Didn't see you on the course Chris ... so I assume I didn't overtake you? Did Pete catch you?
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I think I held your wheel for all of 3 seconds once you caught me ... then you was gone like a steam trainI think you won that @Joffey. I think I caught everyone who started ahead of me apart from you (but I may have missed someone). Well done - I think we need to adjust your handicap for next time
I felt a lot better today than on Tuesday. My segment time was over 2.5 mins quicker too, but it's difficult to compare between the TT and non-TT efforts.
Well done all.
Freelanderuk
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You had gone by the time I got sorted Carl, I started just before bridgy and he soon passed me 😀
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Ah, that makes sense then why I didn't see you. When I ride these races I have the 'Zwifters' near you screen open on the companion app for those Zwifters I connected to. So as one of you guys get close to me you pop up on the screen and I never saw you on there. That's how I knew Tommy was closing in on me
That was a good ride by you tonight.No idea what happened at the start ... I think my diazepam are playing up with my mind! I was due to leave at 18:33, so at 17:45 I came out of the 'pairing' screen and I was waiting for @Del C to leave then I was going to leave 3 seconds after. What I didn't know was Del had already gone .... this I noticed once Brendan set off. By the time I reacted to that I think @bobinski had started too, so he shot past me in the first few hundred metresThankfully, Bob is a decent fella and let me ride with him for a bit
Despite my stop watch cock up, I think the times were pretty good as I only just beat @<Tommy> ..... as I was approaching Admiralty Arch Tommy was 11 seconds behind me and closing fast .... I think I just held on. @peterob passed me as I reached Lambeth Bridge so I assume finished well ahead of me.
I could see Lars, Paul and Lee closing fast too.
Legs a little tired now
I had a few interesting problems before tonights meet up.
I realised about 1 minute before the meet up that I'd forgotten to accept the invite. Quickly exited Zwift, went to the Companion App and couldn't get it to accept the invite. Exited the App, restarted it and this time I managed to accept it.
Then I fired Zwift back up, got back in and had about 15 seconds spare before the meet-up started. Accepted the option to go to meet up and had about 5-10 seconds to start my timer. Didn't quite manage it and set it at 18.27 instead oaf 18.30 as I only just failed to set it in time.
Set off and thought "Where the f**k is Whorty?
Then I could see @Brendan Parker a few seconds back, so kept a steady pace until he joined me. We then worked together until he couldn't quite hold the pace through Richmond Park. @bobinski and @peterob then suddenly appeared from nowhere and were gone.......... until I suddenly passed an expired @bobinski at the roadside.
I started to tire a bit towards the end. I think just riding sub 2.5W/kg rides for the last month finally got me, but overall I was pretty happy with how I rode tonight. 2 minutes faster than Tuesday at 35.47 versus 37.57. I was probably pushing a bit harder than I should be at the moment, but felt ok, until I hilariously saw a rider called A. Posthumus riding just in front of me.
Not what I wanted to see when my cardiologist has referred me for a CT scan! (BTW that's happening this Sunday, so fingers crossed!).Then you appeared from nowhere! I was hoping to jump on and work together for the last few kms, but I didn't really have enough left and ended up finishing 35.47 versus your 35.19. Considering your problems this week that's a great effort.
You can safely go to the Pairing Screen on Apple TV without exiting the race.
I did it tonight. Just press Menu to get to the main settings screen, then select and press Pair and you'll sit there quite safely. When I was a minute from my start time I exited the pairing screen (I think you press ok) and then selected Back to ride and I was back on the start line.
The only problem I had tonight was that my HRM didn't seem to want to pair again, so I rode the whole course with no heart rate data. Clearly not part of my plan at this time!
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Freelanderuk
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<Tommy>
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Thanks mate. To be honest I wouldn’t of been surprised if the power was even higher than that. It felt like every time I looked down we were going at 330 plus. I was thinking this is far too high for me to sustain but Paul is doing the same so he must be suffering just as badly 😁. We had a nice rhythm going for ages. Then when we caught @LBHIFI I was thinking to just try bomb past him but he latched on. And then he started taking turns on the front too it was even more fun. When we got to @Alongo i could see he was slowing for us and I figured we’d all mooch along together.
What segment are you looking at mate? Maybe if we had everyone’s times we could work out who was where on the road. Because I haven’t got a clue !
<Tommy>
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Same here. I was just about to post what you did regarding apple tv. Works ok. I wasn’t sure if my hrm was out of battery or whether it hadn’t paired. I noticed my cadence needed re pairing before I left the screen so that was more luck than judgment. Maybe it’s just worth reminding yourself to check everything’s paired before you leave as it seems like a bit of a thing that happens.
<Tommy>
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Ah, that makes sense then why I didn't see you. When I ride these races I have the 'Zwifters' near you screen open on the companion app for those Zwifters I connected to. So as one of you guys get close to me you pop up on the screen and I never saw you on there. That's how I knew Tommy was closing in on me
I was using the map screen on the companion app to tell me where people were. But I didn’t know you were close by. Seems a bit hit and miss. Maybe it would be clearer on less populated courses.
Where was the finish line mate?
<Tommy>
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Probably stating the obvious but I’m sure these events will get smoother the more we do. And every time someone does one for the first time it’ll be a learning curve they’ll get through making the odd mistake along the way. I don’t think zwift make it as easy as it could be but it’s still brilliant fun.
I’d personally really like to do one of these a week rather than doing two league races a week. Is that something other people fancy too?
I’d personally really like to do one of these a week rather than doing two league races a week. Is that something other people fancy too?
Funny that, as I was thinking "where the f**k are Del and BrendanSet off and thought "Where the f**k is Whorty?
I was watching you up the road and planned to attack on the little lump up Northumberland Ave as it was busy up there and I figured you may not see me coming. As I caught you I latched on to 2 guys pushing 3.5 w/kg and I managed to stick to them pretty much to the end so that was a bit of luck really.
Great ride ... you and Brendan were hard to track down
<Tommy>
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Is this the course we did? 3 in the top ten out 4.5k attempts today. Not too shabby!
Finish line was by the Harp pub
I tend to race with the companion app open on the friends/Zwifters page. This shows you who is close, and a rough time distance. When you suddenly popped up, and only 11 seconds behind, my heart missed a beat. And given I needed every beat at that moment, I was in a little bit of trouble
This segment - https://www.strava.com/segments/16982511?filter=club&gender=all&club_id=126532
Obviously it doesn't quite cover the entire meetup distance as we race a bit before and after the banners.
What we could do is add the handicap times to each person's time for that segment to see some sort of finishing order
