Alessandro Passi

43
years old after racing ski for 12 years ,become ski instructor,degree
in phidical education, played ice hockey for 10 years..at the age of 40
decided to start a new experience with road cycling .last season
partecipated at 12 "gran fondo" races started to use seriously the PC
last november
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12Weeks of PowerCranking in Italy
After one week unsuccessful experiment last year,
I decided to try again the PC last november with more determination.
I decided to focus only in time and cadence,tryng to improve both ride
after ride.So ..first week 20 to30km rides (45min to 1hr)at low cadence
65-70rpm tryng not to force too much. After10 days I was able to
complet my first 2hrs ride with some stretches over 80rpm.
I have found very productive to insert one week indoor every 2 weeks
focusing on high cadence drills(i.e. spin ups)this drills are putting
the hip flexors on fire!! (could barely lift my legs after)
the spin ups are very hard with the PC but worth the pain..in the 3rd
week I complited 2.5hrs ride above 80rpm average!! That gave me the
energy and motivation I needed.Every week I still ride one day with
regular cranks and feel like flyng but always keeping the same
pedalstroke as I do with PC Last sunday the best ride ever 4hrs @ 86rpm
average!
Yesterday on my SRM test I pushed the pedals 70w more on threshold and
115rpm compare to the test I did in october obviously heartrate was
lower (no threshod practice since)
trnslated in numbers 450w vs 380w 115rpm vs 101rpm...can't wait to
start racing season!!