Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
I'm all in, for any league / series 
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Hey @Peter Salt I'm racing at Hetton Lyons Country Park this weekend. Have you ridden the circuit there? Not sure how far away you are?
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
I moved a bit further south and am now at the very tip of the Humber
Shame it's this weekend and not the next, as I will be visiting Staithes and would definitely make the trip from there.
Not familiar with the circuit at all.
Nearly in Wy-ey man terriotory
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I had another go on the climb portal today pushed quite hard for the first 2 or 3 segments and got three 250xp on the way up and one more on the way down. Not a bad return for a 20-minute climb.
I did my first proper race in probably a month. Lungs held up well post race. Legs were pretty good. I messed up on the last lap with my phone muting my music, by the time I un-paused it I had lost the group draft, went into the red catching up and then blew up. Too much technology going on.
Used the steering well to gain lots of places on the twisty loop.
View: https://youtu.be/meLbLBIl8Tc
Used the steering well to gain lots of places on the twisty loop.
View: https://youtu.be/meLbLBIl8Tc
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
You tried multi-tasking? Rookie error.
multi-tasking - the art of messing up multiple things simultaneously
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
I play my music (not just Enya) through Alexa when I'm zwifting so that I don't muck that up. She turns my fan on and off for me, too.
Have learnt not to try typing messages mid-race!
Have learnt not to try typing messages mid-race!
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
Power was good, thanks. But so was everyone else's. It was another one of those 'smash the segment, rest in between' sessions so legs were fresh for the sprints.
We let two guys up the road as they were both A cat. riders that somehow are in ZR Emerald. First FTS I wasn't entirely happy with, but came 3rd; second FTS was spot on and I won that. FAL on the next lap is best not mentioned - completely messed it up and ended up outside top 10, and then the same with the finish. I definitely need to work on my timing - convince myself it's better to go early and, at worst, get overtaken by 1-2 riders in the draft, then to wait for too long and never overtake anyone, despite having the potential.
I have to admit I'm not too invested in these. I'm doing my best physically but the head isn't quite there. I definitely don't enjoy it as much as the ZRL or FRR. I'll finish it, as I don't like starting stuff and not finishing, but will likely hold fire on any future DIRT series - maybe let them do 2-3 races before checking the field and deciding whether to join.
Will definitely do the next event, as it's Harrogate. It's very difficult not to have a good race there. Last race in the series is La Reine - which may be real 'fun'. Everything in between looks a bit bland.
By the way: Last call if someone wants to join this forum ride.
[EDIT]:
Completely random, but someone just sent me this, and I can't unhear it
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MINwa4_BVsY
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Finally got around to doing my Race Report from the British Cycling National Masters Road Race Championships I raced on Sunday. My first blog for a while if anyone is interested
https://norryscyclingstuff.weebly.com/blog
https://norryscyclingstuff.weebly.com/blog
mjd1988
Guru
Well done Martin. Slip up aside, how do you find the di2?
