I constantly stared at my Garmin's power display, checking to see if the power reading matched my RPE. At first the power reading seemed low, but I was still warming up and my legs were pretty tired from the previous day's strength training. Things seemed more accurate once I hit the first hill. I was really relieved.
I rode up Kings Mtn. to the Huddart Park gate. My power still seemed accurate during my ascent. However, it did seem slightly higher, maybe 10 watts, than my old SRM. That could be due to a slight bump in my fitness from all the hard training I've been doing ;)
Well I knocked out my 5 minute hill intervals. The goal of the workout was to do two sets of 1-3 five minute zone 5 intervals.
My first interval was my strongest. I just went out and hit the hill hard. I didn't look at my power meter. I just pushed myself, while trying to "unroll the carpet". I hit the the Huddart Park Gate at about 4:11 (I think my best is 4:04 at a HIT session) and kept going.
The next two intervals my legs felt swollen with lactic acid. After the third interval I was trying to think of reasons why I should call it quits, but I pushed on and knocked out the last three intevals.
My power declined a lot from my first interval, but the avg power for all the intervals were in my zone 5. I'm happy with my workout. It's the first time I've done intervals at Huddart this year. I'm especially happy my power meter is reading accurately.
Training Stats:Elevation Gain: 4,870.0 ft
Distance: 30.91mi
Training Time: 2:01:33
Work: 1540kj
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