Zwift Chat

[Peter Salt]

I twinged my right knee last Thursday and, although it feels like the kind of thing that's going to get better with rest, the pain's been coming back sporadically this week so I'm still off-Zwift. Jo's now doing short morning workouts on the treadmill in the Zwifting Suite, so, as and when I join her, it'll probably be with something with medium cadence and low torque like the Baby on Board pregnancy workouts...

Any story behind how it happened? I always get injured in the stupidest ways. Last time nearly broke my face because I got out of bed too fast

 

[bridgy]

You beat the powerhouse Italian squad. They had like 30W ave higher o/p. They must have faded so badly in the last sector.

Actually if you look at the splits they faded gradually over the race with the 11 second lead they had on us at the first split reducing steadily each split, rather than dramatically at the end. Maybe they just went out too hard?

 

[mjd1988]

Actually if you look at the splits they faded gradually over the race with the 11 second lead they had on us at the first split reducing steadily each split, rather than dramatically at the end. Maybe they just went out too hard?

Having watched the videos there that does seem to be it. They put 10 seconds into you guys in the first minute - and actually you all grouped together really strongly at the start so they did just sprint into it - I agree they just dug too deep and then the seconds slipped away very slowly as they paid for it over time. Actually a really really disciplined ride from you guys, never panicking and just clawing it back steadily, perfect ttt stuff

 

[Legs]

Any story behind how it happened? I always get injured in the stupidest ways. Last time nearly broke my face because I got out of bed too fast

I've had ongoing mild knee pain for the last 7 years - a patellar tracking issue that makes my knee click when I straighten it - but this was something else. I did a few 1100W sprints on Thursday morning that might have aggravated it...

 

[steverob]

Actually if you look at the splits they faded gradually over the race with the 11 second lead they had on us at the first split reducing steadily each split, rather than dramatically at the end. Maybe they just went out too hard?

Yeah, looks like it was a gradual pull back by you guys over the course of the whole race.

Here's a graph comparing the time gap for the Strava segment between @Ketty and the Italian's 5th guy, who was dropped right at the end and finished 8 seconds behind his teammates, which is why the graph suddenly ramps up there (I couldn't find any of their other four riders on Strava).

Note that this segment does NOT include the lead-in, which is where they were at their fastest, I think possibly because they were chasing the Swedish team, who clearly did not get a good start - in fact I think they might have overtaken them within the first minute of the ride!

 

[Peter Salt]

Yeah, looks like it was a gradual pull back by you guys over the course of the whole race.

Here's a graph comparing the time gap for the Strava segment between @Ketty and the Italian's 5th guy, who was dropped right at the end and finished 8 seconds behind his teammates, which is why the graph suddenly ramps up there (I couldn't find any of their other four riders on Strava).
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Note that this segment does NOT include the lead-in, which is where they were at their fastest, I think possibly because they were chasing the Swedish team, who clearly did not get a good start - in fact I think they might have overtaken them within the first minute of the ride!

I think you got a bit confused there, Andy. The Swedes were setting off third so there was no overtaking.

But yes, looking at the sector times, we did a negative split (against 2nd team) - 10 minutes in: 11s behind; 20 minutes in: 8s behind; 30 minutes in: 4s behind; Finish: 1.3s ahead. It's almost as if we've done it on purpose

 

[steverob]

I think you got a bit confused there, Andy Steve. The Swedes were setting off third so there was no overtaking.

I wasn't sure on the start order, but when watching Martin's video I swear I saw both the Swedes and Italians putting out big power numbers while their teams were all mixed together on the rider board on the right, so assumed someone was overtaking someone else at that moment. It must have just been a brief glitch on the leaderboard.

 

[bobinski]

I've had ongoing mild knee pain for the last 7 years - a patellar tracking issue that makes my knee click when I straighten it - but this was something else. I did a few 1100W sprints on Thursday morning that might have aggravated it...

Work on your glutes and possibly hamstrings? Just banded crab walks are enough to resolve it for me.

 

[13 rider]

FRR stage 4 done in the words of Pogi I'm f*"£'|d I'm dead , 208th on zp but I claiming victory over Peter (Salty) Salt by over a 1 min never mind" I'm only do zone 2 nonsense" a wins a win. 2 laps of full Scotland segments both ways up the sugr ,both directions on the brae and the Clyde kicker went for every segment on lap 1 rested between them then just survived lap 2 blew up 2 km from the end lost the wheels and 15 sec, can't wait for the next stages short 33km iTT then longer and hillier ones

 

[CXRAndy]

My current once a week race , is not ideal to competing near the front of C cat. First lap was a lung burning shock, getting spat out of the lead group.

I fell to the fourth group, which allowed me to regain my composure. It was a large pack, pushing strong. We caught the two smaller packs in front on lap two. I was then able to go with the stronger riders leaving the main group. I didn't really have much for the sprint, held position. Again I will be Dq'd due to no HR monitor. I sorted it after the race-corrosion on contacts.

Good workout all the same

 

[Marino.g]

My current once a week race , is not ideal to competing near the front of C cat. First lap was a lung burning shock, getting spat out of the lead group.

I fell to the fourth group, which allowed me to regain my composure. It was a large pack, pushing strong. We caught the two smaller packs in front on lap two. I was then able to go with the stronger riders leaving the main group. I didn't really have much for the sprint, held position. Again I will be Dq'd due to no HR monitor. I sorted it after the race-corrosion on contacts.

Good workout all the same

Is your heart monitor a wahoo by any chance Andy?

 

[13 rider]

I had trouble with the connections on my wahoo HRM corroding , what I do now is to completely disconnect the HRM from the strap and store the 2 bits separately which seems to work

 

[bridgy]

I've previously had Garmin HRM's but two of them have only lasted me a couple of years each and stopped working properly despite all efforts to sort them out. They're not cheap, so when my last Garmin one failed back in June I took a chance on an £11 one from Amazon - almost identical to the Garmin one but branded "Xoss" I think.

Well it has been absolutely faultless since then (5 months in) and actually pairs with Zwift quicker and more problem free than the expensive Garmin one ever did. So far, very glad I didn't shell out for another expensive Garmin one because if I didn't know I'd actually think this was the more expensive HRM (so far!)

 

[Norry1]

I've had issues with both Garmin and Wahoo. Having said that, I rarely do what they suggest re washing the strap etc.

I'm on my 3rd Wahoo TICKR and I'm trying occasionally rubbing WD40 on the contact points.

 

[bridgy]

I've had issues with both Garmin and Wahoo. Having said that, I rarely do what they suggest re washing the strap etc.

I'm on my 3rd Wahoo TICKR and I'm trying occasionally rubbing WD40 on the contact points.

Remove the HRM unit and wear the strap in the shower after your ride to wash it - hang out to dry