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[CXRAndy]

My first race after holiday was a bit of a struggle and disaster in the end. I went off hard hanging onto the front group for 2-3 miles finding it quite difficult to get my breathing and HR under control. We went into the dusty roads and I couldn't see a thing, only to find inthe other side my group had pulled 15 seconds on me. It was then I realised I had been riding with the A/B group, no wonder it was a struggle. I was now 35 seconds in front of the C pack, so decided to ease off a little regain my composure and see if they caught me. They did in the crest of the first hill. We rode together slowly dropping riders till there was about 8 of us left. Arrived the second hill and there was very little left in the legs and began to get dropped, when pop the power went off and I lost everything.
To be honest I was pleased because I would of finished where I was at the bottom of the last climb. A bit of shock to the body after a week of food and drink indulgence.

Next time.

Edit I will pull the UPS from the loft to protect the PC/trainer and TV from power outage next time

 

[CXRAndy]

Just done 10miler
Scewer came tiny bit loose again but really enjoyed it
Any ideas how I am gonna get over the w/kg issue ?

Up your weight 5kg on zwift. That will reduce your W/kg ratio and drop you into the C cat.

 

[berty bassett]

is there anywhere i can see what W/kg i did earlier ?

 

[si_c]

Up your weight 5kg on zwift. That will reduce your W/kg ratio and drop you into the C cat.

Or drop more weight so you're in the A cat.

 

[si_c]

is there anywhere i can see what W/kg i did earlier ?

If you check ZP it tells you there.

 

[bobinski]

My first race after holiday was a bit of a struggle and disaster in the end. I went off hard hanging onto the front group for 2-3 miles finding it quite difficult to get my breathing and HR under control. We went into the dusty roads and I couldn't see a thing, only to find inthe other side my group had pulled 15 seconds on me. It was then I realised I had been riding with the A/B group, no wonder it was a struggle. I was now 35 seconds in front of the C pack, so decided to ease off a little regain my composure and see if they caught me. They did in the crest of the first hill. We rode together slowly dropping riders till there was about 8 of us left. Arrived the second hill and there was very little left in the legs and began to get dropped, when pop the power went off and I lost everything.
To be honest I was pleased because I would of finished where I was at the bottom of the last climb. A bit of shock to the body after a week of food and drink indulgence.

Next time.

Edit I will pull the UPS from the loft to protect the PC/trainer and TV from power outage next time

I tried to join but was on my own so dropped out and chose my beard instead

 

[si_c]

is there anywhere i can see what W/kg i did earlier ?

Also if you check the power info on Strava you can change it to w/kg, but that may be premium only.

 

[bobinski]

Uncanny likeness!

 

[CXRAndy]

is there anywhere i can see what W/kg i did earlier ?

Look at the strava ride it will have an average power. Divide by weigh in kg should give you a guide, if you were trying hard. Do two or three rides on different courses to get a good idea. If you want to ride in B cat don't adjust weight or add a little for C

 

[berty bassett]

think i will try a race at C and see what happens - definitely cant keep up with B on flats or downhill

 

[CXRAndy]

Bob you don't have zipp wheels

 

[bobinski]

Bob you don't have zipp wheels

I nicked TT's

 

[Randyberlin]

Uncanny likeness!

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Did you get to pick your nose?

 

[bobinski]

Did you get to pick your nose?

I would quite like the option to stroke my beard.

 

[bobinski]

re teams I can see it being useful in races, working together.
Also, would be nice to hook up for our own rides. Zsun have started small group rides for training and I am likely to join some of them. But we could have our own. We might be able to attract some of the bkoolers.