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[Marino.g]

Sorry guys ... I let myself down,, my friends down, my family down

For all the great work the team did tonight ... and feck me, what an amazing team effort .... I just couldn't drop him. Legs just didn't have it tonight. I thought we'd have him on the 2nd climb but he had the 2 strong riders with him who kept bringing him back (plus Ferres initially until he went off the front).

Really enjoyed riding as a team

The sprints probably did it too for me tonight - 'won' points on the first sprint but looks like that didn't count 3rd on 2nd sprint, but nothing on 3rd sprint and almost dropped. I knew at that point i didn't have much left.

Had to work really hard that final climb to not get dropped. I was on my limit the whole way up. So glad you didn't wait for me Brendan - much better for you to beat Ferres

Thanks @Ketty , @mjd1988 , @Freelanderuk , @Brendan Parker , @CXRAndy for the support on the road and @Marino.g for the support on chat

Great effort Carl, you gave it your best for the series and you can't ask more than that.

"Let your results guide you and not to define you"
"It's the journey over the destination"

 

[Whorty]

Great effort Carl, you gave it your best for the series and you can't ask more than that.

"Let your results guide you and not to define you"
"It's the journey over the destination"

I saw your messages and they really helped me to keep going. Thanks for the support Hopefully you'll be back with us riding next week.

 

[Marino.g]

That was fun!

My first even Wahoo League win which was also my first outright race win on Zwift (the actual Zwift race, you know what I mean) and all thanks to @steverob and his MTB advice

It was a fast start but I managed to keep up with the road bikes on the 2km lead in to the dirt. I looked and Steve was a few seconds behind and didn't know if I should attack or wait up... I thought it best to attack and went for a 25km solo breakaway. Managed to keep everyone at bay by the end of the first climb and then extended my lead each lap thereafter.

Quite interesting how no one twigged on that me and Steve were on MTBs and changed.

On the climb on lap 3 with everyone settled in their positions we all dropped the pace and rolled over the line. Series done. And a new FTP of 262!

We did pretty well in D:
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I picked up 2nd overall, Steve picked up 3rd and @JLaw picked up 4th

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And Team D picked up 1st position overall.

A thought the series as a whole was very enjoyable. Well done to everyone who entered in every Cat!

I now have 3 more races to secure the DBR Wed night league!!

(I think I'm running quite close to the 95% limit now looking at tonight's ride - could someone who knows what they are doing maybe have a look for me on Zwift Power and see if that is the case so I can adjust my effort not to get DQ'd on the Wed night league? - Thanks)

Well done @Joffey, @steverob and all of team D, great team effort.

 

[steverob]

Looks like some excellent rides from the Cyclechat team tonight.

Don't know what happened to me tonight. Just didn't seem up for it.

I really didn't go for the start properly and just let the group go. Thought of just dropping out but decided to carry on, and then when it was too late, somehow I decided to ride. I overtook all the also-rans and put over 5 minutes into some of them over 3 laps. Even Strava told me my ride was 'harder than my usual effort'. All a bit pointless if you start the race in a half hearted manner.

Does anyone else ever get days like that?

Yeah, last week's ride in this league was exactly like that for me. Legs like lead and was having to sprint to keep up with the front group as I kept on almost getting dropped, then finally did get dropped after 10 minutes, but not on the main climb where I figured I'd get distanced (with hopes of catching back up on the descent) but on a tiny slope way before the climb with no chance of getting back.

Then while I was just pootling about in the second half of the ride, having all but given up because all the big groups were either way ahead or way behind me, all of a sudden my form came back and I was able (with the help of two other riders) to catch back up to the second bunch on the road and finish strongly with quite a decent long distance sprint. All of which makes my power average for the ride look pretty good, even though I know most of the ride was rather poor.

 

[Ketty]

I saw your messages and they really helped me to keep going. Thanks for the support Hopefully you'll be back with us riding next week.

I second that - thanks for the messages @Marino.g and @mjd1988

 

[Freelanderuk]

How tall are you then Tim ,just seen your profile

 

[Ketty]

How tall are you then Tim ,just seen your profile

6ft 3

 

[Marino.g]

I second that - thanks for the messages @Marino.g and @mjd1988

It's been a pleasure to see you progress so quickly Tim but watch out Joffey is hot on your heels.

 

[Ketty]

It's been a pleasure to see you progress so quickly Tim but watch out Joffey is hot on your heels.

He is the pesky

It will be great to have him in C soon after he wins his Wednesday night league

I’m chuffed he got me into all this

@Joffey

 

[Joffey]

I was trying to get the race up on my display so I could sneak glances during the meeting, but was unable to do so. I did bring the race up on ZP and you were running away with it every time I looked. Great job!

Cheers Jeff!

 

[Joffey]

Yes, you were pretty close - 2.499 w/kg tonight - can't get much closer than that! Having said that, you do get a 0.1 w/kg leeway for a single race, so you still would have been okay tonight.

Long term though, you are getting close to C, but not quite close enough for ZP to list you as "Nearly C". Remember that on this particular measurement there is NO leeway - if you go over 2.5 w/kg, you're reclassified immediately.

Your current average is 2.471 w/kg. Given your two current best results (tonight and the Borekop race from 2 weeks ago), if you go over 2.523 w/kg in any race, that will be enough to bring your average over 2.5. At current weight, that means you cannot do more than 274 watts for your best 20 minutes - for comparison, tonight you did 272 watts.

Blooming heck, I was close then!!

I've stopped vaping 3 weeks ago, I think that's why my performances are getting better, but on the flip side I have replaced vaping with chocolate so I might need to weigh myself to make sure I'm correct on Zwift. Prior to stopping vaping I had lost about half a stone, now my lungs work better but so does my greedy stomach

Thanks for explaining it all for me!

 

[Joffey]

6ft 3

In real life he's about 5 inches taller than Warwick Davis but he's sensitive about it so we never pull him up when he tells people he's over 6 foot...

This is me and Ketty on a bike ride before lockdown. He does like wheel sucking! "Get on the front and do a turn Ketty!!"

 

[Joffey]

Well done @Joffey, @steverob and all of team D, great team effort.

Cheers Marino!

 

[Ketty]

In real life he's about 5 inches taller than Warwick Davis but he's sensitive about it so we never pull him up when he tells people he's over 6 foot...

This is me and Ketty on a bike ride before lockdown. He does like wheel sucking! "Get on the front and do a turn Ketty!!"

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Thanks mate!

 

[Joffey]

Thanks mate!