After gaining a kilo in march instead of loosing half a kilo I now need to catch up with the schedule for being at 78kg for the Mille in July
Just to recap, the Mille is 13,500 metres of climbing so every kilo counts
Gravitational Potential Energy = g*m*h
g = Acceleration due to gravity = 9.81 ms-2
m = mass in kg
h = height in m
1 kg * 9.81 ms-2 * 13,500 = 132,300 Joules
So that's about 15 minutes at usual Audax pootling pace (160W power input) for each kilo of weight.
Try it on here
http://analyticcycling.com/ForcesLessWeight_Page.htmlThis Much Less Weight 3 kg
Over This Distance 250000 meters
On Hill of Slope 0.054 Decimal
Faster by 2595.70 s
Ahead by 7316.70 m
Frontal Area 0.5 m^2
Coefficient Wind Drag 0.5 Dimensionless
Air Density 1.226 kg/m^3
Weight Rider & Bike 96 kg
Rolling Coefficient 0.005 Dimensionless
Power 160 watts
I assume that the actual climbing on the 1,000km will be 250km of "up"
To get 13,500 metres height gain requires a slope of 5.4%
2595 seconds is 43 minutes 15 seconds is just the time gained on the climbs over the imaginary 250km
I honestly thought it would be more than that!