Randyberlin
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- Sitka, Alaska
I think it is speed at the beginning.It seems difficult to make up for slower speeds earlier.and Lars has to make up for 2 minutes of 0 mph.
Thought something had gone wrong for you monte - could have done with a drafting partner in there!Disastrous for me, firstly I thought it's a really nice day lets go out on the road bike for s short ride, ended up 25 miles and a headwind all the way back... so I was knackered before I started then to top it off this happened - I stopped pedalling about a minute short of the warm up, watch the 10 second count down then every shot off the line and I got the message stop pedalling o start race, by the time I got going I was already a couple of laps down, I was in last place and manage to cycle like a twat got up to twelfth and then ran out of legs.
Too hot in my garage and what a tit for thinking about doing a warm up ride before hand.
Rick was flying - not sure where he finished as I logged off.
Thought something had gone wrong for you monte - could have done with a drafting partner in there!![]()
Gave it all I got at the start to try and get a lap on a guy I'm evenly matched with (which I did) and then held that gap. Was getting picked off very quickly by the big gunsso kept dropping down the table. My nemesis had a fail and left the session but I ended up neck and neck with 'Ernest' for about 25 minutes, but he just had too much in the tank for me and I faded off and just held my place. I think it had me down at 14th.
Not fun, not fun at all! (but glad I did it). Averaged 292 watts, 100% effort (and it felt it!)![]()
29mph is pretty fast even for the velodrome. I did see a guy in a blue outfit going faster though.I was shocked on the pace today... I rode for 25 minutes with an average speed of 29mph, so god knows how fast Rick was going !!!
29mph is pretty fast even for the velodrome. I did see a guy in a blue outfit going faster though.
I was shocked on the pace today... I rode for 25 minutes with an average speed of 29mph, so god knows how fast Rick was going !!!
Thanks for the encouragement mid-race! I was really feeling it at that point!I watched you for a while Rick but then lost my connection. Looked tough out there and in the heat and I wouldn't fancy my chances. Fortunately for me I couldn't make it home in time to find out.