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berty bassett
Legendary Member
- Location
- I'boro
Enjoyed that ! wasnt hilly and i know i have more chance on the hills
came nowhere but worked for my place ! AND i wasnt dqf ! think i will stick with b and maybe pick courses better
Monte - looks like you deserve a " get well soon " before your even ill !
came nowhere but worked for my place ! AND i wasnt dqf ! think i will stick with b and maybe pick courses better
Monte - looks like you deserve a " get well soon " before your even ill !
Breedon
Legendary Member
- Location
- Long Eaton, Nottingham
That start was not cat c it was absolutely brutal, manged to keep in the main pack but eventually ended up with a nice small group as if i had stuck with the other group i would break the w/kg limit but as it turns out i have at 3.28 w/kg noticed a group of cat b riders coming up behind our little group and the plan was to latch on and move away from the group i was in it worked for a while a good tactic as i was only 15 seconds away from bob at one point legs are still sore 
hopefully they'll be ok for the weekend.
With about 0.8 miles left i thought I'll try and make a break from the small group i was with and hit 6.5 w/kg legs on fire and had nothing left to give no sprint for me this time, managed 25 over all.
hopefully they'll be ok for the weekend.With about 0.8 miles left i thought I'll try and make a break from the small group i was with and hit 6.5 w/kg legs on fire and had nothing left to give no sprint for me this time, managed 25 over all.
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
The start was bloody fast. Kudos to Jeff for getting away with them. Round about lap 5 they were 1-35 ahead but that is when some of the cat B riders began to come past so could latch onto them and only some of my group could follow. It just shows the importance of drafting or working with others to chase down because that 1-35 began to fall perhaps because Jeff's group were strung out?
Really like the detail you see on screen and Zwift link- feels like it is coming together.
Really like the detail you see on screen and Zwift link- feels like it is coming together.
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
I was trying! If I could have got away with them at first I may have been able to stick with th lead group but spinning that 34 for two laps kind of hindered me
like you on IoW!
Breedon
Legendary Member
- Location
- Long Eaton, Nottingham
Agreed knowing where you are position wise does help in pushing harder
theboxers
TheBoxers on Cycle Sim sw
- Location
- OTC (on the couch)
Yes I get that when going down with something. My normal resting HR is currently about 52bpm. That will go up to about 70 or more just before I go sick.
That course seems to just beg for a hard start and a harder pace.That start was not cat c it was absolutely brutal, manged to keep in the main pack but eventually ended up with a nice small group as if i had stuck with the other group i would break the w/kg limit but as it turns out i have at 3.28 w/kg noticed a group of cat b riders coming up behind our little group and the plan was to latch on and move away from the group i was in it worked for a while a good tactic as i was only 15 seconds away from bob at one point legs are still sore
With about 0.8 miles left i thought I'll try and make a break from the small group i was with and hit 6.5 w/kg legs on fire and had nothing left to give no sprint for me this time, managed 25 over all.
Good to see several cyclechatters today! In fact, we had multiple riders in the lead group for a while which was even better!
My plan was to stick with Juanjo. I did some test laps trying different approaches to the last minute where he pulled away last time, so I had a reasonable idea of what I could physically do. Of course Juanjo didn't show up today, so my plan was shot. I didn't recognize any other rider that was likely to be in the lead group and quality on the w/kg. So I figured I'd just try to stick with the lead pack as long as possible and execute on my original plan for the last minute.
The battery in my garmin HRM is dead, so I had to hook up an old polar which doesn't talk ANT. Every time I looked it was in the mid to upper 160s. Of course I already knew I was pushing hard and watching the lap counter slowly count towards the end. The group eventually split and I was left riding with a couple other Cs and a couple Bs. I figured the Cs in our little group (myself included) could well hit the podium spots.
My wife decided to come in right as we were on the penultimate climb into the volcano and I lost my little group while trying to spit out that couldn't talk right then. I reeled in a couple C riders on the last lap, but I wasn't sure if they were dropped out of the lead group or were lapped. My plan for the last minute didn't really pan out -- there wasn't really a need to jam it that hard as nobody was around. I was trying to keep just enough effort to make sure nobody caught me from behind.
When the finish screen came up, it looked lke everyone ahead of me would DQ leaving me with 1st or 2nd. And it turns out Bobinski was just ~10 seconds behind me by the end It must have been a huge effort given it'd been a long time since I'd seen him.
The ZP results are a bit odd. I'm 4th, but two riders ahead of me have negative 20min watt values. The results aren't final, so it'll be interesting to see if that gets corrected.
Yes, most definitely. Rest up and get better.
Well well well, woke up with a sore throat. That’s a first for me whilst actually pushing really hard that my heart rate went so high, I touched 200bpm at one point, glad I decided to bail out.
Thanks for the advice, must admit I was quite concerned at one point last night.
Thanks for the advice, must admit I was quite concerned at one point last night.
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
Rest Monte. After all, it is friday
No, sorry, not me.
Seems like the right plan. I'd be real interested to see how you place on something that covers the epic kom. I haven't seen that appear on the kiss races recently, but it certainly has in the past.
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
I have a zsun 2 1/2 h training ride in the morning- which anyone is welcome to join - but will do the Sunday evening Kiss race.
