That must have been a very moving hour or two for both of you Whorty. It’s sad when anyone leaves a business but to hear how your wife was the life and soul of it from the start I’m sure makes it even more emotional. Good luck to both of you and make the most of retirement!Strange evening for me tonight. I'm sitting in the lounge with my good lady listening to her works leaving do (via Zoom). Very emotional as she's giving up work due to her health. She's worked with these guys for the best part of 15 years, and I've known most of the guys for a long time too (we'd always gate crash each others works drinks when we lived in London) plus I did some contract work for the company previously.
So nice to hear all the wonderful comments about her; they made a video of personal comments to her - real tear jerker.
She helped set this company up, set up a lot of the teams and working practices and has been a senior manager for years; they will miss her, but she will miss 'going to work' each day. Her MD is so upset she's leaving - it's so touching.
We always said when we thought her time was getting short that she should pack in work to have some quality peaceful time so this is really very emotional not only for us, but also for those at her company who know the significance of her stopping work. For the first time in probably a year I've had a couple of beers too, which is probably not helping
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Thanks @IrishAl , it was. She was always the party animal, always last to leave the party, and very glamorous, so for those that have known her for many years it's a shock to see how poorly she has become. They were all so kind, regaling past glories; mostly related to drink, her amazing shoe collection and karaoke. She will definitely not be forgotten which I think is all any of us can ask.
Watched your video Carl, nice
It must be satisfying to ride 10-12bpm below max and still keep up
You burnt your matches trying to get away on the rollers after the climb hitting max HR before the sprint-try and draft and go crazy for 10 seconds.
I saw the DQ riders and how their Watts were just before they were DQ'd. The Frenchie, Aqua.... kept dropping on the climb and then powering for 20-30 secs to come back pushing short term W/kg over the limit (Zwift secret algo), Same for Pape, he exceeded chasing Brendan for the sprint.
Must confess, that wasn't a particularly hard ride for me - the punches were a nice effort, but the rolling section was pretty easy. I was a bit nervous about pushing too hard though incase I got 'coned'. Definitely time to move to B after the DBR league is over.Watched your video Carl, nice
It must be satisfying to ride 10-12bpm below max and still keep up
You burnt your matches trying to get away on the rollers after the climb hitting max HR before the sprint-try and draft and go crazy for 10 seconds.
I saw the DQ riders and how their Watts were just before they were DQ'd. The Frenchie, Aqua.... kept dropping on the climb and then powering for 20-30 secs to come back pushing short term W/kg over the limit (Zwift secret algo), Same for Pape, he exceeded chasing Brendan for the sprint.
Re the attack, Brendan and I had talked and we said we'd try to attack about 1km out. As soon as I went into the lead it was a bit sh*t or bust for me. We'd dropped the other 3 riders so I just had to keep going. I was hoping Pape would fall away too, but didn't realise he was a top A rider
.Of course, I could just pretend the plan all along was to lead Brendan out to victory, and I executed it perfectly
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JuhaL
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Are you made any kind of gentleman's agreement with Brendan that next time is your turn to win?. No need to worried about rivals in a future as well, they will DQ anyway.Must confess, that wasn't a particularly hard ride for me - the punches were a nice effort, but the rolling section was pretty easy. I was a bit nervous about pushing too hard though incase I got 'coned'. Definitely time to move to B after the DBR league is over.
Re the attack, Brendan and I had talked and we said we'd try to attack about 1km out. As soon as I went into the lead it was a bit sh*t or bust for me. We'd dropped the other 3 riders so I just had to keep going. I was hoping Pape would fall away too, but didn't realise he was a top A rider
Of course, I could just pretend the plan all along was to lead Brendan out to victory, and I executed it perfectly
I'd suspect you weren't fully recovered after Everesting?
A lot to ask and kudos for giving it a go!
mjd1988
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https://whatsonzwift.com/world/watopia/route/the-magnificent-8/
Never used this website but handy for these league races as it gives you a simple profile breakdown with info about the sprints
Never used this website but handy for these league races as it gives you a simple profile breakdown with info about the sprints
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Rode the Crit City Race at 09:45 this morning, only my 2nd race finished 18th out of 35 in the 'D' category.
Just checked on Zwiftpower and I've been 'UPG' d.... Too much power ???
So do I need to now enter 'C' category races ???
Just checked on Zwiftpower and I've been 'UPG' d.... Too much power ???
So do I need to now enter 'C' category races ???
mjd1988
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Thanks @IrishAl , it was. She was always the party animal, always last to leave the party, and very glamorous, so for those that have known her for many years it's a shock to see how poorly she has become. They were all so kind, regaling past glories; mostly related to drink, her amazing shoe collection and karaoke. She will definitely not be forgotten which I think is all any of us can ask.
As you say is a rare person who would generate that level of affection, speaks absolute volumes about her.
mjd1988
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Just going by that screen shot you were over for that race (as it is a crit that can happen) so you are still a d (almost a c).
So you have one ride at least that is firmly c piwer- they use your average of your 3 fastest efforts so you could get upgraded soon if you go that high again.
Hope that makes sense. My HR just went up to 184 so struggling to type coherently!
TL;Dr you can still enter d races but you will probably soon be a c. Well done!
Edit; looks like you have maybe only entered 2 races, so definitely will be upgraded soon
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Not sure. Others in your Cat had higher w/kg but didn't get upgraded. Might be worth entering C Cat races now unless they are a bit longer (where your w/kg are likely to be lower).
PS - worth putting (Cyclechat) in your name and joining the Cyclechat team if you want to do events with/for CC.
mjd1988
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Did one of those tour for all races.
C=a and b groups
D=c and d groups
There was only one guy in c group and 18 in D group but we all started together.
The guy in his own race towed me around then I beat him in the sprint as the d group were very slow (bizarelly then all went 6w/kg in the last half of the race)
I don't speak great Spanish but he did NOT take it well...
