2019 Goats League - *CLOSED* Climb 2 - Col de Marie-Blanque from the west

[Mugshot]

Well, that was a nice recovery ride, until about Km 5 then it just got nasty!! I'm sorry but using the 10% gradients to recover and get the heart rate down is just insane!!! I was within 8 Seconds of Dave (@djk ) for pretty much all of it , but then I just couldn't sustain the effort any longer , and had to watch you pull away, followed by @martin22 catching and passing me . @Mugshot and I had a great battle over the last Km, but I stole it from him with a last minute desperate sprint to the line

0:48:23

I think it may have been @martin22 that you beat to the line

 

[martin22]

yeah must have been me as my time was 48:28, your're going delirious with all that effort!

I need to start doing my rides a bit later on to join in these battles of the road!

Just checked on the spreadsheet and the time on that is 6 seconds quicker than it should be for me.... i'll never catch Dave Wade now

 

[djk]

Well, that was a nice recovery ride, until about Km 5 then it just got nasty!! I'm sorry but using the 10% gradients to recover and get the heart rate down is just insane!!! I was within 8 Seconds of Dave (@djk ) for pretty much all of it , but then I just couldn't sustain the effort any longer , and had to watch you pull away, followed by @martin22 catching and passing me . @Mugshot and I had a great battle over the last Km, but I stole it from him with a last minute desperate sprint to the line

0:48:23

Live racing is going to be fun when it comes... I'm just impressed I managed to pull away, I never felt a thing ;-)

 

[Aleman]

Live racing is going to be fun when it comes... I'm just impressed I managed to pull away, I never felt a thing ;-)

I did, , Oh did I

 

[Breedon]

Live racing is going to be fun when it comes... I'm just impressed I managed to pull away, I never felt a thing ;-)

Can’t wait to try it, it will bring a whole new dimension to BigRingVR

 

[djk]

Can’t wait to try it, it will bring a whole new dimension to BigRingVR

Yea it really will.

It's one of those things you want right now, but equally you want the dev team to take their time over to get right.

 

[Breedon]

38:22 i hit a wall at 4 miles i was 40 seconds ahead of Dave wade at this point but i had a ease right off for a quick rest then he was gone.

 

[Aleman]

As I discovered on the Kaunertaler, you ease off, even for 30 seconds and you loose 2 minutes!!

 

[Crook Town AFC]

38:22 i hit a wall at 4 miles i was 40 seconds ahead of Dave wade at this point but i had a ease right off for a quick rest then he was gone.

After reading that I thought I'd give it another try. Keep up with Breedon for the first bit then match my time for the steep bit was the strategy. Gave up after 3km, honestly I couldn't keep up. If Breedon had stayed with it then that would have been one heck of a time.

 

[Breedon]

After reading that I thought I'd give it another try. Keep up with Breedon for the first bit then match my time for the steep bit was the strategy. Gave up after 3km, honestly I couldn't keep up. If Breedon had stayed with it then that would have been one heck of a time.

Soon as it gets steep your like a whippet

 

[Crook Town AFC]

Soon as it gets steep your like a whippet

Watching your start I was thinking more Bat out of hell. After I gave up I set ERG to 150w and watched events unfold. At about 5km you had a minute on me but on the steep bit I could see the gap between markers getting shorter. I once made the mistake of picking Smiljan and Alan Gunner as pacers on one of the climbs and sorely regretted it. Now I tend to use a coach at a wattage I'd like to aim for and/or previous attempts. Gawd knows what I'll be like when live racing is introduced. I just couldn't get the hang of it when I used to subscribe to Bkool.

 

[ibooij]

Watching your start I was thinking more Bat out of hell. After I gave up I set ERG to 150w and watched events unfold. At about 5km you had a minute on me but on the steep bit I could see the gap between markers getting shorter. I once made the mistake of picking Smiljan and Alan Gunner as pacers on one of the climbs and sorely regretted it. Now I tend to use a coach at a wattage I'd like to aim for and/or previous attempts. Gawd knows what I'll be like when live racing is introduced. I just couldn't get the hang of it when I used to subscribe to Bkool.

Picking Smiljan, Alan Gunner or Tom Smeets as competitors is always painful. Painful and humbling. If I've done a ride before, I mostly try to look at my own previous ride.

 

[Crook Town AFC]

I mostly try to look at my own previous ride

Same here, I've learnt my lesson

 

[Whorty]

Bailed tonight. Legs just too tired from 2 nights of racing. Got 33 mins in with about 15 mins left and i just couldn't turn the pedals anymore! 'cooled' down after for 25 mins to keep legs turning over. Low power but i wanted to get an hour in. Will try this again Sunday, but can't see me beating your time Aleman - you was flying!

 

[Aleman]

Last week for attempts at this wee beastie