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Have a great week in Scotland Brian!
I'm probably up for Sunday "hills" as that's a route I need to get done and a group ride round there will make life easier.
Have a great week in Scotland Brian!
Ta. Not spannering my self is the bar...
Well you didn't miss much folks - realised I've packed my [both pairs of light ish] shoes into the car already so put my winter ones on which resulted in almost immediate sweaty feet then proceeded to rub due to insufficient sock bulk and coverage. Think I made it maybe 2k before I decided to sod it off.
Sort of glad for the lack of company or I'd have stuck with it and ended up with my feet flayed.
Haha something was trying to tell you it wasnt a good idea in the first place!
I decided to have a lie in and set a late alarm, it's my only opportunity as I'm up early all weekend with various things to do.
Hope the weather is better in scotland, you biking all week on 7 Staines etc? I'm well jealous if you are! Enjoy.
you biking all week on 7 Staines etc? I’m well jealous if you are!
Few days based out of Innerleithen then up to nevis Range, maybe via glencoe or devil's staircase subject to weather.
Plan was to have a bigger bike built but there was a procurement issue* with the frame so I'm on my following instead. I'll be staying off the wc at nevis and the black at glencoe me thinks!
*I'm a bit cross about that.
Not been a good Indoor bike week, done a couple other app rides when I could, a Track day and been away with work with a few late nights hampered time, have accepted Sunday that sounds good and also Wednesday I can't do Tuesday.
I had a mileage stretch target for the month which really looks like a stretch now....
Great ride that this morning, good pace and a bit of everything to suit all.
Legs nicely buzzing now.
Cheers chaps!
Great ride, not sure where I was in the middle 🙂 think todays reading will be how to improve pace on flat bits.... LOL
Thanks All certainly a good pace set!
Yeah that was good, thanks guys. I still think you were sandbagging there Forge, put 20s into me and Robbo before the hill and then blasted up too. Either that or you were too busy eating skittles to put the power down.
Closest I've been to anyone else on Sunday Hills up those climbs today so something is heading the right way.
Hard work at the start with what seemed like every Japanese Zwifter in the world trying to hook a draft to begin with.
Good ride that. I averaged 299w for 7 mins on that last climb. Did beat my pb by 30 seconds but didn’t get it under 7 minutes. Prob could if I went into it fresh instead of 50k in! The aqueduct Kom should create some splits in races as well. Cheers all.
Felt good early on then had nothing in my legs in the middle after eating a banana, a gel and some skittles I came back for last 15 or so miles, no sandbagging! just didn't have the pace at times (which I need to look at and improve on)
You've all definitely upped the pace, the start felt fast and busy with the others around.
It's a fast course in general around there, whichever way you go...it demands you go flat out with no rest bits. I actually quite like that part of the France map.
Definitely a good addition, Paris too.
Definitely a good addition. I feel like I've had a good cycle today so much so all I've done today is a family call then watched motorsport on ITV4 all afternoon 🙂
@robbo1234biking Just so you know, I got a results page at the end this morning. I could photo it and save it as needed.
I wonder if you would need to stay active to get all the results once everyone has finished, might mean waiting around. Is it different for the organiser of the meetup?
Cheers mate I got the results window as well, but even better you can view the results if you look in the activity afterwards in the zwift companion so no need to try and take any screen shots or anything!
Yep, all there in the companion App! So it works then, test successful!
See you in the morning for more leg pain 🙂
Good commute today, enjoyed that, I got the badge for the route After I rounded up the ride up with a few more miles, when I got to the top of the first mini climb were you turn left to head down to viaduct it gave me the badge there.
That’s me Zwifted for this week, may do Friday but likely other app, and Sunday rest day this week.
That's annoying - I should have read the description better as that was prob only another 5 mins on the bike! Good ride this morning. I got a 1 minute power best on that ride too - 449W so 5W higher than my previous best.
Got the TTT tomorrow evening and then I am doing Stage 1 of the MAAP events on Friday afternoon as I missed it. Only 2 people signed up at the moment so may do it as a workout instead just to complete the series.
Oh really???!! That's really annoying! Not that I could really be bothered going back up the full hill. 😉 Why does Zwift do these crazy start points on meetup's? I guess we had to go through another banner, hence you got the badge.
It wasn't happening for me this morning, just felt like I was having to really push to keep up all the way round, unlike Sunday. You guys really had the legs this morning.
I need to get out of my pit sooner and warm up, but it just feels so early!! haha
Tomorrow I'm thinking of joining the MAAP 3 sisters route, I won't be racing it, just plan to get round and the event gives me an incentive. I may have to cut it short depending on time anyway. It's been a while since I did some hills.
Yes is annoying the selected route doesn’t get the badge, felt good this am, tomorrow running and most likely working away next week so be a bit of time before I am on Zwift again.
Anyone up for a Saturday morning ride? Cant do Sunday this week as we have family visiting.
BTW I should have read this first:
https://zwiftinsider.com/france/
Although the meetup when you select a route should at least ensure you can complete the route that you have chosen!
Anyone up for a Saturday morning ride?
I'm away this weekend but might be able to hop on if it was shorter, if you set something up drop me an invite please and I'll make a last minute call.
I'm in Robbo! I can't do Sunday this week, but available Saturday and Monday (bank holiday) mornings.
Able to do a longish one if needed. At some point I need to do Watopia pretzel, everything else above that on the list is wayyyy too long.
The pretzel will take quite a while won’t it? Up KOM twice including the radio tower on one of them? Any ideas how long?
Its around 72km in all, out and up the KOM and radio tower, then back over the hilly KOM, then the reverse route but not taking in the radio tower. It would be a couple of hours at least I reckon, nearer 2.5
We did 3 sisters in under 2 hours with stops on the KOM, so definitely over 2 hours for Pretzel, there is no volcano which will save time. I'm not saying we need to do it Saturday, just at some point I need to do it.
I was looking at the Pretzel and thinking it doesn't seem too bad. I'd be up for it as a Sunday Hills ride but couldn't do it this weekend.
Let's postpone that one for a future Sunday Hills then. Just pick something Robbo...but not Ventoux!!!
Surrey hills? I haven’t done that
I have but am willing to go again, so yeah it works for me. It's constant climbing though...I'll try keep up.
I haven’t done London pretzel either so happy to do that one?
So London Pretzel it is on Saturday morning, 8am start. 56km, last time I did this it took around 1hr 50mins.
If anyone wants to be included, shout and we can get an invite out to you.
Will see you on the morning Craig though I've only got an hour so will have to ditch early as I need to be out the house at 10.
hey all...
just to say I'm down for an event ride tomorrow at 1240.. JETT Japanese group ride thing..70km... I'm in c cat for this event as just want to get legs turning for the race on Tues!
come along dudes and dudesses...
DrP
Good timing on the invite from tomorrow was just considering what to do tomorrow AM 7am works for me.
Innsbruck, that's a brave choice after The Race(tm)
Ha...well we can take it as fast as we want. More of a leg spinner really.
Richmond is a daily world tomorrow and I dont think Yorkshire is a good idea after tonight...
If anyone else wants in to the commute, let me know and I'll put out an invite.
i'll have to pass, but thanks for invite..gotta be at work at 8am tomorrow, and going to do a bit of yoga and hand physio in the morning.
Yes. I'm aware that sounds dodge...
DrP
Lol 🙂
Yes. I’m aware that sounds dodge…
Not so much as the twitch stream invite I just got from you...
Even though I started late due to the tech challenges, it still kept the full 45 mins before I got the finish line notification.
Good ride enjoyed it this morning once I got going
Can't say I enjoyed it haha
No, me neither, it was fair awful but needed ta
Cheers for sorting Craig. Got a PB up the little hill this morning. 419W average for 1min 10 secs!