If I was trying to get all the route badges I would be a little p!ssed if I only got it randomly
Thank goodness I'm not 😜
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If I was trying to get all the route badges I would be a little p!ssed if I only got it randomly
Thank goodness I'm not 😜
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
32 miles outdoor for me. Fairly low Z2 average. Sun was out but it wasn't warm by any means. OK with winter gear on though.
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Now we've got rid of Fat is Fast and onto the rolling stuff, I might have half a chance of a good result 
6th this morning, although it might have been a different story if the Power-ups had gone my way for the final climb and sprint.
View: https://www.youtube.com/live/evvd-QMK8bA
6th this morning, although it might have been a different story if the Power-ups had gone my way for the final climb and sprint.
View: https://www.youtube.com/live/evvd-QMK8bA
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
I have a Zwifting window on Wednesday evenings around 17:45-18:30, so I've been doing a short race then over the past few weeks. I do the Alpha workout (what used to be called Leg Openers) on Wednesday mornings, which is a good way of prepping for it. The Cycling Weekly Club 10s are quite fun, but you can never tell on the ZCA where they're going to be until just before the race - this week was showing London (Box Hill finish), but updated to Bologna (up and down) some time yesterday afternoon. The races are run as mass-start TTs, with drafting turned off.
I'd done Bologna back in November - the effort's a bit different from the 8km races in that you've got to save a little bit for the push to the line, but you get a tiny bit of recovery on the descent. I got under 17 minutes on the Bologna TT section last night - had it finished at the top of the hill, I'd have been close to my PB - but really suffered on the way to the line!
I'd done Bologna back in November - the effort's a bit different from the 8km races in that you've got to save a little bit for the push to the line, but you get a tiny bit of recovery on the descent. I got under 17 minutes on the Bologna TT section last night - had it finished at the top of the hill, I'd have been close to my PB - but really suffered on the way to the line!
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alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
In the coming weeks, DRS on Wednesday evenings might be an option for you. I'll be doing the morning slot.
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
Looks good, but might be a bit long/late for me - my wife and youngest son get back from swimming just after 18:30, and dinner needs to be on the table fairly pronto!
After Sundays outdoor ride I went down with a nasty cold ( man flu really but don't want to dramatise it ,but I lived ) so been off the bike for 3 days .Just done a 10 mile z2 ride and despite the legs feeling awful at the start it felt quite good by the end and surprisingly my breathing was ok . Now contemplating doing FRRs next tour which by there standard seem quite tame 😂 , It will give me something to target if the weather's bad by around the end of February
Legs
usually riding on Zwift...
- Location
- Staffordshire
All working now!
Shimano event this morning. I was enjoying it, until I wasn't, which was lap 3 half way up the climb, dropped off the first group.
I checked out Alex's event, so knew how long the climbs would be. It helped greatly, except the message didn't quite get to the lungs on lap 3.
I was chased down by the following group, one rider bursting out of the chase pack , dropping upto 7Wkg to close the gap to me. Why he wasn't in the lead pack is a mystery, able to put that much power on the final laps.
Despite an average result, a lot of us got a boost in RS
View: https://youtu.be/71riUb7WiDc?si=01Rz4sC8-BAAj_Fk
I checked out Alex's event, so knew how long the climbs would be. It helped greatly, except the message didn't quite get to the lungs on lap 3.
I was chased down by the following group, one rider bursting out of the chase pack , dropping upto 7Wkg to close the gap to me. Why he wasn't in the lead pack is a mystery, able to put that much power on the final laps.
Despite an average result, a lot of us got a boost in RS
View: https://youtu.be/71riUb7WiDc?si=01Rz4sC8-BAAj_Fk
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Had a look at that. I was looking at your HR and on lap 3 it reached 170 much sooner than the first two (just before you fell off), so the fatigue was building up.
That race so much depends on who you're up against. On the first couple of climbs I was trying to stay well within the pack but not let anyone get too far ahead and break away. It's a difficult balance because if you push hard, so will others. You will split the pack, but you will also be dead on the next lap. So it's all about saving what you can. A couple of guys on our race did break off for a short while, but they always got reabsorbed.
It's a fun route, but my legs wanted a rest today
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
For anyone who still hasn't got the 100kph badge yet, apparently it's super easy if you do the downhill after the Hardnott Pass climb portal, which is available for the whole of this month. Of course you've got to get up it first...
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I had spotted that and perhaps without my cold earlier in the week I would of had a go
