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[alex_cycles]

Epic race this morning at 10. Deca Dash. I normally do these on Sunday, but busy tomorrow. Fairly evil course. 10 laps of Classic.

 

[CXRAndy]

Good luck with that one Alex. Off to get wheel refurbed, see mate and then pot over to check out another mates solar installation.

 

[13 rider]

Redid the Shimano Scotland race this afternoon I was disappointed with my last effort which saw me dropped after the 1st Clyde kicker , this time I entered the cat were I was nearer the top rather than mid pack . Result was I was in the bunch that contested the sprint for the win but as my sprint isn't great 12th on the road 10th on zp and despite the race overall being slower I was 1min 30secs quicker than my last effort so I'm happy with that . I seem to have gamed the ZRS system perfectly as my score went up to 390 which means I can enter either range 1 at the bottom and 1 at the top 🤔

 

[Legs]

Was going to finish off the TdZ this afternoon - was cutting it fine anyway but was scuppered by my trainer not pairing. I’ll have to go again tomorrow morning.

Instead, I did a ridiculously tough workout (Anaerobic Capacity into VO2) which involved 5 repeats of 2:00 ~400W ramps / 2:00 200W. I bailed one of them, and also partway through the final 6-minute ramp which was due to take me from 335W to 375W… legs just said ‘no’!

 

[alex_cycles]

I ended up managing to hold onto the first group (all cats) up climb 1 and lap 1. Then got dropped just before the climb on lap 2. Got in a group of 3, which grew gradually to six then stayed stable until the end of lap 8. So I did 6 climbs with those guys. I fell off just after the end of lap 8 and did the last two laps on my own.

Those guys in my group 2 were all Emeralds. So I was quite pleased to have held on with them for an hour. Got the Deca Dash badge and won't ever have to do that course again


View: https://www.youtube.com/live/YmLQ10dz600

 

[alex_cycles]

YAY - zRacing is Loop de Loop x2 this week. One of my favourite short race routes 🙌

 

[mjd1988]

Gosh it's very quiet here! Any upcoming race series?

 

[CXRAndy]

Gosh it's very quiet here! Any upcoming race series?

I don't know or care at the moment, endless family illnesses I keep catching. Another week or two ruined 🤬

 

[mjd1988]

I don't know or care at the moment, endless family illnesses I keep catching. Another week or two ruined 🤬

Ah that's awful. In a similar boat, was in Tenerife but we all were a bit unwell so only just getting back to it, giving rouvy a try for a week alongside tpv but will likely be back to zwift

 

[13 rider]

Next FRR tour starting for those mad enough to do it ,the last one put me off still have nightmares about 4 horsemen 🤣, that said Alex seems to have done the 1st stage (classification ride) this morning not sure he's doing the whole thing as I'm sure it clashes with a dirt series he mentioned
Edit just checked don't think the 2 clash

 

[13 rider]

Just signing up for the dirt Wednesday series as a possible race if I feel up to it . Question where would I find my discord ID ?

 

[Legs]

I'm getting into a nice routine of

Monday am - 30min spin or easy workout
Wednesday am - Leg Openers workout
Wednesday pm - ~30min Zwift race
Friday am - workout, usually ~30min pretty tough
Saturday - run or parkrun or long workout or Zwift race
Sunday - run or TdZ or both

with a few minutes of planking and resistance band stretches every evening to improve my feeble core strength.

 

[alex_cycles]

Gosh it's very quiet here! Any upcoming race series?

FRR - if you're quick you can do the qualifying iTT today (I did it this morning.)

There's also DRS starting next week with tomorrow as the cut-off for race 1 teams.

 

[alex_cycles]

Next FRR tour starting for those mad enough to do it ,the last one put me off still have nightmares about 4 horsemen 🤣, that said Alex seems to have done the 1st stage (classification ride) this morning not sure he's doing the whole thing as I'm sure it clashes with a dirt series he mentioned
Edit just checked don't think the 2 clash

I did the qualifier this morning and will race on Saturday. Anything more than that, I'm not sure of - we'll see.

I'm doing it for endurance training for DRS and Chasing Tour

 

[alex_cycles]

Just signing up for the dirt Wednesday series as a possible race if I feel up to it . Question where would I find my discord ID ?