Originally Posted by
Riveting
My PowerTap G3 PM data shows my best 300w effort, on the road, was in 2016, for 6:25 (mins:secs), that same year my best true 60:00 effort was 259 watts at 3.2 w/kg. I was feeling confident in my fitness, so 1 year later, at age 45, I tried my first CAT5, and came in dead last out of ~40 riders. And that was the end of my racing career.
Not even remotely surprised by that. being said - a 3.2 w/kg you could have learned the racing bit and gotten better results over time for sure but I respect the choice. Most of our cat 3 racers one year were averaging just over 3 w/kg at threshold on TT's