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Kai, that was a great time,well done,I think you were about a minute and a half quicker than me. I avgd a HR of 170bpm and my max is only 183 which i hit in the race which probably explains why i was an incoherent mess at the end.
I see the winner in my race was indeed a zp user, why hasnt he being scratched plus i thought zp users were limited to 400w or was that back in the early days?
Some good times going on up there!
I entered the Kiss First base race last night. 2 laps of the Innsbruckring. Now it is getting colder and darker it was much busier so it was prob the best race I have entered. Think there was about 20 on the start line. I went with the first group and kept with them until the base of the climb which broke the group up with me at the back. I still climbed faster than I have before though. I was then left with another guy for the remainder of the race. The next time up the hill he managed to pull away from me, but I then caught him up again and we sat together until the last few hundred feet when the sprint opened up. He got my by one second at the end.
Was a really good race and nice to stay competitive until the end. ZP has me as 8th out of about 10 but I think I was about 10 out of 20 of those on the actual road. Will prob do another race tomorrow evening or Thursday. Havent decided which yet.
That's better Robbo, it's ace when you start getting involving racing, it turns the ride from a turbo chore into something fun and exciting with plans, tactics, etc. 🙂
Yeh cant quite get the tactics right yet but that will come. I know what I want to do tactically but I cant seem to pace myself well to the other riders which is partly to do with the lag on the turbo I think. I end up shooting past them instead of sitting on the wheel.
I seem to have mastered the drafting tactic and very very rarely spend any time on the front unless a deliberate choice to push on...
I'm sitting thinking "hmmm hmmm " regarding the 12:00 today... massive massive field which is good... but the legs are feeling it today and are heavy as heck !
Hang on, what the heck is this? Tonights race is a 28km time trial?! I'm still in pieces after last nights effort!
I might have to actually go and ride outside instead
Tonight ? Get on the 12:00 so i can see just how rubbish i really am 🙂
Stupid question: when Zwift asks for weight do I put my body weight in, or weight + riding gear, or weight + riding gear + bike?
Managed to get a Tacx Neo at half price last week so getting back on the turbo for the winter. Once the weather turns, anyway, looks rather nice this week.
weight + riding gear, or weight + riding gear + bike
Definitely this, add in the weight of the turbo as well and then let us know how you get on 😀
*narrows eyes suspiciously*
Dunno what you ride in but that wouldn't make much of a difference for me (<500g I'd imagine). Zwift takes care of the bike weight based on what gear you choose in the game (the bikes and wheels have different weights and aero performance). I go for my body weight only.
Finished it...alomst bailed/puked/died
Finished 54th out of 193.... Gave me an FTP increase of 1... lol. Now at 281w accordin to Zwift.
Absolutely spent... that sodding hill gets me every time. Flat, fine, but that hill just destroys me !
results here later https://www.zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=88168
I see the boy Blader finished about a gazillion places ahead of me ! Nice work sir.
Flaperon, how did you manage to get a Neo at half price? That is proper result. Just stick your body weight in and nothing else
After yesterdays TT i wasnt feeling very speedy today but last minute decision to do zwift academy race this morning. The idea of 4 laps sounded good for about the first 300 meters then i realised it was going to be a struggle. Strangely though i was in the front group who just weren’t going very fast at all, quite comfortable on the flat but fairly all out on the hill. We were so slow that a group of B’s who we had 30s on caught us by lap 3. Fairly quick last lap in which 3 riders got away on the hill but ended up in a big bunch finish and managed Bronze in B.
That wasnt me Weeksy, i think that was Eemy. Good result for you though, you obviously put a massive effort in to get an ftp increase. Was that TT 3 laps then?
It was me - I didn't realise that the race today was nearly a lap longer than yesterday. That didn't help the morale much.
3 and a bit. 3 of them hills, I'd have been 45th or maybe smidgen better without them.
Apologies, can't see straight ha ha.
DId the KISS race this morning at 5:55am - 3 laps of the flat(ish) Innsbruck circuit. Usual thing - lost a couple of guys on the bastard hill and was then doing ok when my phone flashed that it was nearly flat 👿 Did another lap to get to the top of the hill so I could freewheel and get a power bank on the phone but of course I then lost the group and that was the race... Mind you think I need to eat before racing as I bonked on that last lap...
All good fun though. certainly got a decent work out.
Interesting to note only 3 people on ZP for that race though.
Flaperon, how did you manage to get a Neo at half price?
Cycle Republic had it on sale for 48 hours last week, and let me use my 20% off cycle to work discount on top of their sale price.
I was really tempted by the new Kickr Core, but I object to Wahoo's vertical price fixing strategy. That's not to say I wouldn't have bought a Kickr if I hadn't been able to get the Neo at the same price.
The TT tomorrow is 52km! Luckily i am not free at the scheduled time so i will have to keep my lungs inside my body for another day.
Oooof, i'm not doing that.... that's 6 laps of the short circuit. Not in a race, not a chance.
Well I definitely don't think I'm a B anymore. There was a setup issue with the WBR nopiz wahooligan race tonight. Was supposed to be a crit but ended up setup as a TT for 8 laps of the volcano (38k ish with the lead in). My first declared A race and I came fourth! Yeah a lot dropped out when found it was a TT but I'm still happy with that. FTP up to 331W I think.
https://www.zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=89759
Considering how far ahead of the fastest B you are, I think that's a safe statement
I hadn't even looked at the B result, surprised by that. It's not a completely accurate picture as so many dropped out. I've stupidly injured my foot streching afterwards so may have to take a few days off.
Well for reasons I won't bore you with I did my first race in ages today. It the Italian gladiators race, 1 lap of the UCI short course. Small field with 6 in C. Two of them took off at the start and I passed the third one at the start of the climb. Surprisingly I passed 2 Bs up the hill as well.
One B caught me at the bottom of the descent and then rode with me to the finish. I could tell he was cruising and knowing I'd get smashed in a sprint I had a crack from a k out... And promptly died. He flew past me with 200m to go.
I actually won C grade and was right on the 3.1w/kg threshold. The other two ahead of me must have been DQ'D. I was knackered afterwards but was happy with it as a first up race. I really need to get some endurance rides in as I have only been doing 45min to an hour. It showed.
The same guy has won each of the World TT races this week (the midday one). He is a zp user and has destroyed the field by racking up averages of over 430w, pretty good for a 54yr old weighing 98kg. No pointy in racing with him in the field. If i had the legs i would weight dope tomorrows trial just to try and beat him as its a hilly one.
Meh, not really feeling Zwift racing today, i'm absolutely sick of that particular course i have to say, it's just not a terribly enjoyable course even if you ignore that hill.
But that's all we have available to us... So that's what it's going to have to be. Whether i can find the enthusiasm for a race though, i'm not sure... I'm on the 5-2 and that at times kills me physically and mentally. The weight is creeping back down nicely though so that's a good thing, but i then can struggle with effort. I think if there was a nice Volcano flat, Watopia flat etc, i'd be all over it... But there's only Innsbruck. So if i'm going to race it's the 12:15 for a short one of 2 laps of the ugly course.
I know how you feel Weeksy. I was looking at doing the BRT race tonight but it is 4 laps of the course which I am not feeling the love for. I have only ridden Watopia once! If I do 24 miles tonight though I will make 400 miles total in September (Zwift and Commute) which I have never done before so think I will do it. It is only a arbitrary milestone but would be good to achieve when I am so close. If I am ot doing well I can always back off and it will prob only take another 10 minutes to complete!
Just whack your lights on charge and go for a ride Robbo, stop at a pub, have a pint and wobble home.
That's what I'd be doing if I hadn't left my legs someone on that bastard hill last night. Did the WBR chop, we caught everyone on the last lap but i'd had to do a huge turn on the front to get us along there on the flat and two of my fellow A's gleefully danced away form me up the hill.
Need a rest day today, zone 2'd the commute in to work and i'll be having a beer later!
Yeh that would be a good plan scaled but the mrs is out this evening so not an option I am afraid. So it is Zwift or veg out on the sofa for me!
Was that the 9pm chop scaled? Was going to join that but ran out of motivation (or had it crushed by young children) and sat of the sofa watching grand designs and stuffing chocolate instead. Hopefully a real life ride for me tonight. See how wet the woods are after the weekend downpour. Maybe back on zwift tomorrow.
veg out on the sofa
that'll scare the kids !
I'm in for the 12:15. Stupid hill time lol.
Yeah i am getting sick of innsbruck now, another 4 lap race this morning. I won it but the field wasnt much to shout about. It was Hare and Hounds race so i ended pulling the B’s most of the way round to catch the C’s. Sprint finish with another B but i maxed out the tacx flow and won by a few seconds,boring race.
Edit; it seems according to ZP I am now a Cat A rider.
https://www.zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=90800
FFS bring back the flat courses.
Stayed easily with lead bunch till the hill... .then WALLOP, 5.5-6.5wkg from EVERYONE around me.... 24 man bunch and i only hung with 1 other.... Grrrrr. We dropped 1 guy so rather be me than him.... just.
I followed the random Japanese guy/girl for the whole of the lap, taking short turns on the front when it went down a slight incline.
As we came to the hill we were 15s behind the group in front, 7-13s ahead of the chasers.... that soon became 0 as 3 passed me on the hill, again, 5+ w/kg i was pushing 4.1-4.3 up it.... enough to lose me a chunk of time.
So it was me and a different Japanese flag rider, he was pushing 3.7w/kg and was a B, so left him to it really, just sat in at 260w or so and taking it nice... HR was up in the 170 bracket so not much left in the tank even if i wanted it..
last 1.2km some Scot from behind caught and passed us, but we jumped on his wheel. Counting down the distance, 05, wait, 0.4 wait... 0.3..... .GO ! hit the power... well sort of.. I may have got 550w but not much more than that.... but it was enough to hold them both off....
24th out of 68... Not too bad.
https://www.zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=90266
Another A superstar in the ranks ! Jeez.... Top work fella !
Yeah @nixie was the 9pm one. the Mrs was trying to get me to sit down and watch Killing Eve then her mum phone so i dashed out to the garage while she was distracted 😀
ZP is now showing that we didn't catch 3 of the C's which is annoying, not that I had anything left. I've had a couple of beers at lunch now, should stop me getting tempted later.
Well that was almost the race that never happened. Was due to start my race at 7.20, got the little one in bed for 7, 7.10 he was back downstairs as I forgot to get him to clean his teeth. 7.15 my mum FaceTimed. She never normally rings after 7 so thought I had best answer but no issues.
Got on the start line for 7.20 and just about got going. 4 laps of Innsbruck ring. Didn’t race of at the start and ticked around. Gradually reeled people in and for the last 2 laps sat with another guy.
He tried to pull away up the hill but managed to keep him within a few metres. Kept up down the hill and then about 500 m from the line opened up to about 400W and gapped so he didn’t have a chance to beat me on the sprint.
My commute in the morning will take me over 400 for the month which is good as never covered that distance before and 173 miles of those are on Zwift so that is. Lot of extra miles I have got in in the evening that I wouldn’t have been able to do otherwise.
ZP has me at 2nd and there was more than 3 people in the race this time so will count this as first proper podium. Cat D.
Yay! Well done. Let's see many more to come
6:00 zwift academy race for me. Totally stuffed up the start and didnt go with one of the quicker groups. Managed to get on to a faster group the first time up the hill. Then got dropped by them when I wasn't paying attention (never try to plug your laptop charger in during a race).
Eventually got caught by another group and stayed with them, doing most of the work I might add, until the last time up the hill when I managed to drop them all but one who caught me on the downhill. From there it was a race to the finish but he got away from me with 800m to go and there was nothing I could do about it.
Got 13th in C but a bit peeved with the results as the top 3 should have been DQ'D or moved up a grade. Good work out though.
https://www.zwiftpower.com/events.php?zid=88355
Enjoying the write ups and some great results.
Weird that, i think 5 of your Cat were open to being canned post-race....
There were six in that academy race who should have been in a higher cat including one ZP thinks is an A.
Good job robbo 👏. Those last minute panic races often seem to end up being good ones for me as well.
Yeah clearly Zwift don't care about the sandbaggers *sigh*
I am lining up one of the 78k challenges over the weekend. Not sure about three laps up the UCI hill though!
I'm oddly at home while the gas main is changed. Considering a lunch time blast but slightly put off by the lack of hot water at the moment.
I’m oddly at home while the gas main is changed. Considering a lunch time blast
<ahem> 🙂
Good way to max the 1s power output 😀