On the tail-end of today’s 3 hour hill workout I PR’d on Newport Coast Drive– 7:02. I started my climb at 4.5 w/kg and held it. I’m quite happy with a 19 second improvement from April 22nd time of 7:21. The other climbs today were Pacific Island Drive (9:25) in Dana Point and Temple Hills (11:42) in Laguna both seated climbs in my 39×23. On Newport I climbed in my 39×21 and felt fine. So now the question is are the CVAC sessions at Luna Health and Welness in Newport Beach paying off? Next goal sub 7 minutes!
Note the 300 watt doted line – all climbs were done at 300 watts (4.5 w/kg) or above
Also note the hard efforts on rollers prior to the first climb
Normalized Power for the 3 hours was 232 or 3.5 w/kg
George “Red-Eyed Vireo” Vargas sets new PR on Newport Coast Drive – 7:02
Normalized Power 308 watts or 4.7 w/kg
Timer starts at the crosswalk at Pacific Coast Hwy and ends at Pelican Hill/Morning View traffic signal
1.5 miles 450 feet of gain avg 5.7% grade
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George,
nice steady effort with a solid push to end it. Good work!
Jerry
Hello Jerry,
Thank you for taking the time to make a comment. The SRM power meter is an amazing tool for pacing and keeping the intensity right where it needs to be. My next attempt will be to hold 4.75 w/kg from the base of the climb and see how much that hurts :p On my last PR of 7:21 I started the climb at 4 w/kg and ramped up to 4.5 w/kg and then finished off at 5 + w/kg. This time I started at 4.5 w/kg the big push at the end is I was trying to get sub 7 minutes but I missed it 😦
Cheers,
george
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