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6am! I was snoring then. I'd needed to up at 4am to feed ad prepare for 6
I didn't feed. Cup of coffee and then go for it...
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
Looking at the results, we are all pretty strong riders, coming well up the leaderboard in all races. Someone once said to me if you come in the top 50%, youre better than most. Im around 25-35% overall so very pleased, and more so if I ignore these faster, younger lightweights by filtering
Ignoring Lee, hes just bloody annoying old skinny goat
I take the same approach. As long as I am around 33% of all riders I am happy. When you take account of our ages and the fact we are all using ccurate turbo’s as a group we don’t do too bad. Some of course do a little better than others but that’s ok. For now...
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Freelanderuk
Über Member
- Location
- Theddlethorpe , Lincolnshire
Just tried a warm up before the 8am stage and there was no way I was competing,chest and throat burning ,sweating like a pig before I even got my heart rate up 
, will have to wait for the make up days and hope I am well
, will have to wait for the make up days and hope I am well
I find the tactic of working harder earlier in the race pays dividends later. Work at max early on to stay with faster groups. You'll travel faster by default of the draft and number of riders. As you tire, don't be afraid to drop off a group but always look over your shoulder at new groups coming behind to latch on to. Once you are on your own you'll never travel as fast as in a group, even for the same effort. Of course, easy to say, not that easy to do - but ad I race more I get better at it
Keep looking over your shoulders lads. .... As my weight drops, I'll be chasing you downI take the same approach. As long as I am around 33% of all riders I am happy. When you take account of our ages and the fact we are all using ccurate turbo’s as a group we don’t do too bad. Some of course do a little better than others but that’s ok. For now...
I may be slightly hangry too, so best hide any chocs and cakes
How are his GCSEs going?Just wait till they get to mid 50's, they will be burnt out. Tommy when he gets out of his long shorts, could be quite strong. Trouble is, he's in bed early so cant come racing on an evening
Hope you make the rerun, wouldn't want to beat you on a technicalityJust tried a warm up before the 8am stage and there was no way I was competing,chest and throat burning ,sweating like a pig before I even got my heart rate up
P.S. I'm bored on a train hence all the posts this morning !
So across the stages you've done on the TDZ, which stage did you average the highest and lowest power?
For me, my lowest was stage 5 (Richmond) - 262w (266 normalised), and my highest stage 6 (Road to Sky) - 290w (291 normalised).
Not too surprising really - I remember hating stage 5 and feeling really bad at the end, and stage 6 was the long slog up the Alpe and you always seem to put out more watts uphill, and obviously no relaxing in the draft on that stage!
So what's your highest and lowest - I'm interested if there's any pattern amongst us?
For me, my lowest was stage 5 (Richmond) - 262w (266 normalised), and my highest stage 6 (Road to Sky) - 290w (291 normalised).
Not too surprising really - I remember hating stage 5 and feeling really bad at the end, and stage 6 was the long slog up the Alpe and you always seem to put out more watts uphill, and obviously no relaxing in the draft on that stage!
So what's your highest and lowest - I'm interested if there's any pattern amongst us?
Freelanderuk
Über Member
- Location
- Theddlethorpe , Lincolnshire
Hope you make the rerun, wouldn't want to beat you on a technicality
P.S. I'm bored on a train hence all the posts this morning !
If I can not do the rerun I may get the wife to ride it for me , she may do better as she has a FES device fitted to both legs to help her walk ,but I could crank up the power to turbo charge her
https://www.mstrust.org.uk/a-z/functional-electrical-stimulation-fes
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Looking at the results, we are all pretty strong riders, coming well up the leaderboard in all races. Someone once said to me if you come in the top 50%, youre better than most. Im around 25-35% overall so very pleased, and more so if I ignore these faster, younger lightweights by filtering
Ignoring Lee, hes just bloody annoying old skinny goat
As I am in C Group, I set 50% of the riders in an open race/ride as my target. I.e. if A, B, C, D were the same size, it would mean I am roughly top of the C's. I normally do better than that so may need to up my target.
