Season summary.

Well, I like to finish my season with the City Creek hillclimb, but this year the inclement weather forced a postponement, so it comes to a close without any kind of a bang.

Despite all, it was a good season - a lot of hard work early on, nice build up, some early successes, and then a crash. Though I was on the stationary after some four weeks, it wasn't until 3 months later that I was able to ride outside again. That was probably the worst best time of the year ever. But you already knew that since you're obviously one of my two readers. Here's how the PMC recorded it:

The black connected dots are my best 60 minute power results. They can say what they want about tough races, but it's hard to attain your true FTP without riding an actual 1 hr TT. I finally got enough courage to do it indoors in September. And I was pleased.

For another interesting graph, here's my 2008 power distribution chart. It clearly illustrates my insistance on spending most riding time on the Tempo (L3) and sub-threshold zones (the so called Sweet Spot). I don't intend to change that approach for the next season as it has served me well.


Anyways, so here are some stats:

Miles ridden: 6953
kiloJoules burned: 240,000
TSS accumulated: 24,500

Best Power - (vs. last year)
5 sec: 1008 W (989 W)
1 min: 522 W (506 W)
5 min: 345 W (315 W)
60 min: 267 W (not tested, but assumed 250 W)

Race highlights:
1st (unofficial) - RMR B's
1st (M35+) - Sundance HC
5th - M35+ RR Championships
2nd (M35+) - Climber's Cup (33'04")
1st (31-40) - Bikes For Kids TT (18'02")

Training highlights:
Emigration canyon - 25'17"
City Creek canyon - 22'48"
Snowbird - unfortunately at 41'16" this was the only PB I wasn't able to surpass vs. last year (40'52"). I made only 3 attempts this year, but despite being generally stronger I couldn't produce power nor were the elements on my side.

Edit: Ah yes, how could I forget, Clark's TT - 10'43", my only MTB ride this year (so far).