I’d like to take a moment to thank my coach Elad Faltin, for getting me closer to my athletic goals I had set for myself for the 2012 season. I am currently a Category 4 racer in New York City and I have been a member of the CRCA for 3 years.

I started training seriously 2 years ago, and I mainly used heart rate and Joe Friel’s type of training, which is based on big doses of aerobic work outs.

Last year I decided to invest in a Power Tap Meter and started using power in my workouts. Again the style of training was still very similar to Joe Friel’s book, Training Bible.

I even purchased some training programs designed by Hunter Allen and Andrew Coggan, who are experts in the USA for training with power. Well the results I obtained over the 2 years were relatively small (5% maximum increase overall on all Critical Power measurements).

After some time and many conversations with my friend, I decided to work with Elad this year starting in May. My friend by the way was a lowly Cat 5 racer when we both started racing. He is currently a very strong Cat 3 racer with many top 10 finishes. I am currently going into my 4th month of training with PowerTraining, and I am extremely happy with our partnership and plan on continuing to train with him for years to come. His approach to power training is completely unique and his experience in racing has become extremely valuable to me in my races. I can go on and on, but I’ll let the numbers do all the talking.

1 minute > CP: Best 405W Current 474W (17% increase)

5 minute > CP: Best 276W Current 281W (4% increase)

20 minute > CP: Best 240W Current 257W (7% increase)

60 minute > CP: Best 187W Current 216W (15.5% increase)

What does this really mean to me ?

Bridging gaps, getting into breakaways, staying with the lead group for longer,racing out of my category with much stronger riders, making the podium!

Mark Inaba