Arrgh, we are staying at Maspalomas, but are leaving the 22nd. Our flight home is 14:15 local time, what time are you arriving?
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Late afternoon I believe. Not to worry, we could have had a ride together if we had crossed over by a few days.
Weather is looking good, I hope it stays that way
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Lars how long are you there for. I will be there from 22nd this month. I was planning 3 big rides for the week.
Just call me Sage
With you there TB ... on leave this week, and from 1st Oct I went to 2 days a week working (ok, the extra time at home is to care for HID, but I don't really see that as workWork ????
What is this 'WORK' thing you talk of?
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Aleman
Knees are FUBAR but I don't like to mention it
- Location
- Blackpool UK
Me neither, climbing back on the bike tonight, last ride was the 10th Sept!I don't know what kind of cold that was, but it had me blowing bloody snot for 2 weeks. For almost a month I couldn't mount the energy needed to ride the bike.
.. Still a bit snotty, and wheezy from a respiratory tract infectionJust checked my times on ZwiftPower and see that @berty bassett was in the same race as me .... didn't see him, he was way up the road 
What I don't get though about that ride is that being flat I was expecting straight power/watts to correlate pretty closely to each rider's speed, but nothing of the sort. Speed/time seems to be more linked to w/kg. I thought this was only the case on hilly courses?
What I don't get though about that ride is that being flat I was expecting straight power/watts to correlate pretty closely to each rider's speed, but nothing of the sort. Speed/time seems to be more linked to w/kg. I thought this was only the case on hilly courses?
Breedon
Legendary Member
- Location
- Long Eaton, Nottingham
Brendan Parker
Veteran
- Location
- essex, england
Be careful if you join that Kona 112 mission it auto puts you on a TT bike. As I found out on a group ride 
When I'm comparing riders in a race on the flat sections, I tend to have 0.5-.0.7 less W/Kg for the same speed. When the road goes uphill I need about 1W/kg more to stay with the lighter riders.
I had 60 watts more than the (female) rider who finished 20 seconds behind me but with same w/kg. On a flat course with the watt difference I'd expect to be way ahead, but on a climb be as close as we were. Another guy was even further back but pushed 280 watts but had 2.5 w/kg. It was a TT race so maybe that was part of the reason?
Lee was 3 minutes ahead but only 9 absolute watts higher ... but my 2.8 w/kg against his 3.6 w/kg was clearly a factor in speed even though it was a mostly flat course .
I did my 3rd training ride on Zwift this evening - Whilst it's not easy, it's not as difficult as I imagined it would be. Is this because the 6-week beginner FTP builder starts off easy and gets harder, or did I cock up the FTP test and I'm not training at the level I should be to get results? For reference the average speed I'm clocking on Strava after a workout is 3 or 4mph lower than it would normally be on a ride of that length. I know that doesnt necessarily mean anything but I'm a little concerned I'd be getting more excercise and working a little harder on a normal ride 
I think I'll up the percentage from 100% to 110% on Thursdays effort and see how I get on
I think I'll up the percentage from 100% to 110% on Thursdays effort and see how I get on
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
I think it is so difficult to compare given the effect of drafting. Unless you were all on tt bikes?
All on TT bikes ... it was a TT race.
I did my 3rd training ride on Zwift this evening - Whilst it's not easy, it's not as difficult as I imagined it would be. Is this because the 6-week beginner FTP builder starts off easy and gets harder, or did I cock up the FTP test and I'm not training at the level I should be to get results? For reference the average speed I'm clocking on Strava after a workout is 3 or 4mph lower than it would normally be on a ride of that length. I know that doesnt necessarily mean anything but I'm a little concerned I'd be getting more excercise and working a little harder on a normal ride
I think I'll up the percentage from 100% to 110% on Thursdays effort and see how I get on
Try a few mid distance races 15-20 miles. There is nothing better than a bit of competition to push you to max effort. This will give you a good indication if your FTP is set wrong.
FTP build can be a slow burn to start with, keep at it for a few more workouts to see if it's gets harder. if it doesn't use the race numbers to set ftp
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
