Originally written in German. Translated to English by AI — please excuse any awkward phrasing.
Stats and comparisons are a wonderful thing — and as they say, trust no statistic you haven’t fudged yourself… For exactly that reason, here’s the bike split comparison between Hawaii 2013 and 2014. Yellow = 2013, red = 2014. Power output:
| 2013 | 2014 | |
|---|---|---|
| Normalized Power | 209 | 210 |
| Avg Cadence | 83 | 85 |
| TSS | 273 | 277 |
| IF | 0.745 | 0.751 |
| VI | 1.07 | 1.05 |
| Time not pedalling | 10% | 6% |
The red curve’s consistency is great to see — very few outliers up or down. Exactly as it should be, and the VI value reflects that perfectly: much more even than last year. Also nice to see how evenly the power was sustained over time with no dramatic drop-off toward the end. In 2014 I also had to pedal 13 minutes longer — very interesting. Both TSS values are at the upper end of what you’d recommend to anyone. Speed:
The outbound leg noticeably slower than the return. Elevation:
This is probably the graph that best illustrates how different conditions were between the two years. I reached the turnaround at Hawi significantly later than the year before — the elevation curves diverge widely up to that point. The climb to Hawi was much slower than the previous year, visible in the more gradual slope of the curve. No surprise there — we had extreme headwinds and crosswinds on that stretch this year. The descent on the other hand was noticeably faster, as was the entire return leg. The elevation curves converge toward the end and nearly overlap. Cadence:
This once again shows how evenly I rode — 94% of the bike time I was actually pedalling. Significantly more than last year.