing 20 minute indoor intervals at 250-260 watts just shells me.  

It'll pay off in the long run though

that or my right knee will fall off...

i did my first indoor interval session with a powermeter last week.  it was horrifying. 

i went in there expecting to hit the same 2m, 1m and 30s power numbers that i would normally hit during an outdoor session.  i failed spectacularly and then spent the next few hours obsessing about how i must be tired or ill or a combination of both.

but then a quick search on the forum for "indoor trainer power" revealed that, apparently, impaired indoor performance is quite common.  after reading up on why that may be, i am now more enlightened.

I have not read up on it but...from what I am seeing I would revise your estimates down 10%. My 20 minute power from Sunday was 275 and I've been doing indoor 20 minute intervals at 250. The indoor ones hurt way more. I would recommend more stretching if u r doing a lot of indoor stuff. Your knees are locked in a fixed position when indoors and I find it harder on the knees

Ahh the convection connection.  I hear pouring cool water bottles over his head won Floyd the Tour !  Oh wait...that was Allen Lim who said that...the guy who helped him juice and then helped Lance juice for his final tours....but that is neither here nor there....stay cool indoors...yes?  But it is nice to see your power go up by double digit percentages when you ride outside....the same improvement you might see after a visit to  Dr. Lim for a "consultation".  Wooo full circle !!!

Say what you will about Lim and his connection to Lance, but his rice cakes are legit.

If you are truly ready to take your performance to the next level............

Yes Tito. HR is a reasonable way to monitor your training effort. Perhaps not so reliable to track your progress, unless you are comparing lap times at a given HR. But once you figure out your HR at threshold, then you can adjust your workout relative to that. But not so good for short efforts because your HR takes a while to respond (and is also sensitive to hydration, fatigue, and mood).

Interesting http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/06/news/to-peak-or-not-to-peak-and-why-our-bodies-can-fool-us_290785

excellent article

good one!

I recommend watching this clip every now and then...just to refresh your grey matter as to what a real competitor looks like...