Originally Posted by
Heathpack
@sarals does power to weight really matter in track sprinting? I understand not being happy about weight gain (I’m in the same place with that right now), but I’d think the important thing would be power to CdA and since your weight likely doesn’t affect your CdA, I question whether that matters.
It matters in acceleration. I have more mass to get moving, which takes more power to do. From a roll, I would think inertia comes into play. From a very slow speed or standing start, it's all about power to weight.