6 Expansion on Metrics and Formulas

Cycling in Alignment with Colby Pearce · Apr 22, 2021 · 19m

The topic of formulas and their inherent value has been mentioned previously on Cycling in Alignment. This short bonus episode is meant to clarify that formulas are a useful starting point in cycling and training. Formulas can help you race a faster time trial, to gauge how many bottles per hour you need to consume during a long ride in the mountains, how many intervals to run at what pace for a given result, and how long a break should be taken in between. However, formulas can have flaws or limitations. The critical piece is to make allowances for alterations and compensations. We, as…