Reading the saved race plan on race week

What the saved race plan contains

By race week, the saved race plan (the set of wizard outputs attached to the race) holds:

• Swim: CSS pace per 100 m and the SDI.
• Bike: target watts (CP-based), projected bike time, CdA assumption, projected average speed.
• Run: target pace per km (run threshold-based), projected run time.
• Total: projected finish time across all legs.
• Calories per leg and per hour.
• Hourly fueling plan by leg with grams of carbs, fluid, and sodium.

URL: /admin/race-planning-wizard/<race_id>/ for the wizard dashboard with each step's saved outputs.

What to write down for race day

You need three numbers for swim, four for bike, and three for run, plus a fueling schedule. Print or screenshot:

Swim

1. Target 100 m pace (e.g. 1:32 / 100 m).
2. Race distance (1500 m, 1900 m, 3800 m).
3. Expected swim time for sanity check at the exit.

Bike

1. Target average power (e.g. 220 W).
2. Power cap on climbs (typical: 110 to 120 percent of target, no longer than 3 minutes above 105 percent).
3. Power floor on descents and tailwinds (do not coast if you can pedal).
4. Race distance and expected time.

Run

1. Target average pace (e.g. 4:30 / km).
2. Adjustment for heat if forecast above 24C (typically 5 to 10 seconds per km slower per 5C above 18C).
3. Walk-the-aid plan if you use one (e.g. walk 15 sec at every aid through km 8, then sprint past).

Fueling

• Grams of carbs per hour by leg.
• Fluid mL per hour by leg.
• Sodium mg per hour by leg.
• Translated to specific products (e.g. "1 gel every 25 min on the bike", "two scoops of mix in bike bottle one, one scoop plus salt in bottle two").

Format that works on race day

A laminated index card (or a phone-screen screenshot) with the three plus four plus three numbers in big type, plus a half-page fueling schedule by clock minute. That is enough.

What you do NOT need on race day

• The full wizard. The work was done in the weeks before.
• Watches with detailed pacing screens you cannot read in the swim or in sweat.
• The macrocycle plan. That is for training context, not race execution.

See also: Race planning wizard tour, Race plan outputs, Sharing the plan with support.