I wouldn’t go quite as far as 100%, no pain but I can feel every now and again if I stretch to do something unusual its almost like it wants to cramp, but doesn’t. I’m pretty happy but trying to ensure I don’t go nuts on it.
Need to take tomorrow as a rest day but had a window to ride tonight and I like riding on fasting days.
Bloody hungry now though.
Hoping to get the weight back in right direction downwards again
First race tonight, which for some reason I chose the EVR C Mountain course. Started well and was in front group up the mountain first time around, then ANT+ dropped out for a few seconds and I went backwards. Ended up in a few scraps with some stragglers and finished 30th in C which gives plenty room for improvement. Maybe next time, I’ll do more than a 5 min warm up and have a rest day or two before hand. Rides or footy for 5 days in a row before hand probably wasn’t the wisest move. I will be back for more.. Properly enjoyed it.
I had a go at a fast (for me!) lap of the Volcano last night. Managed a 6:04 (302W) but I suspect even lopping a few seconds off to get into the 5 minute range is going to be a struggle given my HR peaked at 181 at the end of the lap (a few years back I reckoned my max was 185, but that’s the first time I’ve seen anything over 180 for a while).
For the first time, I worked out how to enter a race last night. Dropped at the start and so gruppettoed around – didn’t realise you need to be pushing +400w 5 seconds BEFORE the start rather than a standing start. Utterly, utterly bizarre that Zwift doesn’t require a standing start
For the first time, I worked out how to enter a race last night. Dropped at the start and so gruppettoed around – didn’t realise you need to be pushing +400w 5 seconds BEFORE the start rather than a standing start. Utterly, utterly bizarre that Zwift doesn’t require a standing start
Yup, you certainly want to be almost at sprint speed by the time the counter ticks down. I was lucky that Crosshair had done the racing first so i knew a few of the tactics like that.
Nice.. I know Nath was talking about that sort of time being Cat4 status… but depends if you could maintain that for an hour i guess
I suspect I could possibly keep up in a Cat 4 race for one lap as long as they were taking it easy and it was a very flat course… And after that I’d need to go for a lie down!
For the first time, I worked out how to enter a race last night. Dropped at the start and so gruppettoed around – didn’t realise you need to be pushing +400w 5 seconds BEFORE the start rather than a standing start. Utterly, utterly bizarre that Zwift doesn’t require a standing start
Waste of energy. Spinning 200w as the clock ticked down and up to 350w in the first 100m or so saw me off the front of the EVR C race last night.
Indeed there is – especially for skinny blokes when surrounded by the stereotypical 6ft/90kg Scotsman 😀
Still find it hard work once the speed picks up on the flat though – much better when group gets to a hill so I can have a rest!
Wow – no chance I’ll be challenging that anytime soon. Sure it was a turbo and not an e-Bike you bought… 🙂
Suspect I could maybe get to somewhere like 9:30 without ANT+ dropouts and pushing my HR to near explosion levels, but doubt I could do any better than that.
Sorry Steve, as we found with the Garmin/Stages, my turbo at the time was under-reading by 50-70w for say 250w effort. So my times on segments now that i’d previously ridden on that turbo are coming down in chunks rather than the usual small increments through training and fitness increases. Obviously, now i’ve set my times on this turbo, dropping these times will be a lot harder.