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Same here please.
i've invited all the XX "STW" Zwifters following me...
Jsut look for "DrP STW" and follow moi...
then i can invite..
DrP
Unfortunately can't make the post ride cool down, although I may not have the lungs or legs after anyway 🤣🤣
I need a new turbo.
What has happened to your turbo?
Maybe we should recommend what we have?
I have a Xplova noza s, works pretty well, currently being repaired tho, Bluetooth connection doesn't work 😭
Tried to join post ride but too late... barely turning legs over so probably best.
That was brutal.
That did not go well 😂
Tried to join the post race ride but had missed the start by about an hour I think (the auto join was both a blessing and a curse, making me get off the trainer to decline).
Think I crawled home in 54th
Thst was horrific. Who was in the group that covered aprx 30th to 38th? We did well!
That's the hardest, shortest race or event that I've done, if that makes sense - definitely feel worse than after the TT. I think it's the short lap and close racing that mentally drags a bit more out of you.
Pretty much fell/crawled off the bike, tried to join the post ride meet up but barely got the energy to lock the garage up! Well done all!
Yuk...legs not feeling that after yesterday
**** me. What a start!! Despite doing 300+ out the gate I soon found myself right at the back and had to then sprint at 500 for WAY too long to get back onto Robbo’s group, which pretty much ruined me (then we got dropped and it was just us!) Was basically just hanging on from then on & let him and R. Manwaring (who dat? 😀 thanks tho 👍) drag me till I let them go after the last hill! (Side note... whoever said you can’t draft on an MTB could not be more wrong cos I just wheelsucked like a mother****er all the way round 🤣🤣)
So that's what it feels like when you're properly rested! Enjoyed that, managed to hang on to the second group rather than getting dropped straight away and limping to the end. Enjoyed the sprint up the hill at the front of the group but couldn't keep it going on the descent so couldn't get away, then didn't quite have the legs for the sprint. On previous races when I've been tired I've not managed an average higher than 240w while tonight I did 281 so happy with that. Might even get a new ftp out of it.
Who was in the group that covered aprx 30th to 38th?
👋
Punching well above my (power to) weight in that group. Tried to get away on last downhill but no dice, came 37th.
FTP up by 5 to 285W. That might be the last time I see points in this series
I'm impressed you guys know who you're racing with and can remember, I'm just trying not to collapse.
Cracking race with whoever I was riding with and kudos to the guy who held off my attempt at a sprint.
Really thought I was going to puke afterwards.
Thanks again Robbo, top series.
Enjoyed that...felt better than I thought it would and was expecting to blow up at some stage...so was probably a bit too cautious and slightly kicking myself for not trying to catch Steve (I think) and Lee when they created a gap. I thought we would get them back with the group but was wrong
Went for the sprint at the final corner and took the win in the group...surprised myself!
Goes quick doesn't it but they are very addictive.
Soooooo...anyone fancy doing the Aussie double header one at 7:05am and 7:30am tomorrow morning?? 😜😜
Not sure how but I somehow managed an FTP increase despite my efforts to do as little work as possible. Only, Zwift being Zwift I don't actually know what my new FTP is.
Hugely please with the blistering attack which netted me a frankly glorious 44th(?) place.
Lap 4 I picked up a feather and was thinking of holding on to it for the last lap but going in to the climb I saw someone catching, then passing our little group at a rate of knots.
So I rode the first half of the climb pretty hard then popped the feather to catch/hold the wheel of Nelson(?) over the top and then wheelsucked for a lap to get a lead on the 4 or 5 riders I'd been with.
After that it was a case of hanging on to those lapping me and managing my decline!
That absolutely killed me. Tried to join Dr P's warm down ride but within a few seconds I knew I couldn't do any more than just turn the pedals, so bowed out and just spun for 20 mins, struggled to get above 140w for all of it!!
Definitely burned everything I had in that race, the start was brutal! Saw everyone just disappear, caught a few out by surprise as 30 seconds in there was a fast few who shot past me like I was standing still. Managed to keep my power up for every lap so picked up places slowly throughout the race and pinched myself up the climb and through the rollers so have been rewarded by a big increase in FTP. Was 237 now 257. That's a jump of 27 since race 1, over 11% more. Does that knock me up a category? Hope not!
I’ve done that before... it’s genuinely very unpleasant 😃anyone fancy doing the Aussie double header one at 7:05am and 7:30am tomorrow morning?
@snotrag and @jimdubleyou I was knocking around with you guys. It was a good effort.
I had trainer lag after a few laps in mind, the downs and ups were being felt the wrong way around which really doesn’t help. Bloomin thing.
@zilog6128 is it bad yeah? I'm thinking one might be ok but then the next 4 laps could hurt.
Alternatively there is a 6 lap ZHQ crit event at 7-30am too...I think I've become addicted and will turn into @weeksy 🤣🤣
Well that was hard, but good. Got more out of myself than I expected having not felt 100% for a few days - amazing what a race brings out of you.
Didn't mess up the start for a change but missed a break with a faster group, couldn't catch them and was in no-mans-land for a while so eased off a tiny bit to the group behind with oopnorth, euain, steve clowes, jack and a few others I think (sorry I can barely remember my own name when I'm blowing out my ass).
Stayed in the group for a bit but saw Steve getting a little break a few times so pushed it to follow him and we got a break from the group. The rest of the race was spent trying to hang on!
Thanks all it really is the highlight of my week just now and of course to the main man Robbo for sorting it.
Oh and another FTP increase from 238 - 241.
Thanks everyone for joining in tonight.
Onto the results. These are provisional in case I have made any mistakes. Please let me know.
Cat A:
1. benman
2. Drp
3. phil56
Cat B:
1. kirky72
2. w00dster
3. J-R
Cat C:
1. Haloric Jr
2. oopnorth
3. Haloric
Cat D:
1. crust
2. lewisdeacon
3. whirld
Overall Race Winner (with handicaps)
1. w00dster
2. kirky72
3. benman
Series Top 3 (including sprint/fastest lap points)
1. kirky72
2. w00dster
3. J-R
Fastest Lap
1. Paino
2. Nixie
3. benman
4. kirky72
5. w00dster
Sprint
1. Paino
2. nixie
3. DrP
4. danielcbaron
5. J-R
Green Jersey Race
1. Paino (24)
2. Nixie (22)
3. benman (6)
Next week is 4 laps of seaside sprint which is quite a good little event only course. There are usually a few races each week with it if anyone wants to have a go in advance.
Dont forget to have a go on Repack Ridge as well. There is only 2 weeks left! The leadberboard is currently:
1. slowpuncheur
2. robbo1234biking
3. dangeourbrain
For those interested in joining with more STW Zwift fun(?) there is a TTT on a Thursday evening:
https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/zwift-team-time-trial-thursday/page/20/#post-11460181
If the Haloric shed-of-pain was a cup, it did full on overfloweth this evening.
I managed to hang with Jack for most of it but kept struggling just on the brow of the climb, got dropped at least twice and managed to get dragged back on by other stragglers.
For some brain-addled reason I thought there was one more lap, so didn't quite give it all until I was in the last 200m and realised what was going on !Doh.
Was 2 watt off an increase, so must be coming back into some sort of form.
Not enough warm up, wearing my Dafeet etouch gloves to try and stop my bars turning into a sweat swimming pool surprisingly made my hands boil and I felt completely spent mid race. But ItsOnlyMeLee opened a gap to the rest of our ~10-strong group and persuaded my legs to try and go with him, I was on the verge of cracking for the last couple of laps, but somehow my feeble sprint just edged the finish.
Given the mid race blip, I'm shocked to report another little FTP increase to 291, my mission is to try and report a true weight drop before Sunday!
Soooooo…anyone fancy doing the Aussie double header one at 7:05am and 7:30am tomorrow morning?? 😜😜
@oopnorth i'll sign on, if I make it out of my pit in time it'll do me good.
I completely blew up about half way into lap 2 tonight so could do with trying to restore some faith in my ability to turn pedals.
is it bad yeah? I’m thinking one might be ok but then the next 4 laps could hurt.
@oopnorth
You think, oh it’s only 2 short races, how bad can it be? But of course you give 100% on the first, get a too-short rest and then find yourself back in the starting pen, with ruined legs, realising in 30s you have to somehow do it over again! I found it very demoralising! Probably great training though 😀
What has happened to your turbo?
It made an unpleasant noise a bit like trying to put a car in reverse at high revs and felt terrible, then I made an even more unpleasant swear and left the room.
I'm just gonna jump in the shower and eat..so will do a proper little write up in a bit.. but.. oof..!!!
Quick question.... my 20min effort there was 317 watts... 95% of that is 301W.. but zwift hasn't ammended of told me of an FTP increase... how come???
I guess that was a genuine 20min effort, so my FTP is now 301??
DrP
bloody hell - if you lot keep improving every time out I'll be racing for last, next time I can join a race
Some of you lot are rapid! I had a decent start (or so I thought) until we turned a corner and saw the lead group shoot up the roads like rats up a drainpipe. We formed a decent group at 25-30odd place but after no power up at all on the first 4 laps I was getting fatigued and a bit peed off! Kept with @OopNorth, the goat, Lee and a few more but like @Haloric I made the last kicker thinking; one more lap - how wrong I was. Looked up and we had 300m left so sprint was a bit limp. Time seemed to bend. I was clock watching after 4 minutes and the next thing we were sprinting for the line. Definitely Type 2 fun:)
Phwoar, that was haaaaaard. Not sure I'll be doing a crit again out of choice anytime soon. Absolutely manic start, 500w out of the gate just to hold the 2nd group. I was relieved when the fast folk broke free, the pace dropped slightly, but I still felt like I was barely clinging on. There really is nowhere to hide on that course. Those rollers are as bad as the climb! Despite only getting 2 actual power ups (10xp - gee, thank you) I managed to cling on until the end with the 2nd group but I have no idea who was in it, thanks for pulling me round though.
Type 2 fun as always. Cheers Robbo, you awful, awful man 😉
Well that went as good as it could of done. Combine my drop in power with everyone else’s FTP increases meant there was no way I could stick with the top group. So I decided to gun it for the sprint and the lap, and surprisingly got them both!
No idea what happened out the pen though. Gave it 450W or more, and found myself pretty much last. Just saw a meandering line of riders in front of me. Had to give it 500W just to get back on track. Terrible start, again!
Was game over after the fast lap, just had to hope there was a group willing enough to drag me round....found it in the form of Crazyharry & Wellock...thanks guys, and sorry for mostly wheelsucking to the finish, but I was done. Zero power to even bother with a sprint for line.
Also. Cheers @DrP for the after party, definitely needed that!
@funkybaj, @snotrag and @jimdubleyou I was also with you guys and a few others (including M Howlett before his lap 7 breakaway)
@n0b0dy0ftheg0at haha my 'break' came about by me sitting at the back of the group and seeing you get a little gap at the front so thought I'd have a dig (with the aid of the draft no doubt) to catch up, and then I just kept on for a little bit to see if it would break up a bit. After that I was close to cracking too, thinking I'll recover a little bit in a minute and lend a hand/have a turn on the front, but it never came.
Soooooo…anyone fancy doing the Aussie double header one at 7:05am and 7:30am tomorrow morning?? 😜😜
A classic case of oxygen deficiency to the brain post-exercise. Nurse!
That was the hardest race yet, didn't enjoy it at all. Legs weren't good from the start.
To top of the misery I got a 7w ftp increase too. (up to 307w)
@funkybaj I'm on an aging Tacx Flux that does it too, hence all my weird yo-yoing back and forth up and down the group when the terrain goes up and down. A direct drive trainer would be nice if they didn't require a remortgage!
@robbo1234biking `race 4' and 'race 4 sprint' column titles are mixed up I think!
Is the race 4 tab still showing just handicaps for everyone or just me?
Oooooo @zilog6128 you are not selling it to me. I've signed up so if I manage to get up in time I'll have a go...although I might have to rethink the second one if the legs fail.
@dangeourbrain Brian I may see you there! Gulp!
Cheers Robbo , that was tuff well done the fast guys there was some red numbers in the watt column when they lapped me !!
also think I had an ftp increase to 235 can you adjust my figures please.
Cheers
That was hard. I don't like crits anyway and very little warm up did not help. Plan was always the sprint and lap points. The first full lap was clearly the one to attack. I made sure I was a good few seconds back from the leaders at the start of lap 2 then reattached to the group (free time). Then went for it down the hill. Annoyingly looks like @paino had the same idea and came it half a second quicker. The sprint I went after on lap 4 with a feather. I popped that too late and again found paino had a unbeatable time at the top.
After that I was intending to rest till the end. A stupid tactical error left me gapped with 2 laps to go. I thought Phil was behind me at the top of the hill and decided to take the free ride back to the slight break. Only to discover too late it was someone else in a bumblebee top and I was stuffed. I cruised mostly after that. Hopefully do better next week. I like seaside sprint and have done a good number of races on it.
@snotrag cheers have modified!
Lots more FTP increases across the board.
@haloric does Jack have a STW username or is he OK being Haloric Jr on the results?
My race went wrong pretty quick. Didnt feel great in the warm up (lacking energy). I usually have a big bowl of oatbran between 5 and 5.30 on race days but didnt today and felt lacking after the warm up. I had a gel waiting on the line but the start didnt go well and it it took a couple of laps before I started to feel better. Enjoyed riding with @zilog6128 and @mtbrog was a good little race and managed to get them both in the last lap. The power numbers weren't as terrible as I thought they would be actually.
Onwards to next week now! Will definitely fuel better for that one.
Oh tip for people. If you add your closest rivals as favourites in Zwift in the mini map on companion app you get a min picture of them instead of the usual blob and they are highlighted red on the gradient map in the top right corner of the screen. Helps to keep track of them in the confusion!
jimdubleyou
Is the race 4 tab still showing just handicaps for everyone or just me?
Same here. The results page for race 4 just shows the handicaps - no results.
The results tab seems to be updated with points & whatnot though....
Yep same for me too.