Great ride all categories - I, on the other hand, was well off the pace tonight, I totally misjudged the climb over start finish line not once but twice meaning I rode the second two laps on my own 🥵 Also decided to ride at much lower cadence for some reason, oh well another week next week!!Messed up the start! Ended up off the back and had to push hard to get back on ... then flew through the pack to the frontJust sat in the group and then realised this was the front and didn't have much choice by then but to hang on. Was nearly dropped a few times a d had to chase on which took quite a bit of my last reserves. By the time I was really dropped I was out on my legs (about 4 km to go?) and had to roll in on my own. Not a bad ride but had I not wasted energy a few times I probably could have hung on longer.
Oh well ... there is always next week
Great ride Brendan
Also the rest of the team .... so good rides tonight on what is a nasty course. I see D were amazing againAnd some strong showings in B too
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Freelanderuk
Über Member
- Location
- Theddlethorpe , Lincolnshire
I thought you was doing well and hanging in there, when I had a quick look at the placing you had dropped back by about 9 seconds and that needs some big power to get back on the wheel, I try not to take the front much when in a chasing group as going on your own is alway slower , try and use the group to pick of any stragglers from the leading group to bump you up the leader board
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
Yes we're planning to go for it this Friday. @bridgy will be sending out the Meet Up invites.So what’s the format? How does it work? is it this Friday?
It’s like asking my wife what she wants for Christmas
I'll write a few bits up about the format tomorrow. It's pretty straightforward. It will be good fun.
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
i really need to pay more attention to these
Alongo
Guru
Managed a FTP update as well , from 267 to 276 , so that was a nice bonus .
That's a pretty massive upgrade!
Alongo
Guru
Havent done an FTP test for ages , 267 was really just a guesstimate, been getting some pretty consistent riding in lately and feeling pretty good on bike. One interesting thing is that previous two weekends , I’ve done the same 45 ish miles IRL on Saturdays , two weeks ago , I rode mainly at Tempo pace and my legs were pretty sore Sunday and defstill fatigued for Monday’s race . This weekend I pushed it a bit harder and rode pretty close to Threshold pace , funny thing is , legs were great on Sunday and I felt pretty fresh for tonight’s race .
Not quite sure if this rambling tells me I need to do a bit more Tempo work or I am just gaining fitness😀
Probably gaining fitness. Ive done lots of low intensity rides last week, felt pretty good tonight. I put it down to being fitter, a little bit
mjd1988
Guru
mjd1988
Guru
i really need to pay more attention to these
From your video I can confirm that I packed it in just after coming second in a sprint that meant literally nothing. Petersen went and I chased. Not sure I could have lasted much longer but still!
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
I ll set up a meet sometime on next weeks course and we can all recce properly 👍🏼
Brusgaard
Über Guru
- Location
- Skive, Denmark
Just a short write up about my race. Video is available on Youtube for the full story.
I was dropped just when we crested that 10% climb. Rode alone for a bit until being caught by a group with 2 lightweight DBR riders and 2 others. Tried to slow them down until the end, as not to catch the many CycleChatters about one minute up the road, and closed the gap when they (DBR) attacked/escaped over the hills. We dropped one of them with about 7 km to go, and we caught the other escapee with 4 km to go after a nice downhill section.
Rode with him and another lightweight rider to the finish. The DBR rider opened the sprint but died just before the finish, and despite me being well behind them both I snuck past him on the last meters to get that one point extra. The 66 kg Irishman however I was not able to catch. 
I was dropped just when we crested that 10% climb. Rode alone for a bit until being caught by a group with 2 lightweight DBR riders and 2 others. Tried to slow them down until the end, as not to catch the many CycleChatters about one minute up the road, and closed the gap when they (DBR) attacked/escaped over the hills. We dropped one of them with about 7 km to go, and we caught the other escapee with 4 km to go after a nice downhill section.
Rode with him and another lightweight rider to the finish. The DBR rider opened the sprint but died just before the finish, and despite me being well behind them both I snuck past him on the last meters to get that one point extra. The 66 kg Irishman however I was not able to catch.
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mjd1988
Guru
Innsbruckring next (another feltet course) which is fairly straightforward - attack the legsnapper and don't stop pedalling until a few seconds after you've crested it and/or passed out.
