While I'm not the sort of weekend racer that merits a power meter on the bike, I can appreciate the data collection that goes along with targeted training. Post by Melissa Brown Higginson . On a team ride last month, guest rider, Jake Sitler of Haymarket/ Van Dessel Racing, was talking about the build up of training he was doing to prepare for racing at Redlands. Heavy blocks of training, sticking to the structure of hitting your numbers during each and every training ride can turn a cyclist into a head down, Chris Froome kind of guy. That's what I got from Sitler's conversation he was having with Skip Menard, as I was huffing up a hill in front of those two. The takeaway of Skip's talk with Jake is that there are times during a race when you are going to burn more matches than what you want to. And there are times when you might be trying to reserve some matches because your power meter on your bike is telling you to throttle back. To paraphrase wha