<Tommy>
Illegitimi non carborundum
- Location
- Camden, London
I’m heading off now. I’ll be a big puddle of sweat by the time your race has finished. It’s too hot for this nonesense!
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I’m heading off now. I’ll be a big puddle of sweat by the time your race has finished. It’s too hot for this nonesense!
I was a tad wet after my ride too ... definitely nothing left to attempt to ride with you on the Alpe
Came second in Cat C .... probably could have won had I contested the sprint, but the rider I was with had done a lot of work during the race so I let her take the line and I rolled in behind her. I didn't know we were 1 and 2, but i'd have done the same even if I did. Really nice ride; group of 4, that went to 3 then I dropped the only one who refused to help out to make it just the two of us. Legs are feeling it now.
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Weather may suit me
Oh, and Carb Loading is one thing I am very proficient at
Off out now to get some heat acclimatisation riding in
I was a tad wet after my ride too ... definitely nothing left to attempt to ride with you on the Alpe
Came second in Cat C .... probably could have won had I contested the sprint, but the rider I was with had done a lot of work during the race so I let her take the line and I rolled in behind her. I didn't know we were 1 and 2, but i'd have done the same even if I did. Really nice ride; group of 4, that went to 3 then I dropped the only one who refused to help out to make it just the two of us. Legs are feeling it now.
Wot a gent
Brusgaard
Über Guru
- Location
- Skive, Denmark
Weather may suit me
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Oh, and Carb Loading is one thing I am very proficient at
Off out now to get some heat acclimatisation riding in
Well, this is here today:
Went out for a ride - cooked and lost 3 kg in just 70 km, and I was taking it easy.
Lovely 56 miler in the end. My Garmin said it was 32 degrees
https://www.strava.com/activities/2650385874
https://www.strava.com/activities/2650385874
i'd had a fun race so wasn't too bothered by a win. 4 of us had broken out early from the C group. 3 of us worked hard to break the elastic to the chasing group, but the Canadian chap was unwilling to help and only wheel sucking. Tried to drop him a few times, and he was more than capable of holding 4+ w/kg to chase back on, but as soon as he got back on he'd sit at 2-2.5 w/kg. If he ever went out front, he'd drop power right down to 150 watts to force one of the 3 of us back in front. On the last but one loop, I dropped all 3 on the climb up Whitehall. I slowed a bit down the strand, but only down to 3 w/kg. The 4th rider popped, but the Canadian just sat on the girl's wheel as she pulled them back to me along the Mall. I decided then to drop watts right down and just sit on his wheel. The girl started to pull away and by the time we reached Big Ben on the last loop she was 11 seconds ahead and 1/2 way up the Whitehall climb. I jumped the Canadian and hit the climb hard. He tried to stay with me, but after about 20 secs I could see him struggling, then he popped. I bridged to the girl by the top of the climb and rested on her wheel past Charing X station. To ensure the Canadian couldn't get back across I started to work again to extend the gap. I probably could have beaten her to the sprint as I'm pretty sure I would have had a bigger sprint, but I figured she'd done more than her fair share of working in the group of 4, plus let me sit on when I bridged, so was happy to let her take the win.Wot a gent
Had she not worked as much I wouldn't have been so generous
As for the wheelsucker ... I'm fine with someone sitting on if they are on their limit and you see that they can't really hold power, but the guy yesterday was clearly strong enough to chase when dropped so there was no way I was taking him to the sprint. He was clearly saving all his energy for the sprint ... dropping him on the climb so he didn't even get to the sprint was pleasing
theboxers
TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
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- OTC (on the couch)
From reading a few posts by DCRainmaker about the lack of willingness to work in a group by French riders, Mr Canada wasn't from the French region by any chancei'd had a fun race so wasn't too bothered by a win. 4 of us had broken out early from the C group. 3 of us worked hard to break the elastic to the chasing group, but the Canadian chap was unwilling to help and only wheel sucking. Tried to drop him a few times, and he was more than capable of holding 4+ w/kg to chase back on, but as soon as he got back on he'd sit at 2-2.5 w/kg. If he ever went out front, he'd drop power right down to 150 watts to force one of the 3 of us back in front. On the last but one loop, I dropped all 3 on the climb up Whitehall. I slowed a bit down the strand, but only down to 3 w/kg. The 4th rider popped, but the Canadian just sat on the girl's wheel as she pulled them back to me along the Mall. I decided then to drop watts right down and just sit on his wheel. The girl started to pull away and by the time we reached Big Ben on the last loop she was 11 seconds ahead and 1/2 way up the Whitehall climb. I jumped the Canadian and hit the climb hard. He tried to stay with me, but after about 20 secs I could see him struggling, then he popped. I bridged to the girl by the top of the climb and rested on her wheel past Charing X station. To ensure the Canadian couldn't get back across I started to work again to extend the gap. I probably could have beaten her to the sprint as I'm pretty sure I would have had a bigger sprint, but I figured she'd done more than her fair share of working in the group of 4, plus let me sit on when I bridged, so was happy to let her take the win.
Had she not worked as much I wouldn't have been so generous
As for the wheelsucker ... I'm fine with someone sitting on if they are on their limit and you see that they can't really hold power, but the guy yesterday was clearly strong enough to chase when dropped so there was no way I was taking him to the sprint. He was clearly saving all his energy for the sprint ... dropping him on the climb so he didn't even get to the sprint was pleasing
As for the wheelsucker ... I'm fine with someone sitting on if they are on their limit and you see that they can't really hold power, but the guy yesterday was clearly strong enough to chase when dropped so there was no way I was taking him to the sprint. He was clearly saving all his energy for the sprint ... dropping him on the climb so he didn't even get to the sprint was pleasing
Nice
Signing up for a couple of races later if anyone fancies joining me:
- 16:15 7km flat volcano race
- 17:10 29km flat volcano race
Signing up for a couple of races later if anyone fancies joining me:
Never done such a short race as the 7km so should be interesting. Should be very fast and high power required to stay in any group. Hopefully there will be enough time between races to recover a little bit. 2nd race could be interesting if the legs are struggling
- 16:15 7km flat volcano race
- 17:10 29km flat volcano race
Use the short one to try and beat your best 8 minute power. Won't last 10 minutes will it?
I think it will take me somewhere between 11 and 12 mins. Hoping I can hold 260+ watts for the duration of the race, but I guess this will depend how hard I have to work in that first 2-3 mins to hold onto a group. I may well work too hard initially and blow up!
Tactic will be to see if I can get into a fast group and then, once I'm there hang on as long as possible until I pop. I don't expect to have any sprint at the end, so all my effort will be to find a nice wheel
mjd1988
Guru
Went down a bit of a zwiftpower rabbit hole. The guy who won the cat c race I was in today has 41 first place finishes in cat c alone. Mental.
I came 4/6 on zwiftpower and had the lowest 20 min power in the race. Won a bunch sprint on the road though. Going to start racing a bit more consistently now hopefully so hope to build the power back.
I came 4/6 on zwiftpower and had the lowest 20 min power in the race. Won a bunch sprint on the road though. Going to start racing a bit more consistently now hopefully so hope to build the power back.
