The C’s generally split into 3 groups from the races i’ve been in.
3.0+ w/kg
2.5-2.7
<2.5’s
I generally find myself in the middle bunch of however many… sometimes 10, sometimes less, depends how many racing…. That usually means a 320w start for the first min, 3.4w/kg and then settling in about 280w for the next 5 mins…. Then i find i’m usually ok in that group and get some rest with a 220w (2.3w/kg) to 240w cruising…. Then we get to the little incline just before the U turn… i’m OK on there, then you’ve got the gradual incline bfore the sprint in village… i often struggle and hang on here… I then get through village and it’s now all going wrong, i’ve lost a few wheels on the incline, we’re then onto the hill after the bridge/sprint… i’m then trying to go all in and sticking in 300w+ which has now pushed my HR up and i can’t make the top of the hill !, by the time we then get over that and into the roller coaster, i’ve lost the plot, i’m breathing too hard and i end up trying to recover…
I want to work out how i’m going to do OK on the hill (for a big lad) and then still have something for the roller coaster..
Often once we get down to the start/finish, i’ve lost 20s+ on the lads i was riding with together into the village.