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[CXRAndy]

Well done Bill the time you put in compared to yesterday is amazing

 

[BILL S]

Yeah, happy New Year all !
I was wondering where your ride went, but re-doing it today and squashing everyone but DP is just crazy . I don't know how you do it. I need at least 2 days between rides to perform anywhere near max.
I live close to the beach and I'm considering to jump into the ocean just to try and recover faster.

Surprisingly I felt better today than yesterday but today I didn't try to follow DP at the start which might have been the main reason. Also knowing your and Andys ghosts were behind me gave a physchological advantage. And of course the long rest I had before yesterdays ride was probably still helping today.

 

[BILL S]

Well done Bill the time you put in compared to yesterday is amazing

Thanks Andy, you and LB were very close behind me until the last mile. As always it helped a lot having your ghosts there so I knew what I needed to do.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Thing is though I was not in a good condition for my run and aaac even in a sorry state will be able to keep up. I really relaxed on the downhills so the gap would not open up as aaac could get assistance in my slipstream and nail the ending. TBH I nearly gave up I felt so bad.

Well DP as it turned out I accidentally got ahead of you but I decided to keep the gap.
I didn't bust a gut on the downhills either but regardless you still came back on every descent.
But as you mentioned that last incline was your undoing and I just rode away from you there.

After I took a long look the Winter Cup Stage 2 with Jacob as a ghost.
I didn't bust a gut as I was tired from the Chaingang stage.
Although I let him go at the start I caught him by the top of the climb but he just rode away from me on the descent and was 30 seconds ahead by the second climb.
I got that all back bar 5 seconds on the climb but then he rode away on the descent again.
In the end, as I was backing off a bit and almost stopped 3 times Jacob finished 1:40 ahead of me but I stopped to when he finished.
So to beat him I need to go like a banshee on the climbs and be about 1:30 ahead of him before the second descent.

 

[Whorty]

Happy New Year Chaingangers!
Because my ride still hasn't appeared and the league is still live I've decided to have a re-run tonight at 5pm. sorry for the short notice. Feel free to join the ride either on time or later although all the ghosts will be leaving the start line at 5:10 sharp with me .
Unfortunately I'm still knackered from yesterday so don't think I'll beat my yesterday time.

Thanks for the e-mail

 

[Whorty]

Mt Teide, I wouldsay the Mountain won overall, this round
Psychologically beaten it
Physically wrecked
3.5hrs to reach the rim of crater.
I have never cycled so slowly for so long.
hour 1 10mph ave
hour 2 dropped to 8.7mph
hours 3 dropping 7.5mph
had to stop at 3.5hrs, 3000 Cals burnt
My thighs are killing me.

Was this on BKool? Have you got a link to the ride? I'd be interested in having a pop at that as part of the DD training

 

[theboxers]

@bobinski have you decided to part company with your pro unit? If so can you give me a chance to buy it please?

 

[CXRAndy]

@Whorty here is my first experiment ride

The first 10 is hard, the second 10 is awful with varying gradients and if you have anything left just hang on to mile 27 to crest the rim

http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary/3479658

There is another route of 30 miles to the highest point on the mountain. Search Teide

 

[bobinski]

@bobinski have you decided to part company with your pro unit? If so can you give me a chance to buy it please?

I have TB though having used the NEO in Zwift this morning I am even more aware of the disadvantage the NEO will be in the bkool world and almost had second thoughts. But I cannot risk Mrs B finding 2 turbos in the loft!

 

[bobinski]

@Whorty here is my first experiment ride

The first 10 is hard, the second 10 is awful with varying gradients and if you have anything left just hang on to mile 27 to crest the rim

http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary/3479658

There is another route of 30 miles to the highest point on the mountain. Search Teide

Andy, I cannot access the link- takes me to a forbidden page

 

[Breedon]

Andy, I cannot access the link- takes me to a forbidden page

It's only showing 5.2 miles with a time of 30 minutes for that session

 

[CXRAndy]

Andy, I cannot access the link- takes me to a forbidden page

Hi Bob. I searched Teide on the website an a few rides popped up. One is 57miles and another 30 miles. I will be trying both.

Here is another link direct to the long ride. http://www.bkool.com/profile/detail/1245264?durationType=DISTANCE&lapCount=1

 

[Whorty]

@Whorty here is my first experiment ride

The first 10 is hard, the second 10 is awful with varying gradients and if you have anything left just hang on to mile 27 to crest the rim

http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary/3479658

There is another route of 30 miles to the highest point on the mountain. Search Teide

Cheers just added this to my favourites

 

[Breedon]

Cheers just added this to my favourites

And me, it looks like a weekend job that one.

 

[CXRAndy]

My Teide ride hasn't turned up yet. There seems to be a delay and or some rides completely disappearing. Arrgh!