Check TWO - The 5 min test

I’ve done a lot of racing this year. Out of all the racing and training I was more nervous about 5 minutes this morning than any race this year. 5 minutes as fast as you can go – sounds simple, yeah right! Go too hard at the beginning you die at the end, too easy you don’t leave everything out there. What made this one even harder was the implications. Nail the 5 minutes with avg. of 5.25 watts/kg and I go to Gateway; fail and I stay home training! I focused so much on it the night before I mapped out the entire 5 min sec by sec in Excel. 450 for 30 sec, 330 for 120 sec, 320 for 10 sec, 330 for 30 sec 340 for 30 sec. 350 for 30 sec, 360 for 30 sec, and finally 450 for 20 sec = ~ avg of 360.

So with my plan in mind I started off after a 30 minute warm up. Executing is always harder than the plan. When it was all said and done I avg’d 352; 5.6 watts/kg. Check two!!!


_X_ Finish Bayou Circuit Crit
_X_ 5 min @ 5.25 w/kg
___ motorpace avg 27mph
___ Finish National Level races
___ Top Ten in Bayou Circuit Race