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Entries in WKO+ (64)

Tuesday
May082012

How to Interpret Power Data and What to Do With It

Russell Stevenson and Hunter Allen of Peaks Coaching Group give a crash course in how to interpret power data, and what to do with it. A must-read for any cyclist who just started training with power.

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Friday
Oct142011

Quadrant Analysis (part 2 of 3)

This is the second in a three-part series on Quadrant Analysis.  In Hunter Allen's last post, he gave an overview of QA and looked at the QA from a crit.  In this post, he takes a look at two more examples and explains how and why the plots look different for a Tour de France Stage win and a flat time trial.

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Tuesday
Apr122011

Training Stress Score: If I Score More Points, do I Win a Prize?

by Hunter Allen
high scoresAs a coach and a former pro cyclist, I always looked at training from those two perspectives and continually looking for new ways to help my athletes achieve their goals while at the same time using the ‘tried and true’ techniques that I used when I raced.  The advent of the power meter or more specifically, the ability to record every second the wattage, heart rate, cadence, etc. has allowed us to discover three key things about yourselves:

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Monday
Jan242011

Stage 4 and 5 Tour Down Under Race Files from Team Sky Rider Ben Swift

Stage 4: Norwood - Strathalbyn 124km

>> View and Download Ben Swift's Stage 4 Race File here.


Stage Results
1. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 2:57:55
2. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team :00
3. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team   :03
4. Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling :24

General Classification
1. Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo 12:54:30
2. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team :10
3. Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad :12
7. Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Pro Cycling :18

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Friday
Jan072011

Customizing Data Charts in WKO+

WKO+ has been the choice of professional cyclist and amateurs alike to download and analyze their power meter data for years.  In the following post, Power Guru Hunter Allen gives us one of his Power Training Tips --- How to Customize Data Charts in WKO+ --- to get the most out of your data.

 

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