Now that I've got the first couple of short time trials out of the way, and the cancellation of Mokuleia, it means that I can spend 4 weeks of quality workouts on Tantalus. Tuesday evening was spent doing a couple climbs starting at the bottom of Papakolea and I was surprised that I could hold a steady 360w for the first one, then 355w for the second ascent! Today, I was expecting to be suffering, but the suffering never arrived... I did my first ascent at 367w then the second at 372w. My best ever watts up Tantalus was 379w, and that was about 3 or 4 years ago, so it's nice to be cranking out two of my best back to back climbs so early in the season. If I can do 372w now, I've got some pretty big expectations for the race up there on April 4... More watts, less weight, even faster times, and only new Scott Addict R1 race bike. Hopefully all that translates into a wicked fast time... I have a target time in mind, but I'll keep that under wraps until after the race!
Watts, watts, watts, and more watts.
