Going to be a pan flat TT now isn’t it
Interesting analysis on Zwift Insider re: powerups and sprinting. Something for you @mjd1988 ?
Also interesting how much height (or lack of) plays an advantage
ZwiftInsider - Sprinting
Hi all. Some good banter today in the group. 😃 Needles, fish in barrels, targets, and my eyesight getting called Into question 😂
Nice one Del 👍🏼Fast and Furious TTT tonight on the Greater London Flat route.
I thought I was about to make my (involuntary) Espresso debut. Due to some late team changes we lined up with 3 A riders, 4 Bs and a young lad in C who to all intents is a good B. But that left us just inside Frappe according to the rules, so any promotion is delayed!
As we reached our start time, we lost a B rider on the start line, for some reason he couldn't move off the line, and then one of our A riders lost touch due to Internet problems.
So, that left 6 of us riding flat out with the 2 As doing some huge turns on the front and the rest of us hanging on and sticking our noses in front for short spells. I was literally counting down the kilometres to go. Well first of all my target was to get to the end of Lap 1 with the group at about 15km out of 29, and then it was micro targets like am I still in the group at 10km to go, then 5km, then can I keep with them though the Green Park Underpass. The answer to all of them was yes!
Then the target became can I make it to the last km, because if I get dropped on the sprint that's no disgrace. And I was still there when the sprint opened up and then............. we crossed the line together. All 6 of us that were left in a single group!!
All I can say to my secret coach with his secret plan (he knows who he is) is that its working! I worked like stink tonight and collapsed in a heap on my bars at the end, but it was fantastic!
60th out of 155 in Frappe class with a finishing time of 41.21. I knew I'd worked hard when I checked the time of ZSunR Neptunes with @<Tommy> and @bridgy riding for them. They finished 37th with a time of 40.41, just 40 seconds ahead of us!
I do like the new ZSunR team names, named after planets. There's ZSunR Saturn as well as Neptune and others. But why can't you go full schoolboy humour and have ZSunR Uranus?
Ha! We were going to- my team have an internal name of The Pornstars (we were called prontostars) but it was a step too far.Fast and Furious TTT tonight on the Greater London Flat route.
I thought I was about to make my (involuntary) Espresso debut. Due to some late team changes we lined up with 3 A riders, 4 Bs and a young lad in C who to all intents is a good B. But that left us just inside Frappe according to the rules, so any promotion is delayed!
As we reached our start time, we lost a B rider on the start line, for some reason he couldn't move off the line, and then one of our A riders lost touch due to Internet problems.
So, that left 6 of us riding flat out with the 2 As doing some huge turns on the front and the rest of us hanging on and sticking our noses in front for short spells. I was literally counting down the kilometres to go. Well first of all my target was to get to the end of Lap 1 with the group at about 15km out of 29, and then it was micro targets like am I still in the group at 10km to go, then 5km, then can I keep with them though the Green Park Underpass. The answer to all of them was yes!
Then the target became can I make it to the last km, because if I get dropped on the sprint that's no disgrace. And I was still there when the sprint opened up and then............. we crossed the line together. All 6 of us that were left in a single group!!
All I can say to my secret coach with his secret plan (he knows who he is) is that its working! I worked like stink tonight and collapsed in a heap on my bars at the end, but it was fantastic!
60th out of 155 in Frappe class with a finishing time of 41.21. I knew I'd worked hard when I checked the time of ZSunR Neptunes with @<Tommy> and @bridgy riding for them. They finished 37th with a time of 40.41, just 40 seconds ahead of us!
I do like the new ZSunR team names, named after planets. There's ZSunR Saturn as well as Neptune and others. But why can't you go full schoolboy humour and have ZSunR Uranus?
Fast and Furious TTT tonight on the Greater London Flat route.
I thought I was about to make my (involuntary) Espresso debut. Due to some late team changes we lined up with 3 A riders, 4 Bs and a young lad in C who to all intents is a good B. But that left us just inside Frappe according to the rules, so any promotion is delayed!
As we reached our start time, we lost a B rider on the start line, for some reason he couldn't move off the line, and then one of our A riders lost touch due to Internet problems.
So, that left 6 of us riding flat out with the 2 As doing some huge turns on the front and the rest of us hanging on and sticking our noses in front for short spells. I was literally counting down the kilometres to go. Well first of all my target was to get to the end of Lap 1 with the group at about 15km out of 29, and then it was micro targets like am I still in the group at 10km to go, then 5km, then can I keep with them though the Green Park Underpass. The answer to all of them was yes!
Then the target became can I make it to the last km, because if I get dropped on the sprint that's no disgrace. And I was still there when the sprint opened up and then............. we crossed the line together. All 6 of us that were left in a single group!!
All I can say to my secret coach with his secret plan (he knows who he is) is that its working! I worked like stink tonight and collapsed in a heap on my bars at the end, but it was fantastic!
60th out of 155 in Frappe class with a finishing time of 41.21. I knew I'd worked hard when I checked the time of ZSunR Neptunes with @<Tommy> and @bridgy riding for them. They finished 37th with a time of 40.41, just 40 seconds ahead of us!
I do like the new ZSunR team names, named after planets. There's ZSunR Saturn as well as Neptune and others. But why can't you go full schoolboy humour and have ZSunR Uranus?
. Other than that all good.
Great result there Brendan.
I won't know until late Wednesday, maybe only an hour before the race, I'm afraid. If this buggers up timings, then count me out ..... or you can give me the same time as someone else and I can leave with them (no drafting so should be no advantage, and they will be faster than me so I won't see them for long
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