Flippin hard work, but certainly helps when you get in a group and get to rest by drafting.Bloody hell thats good going! Whorty and Andy at the top of Cat B and Darren and Bridgy in Cat A.
CycleChat well and truly represented tonight!
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bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
Andy and Carl you do realise you were tapping on the door of cat A times there? Almost sandbagging
Good race - great to see so many cyclechatters there. I know what you mean about the cat A's going up the hill Andy - I was dropped while doing 560watts - I think at the same time Darren was dropped! Surprisingly though I caught the lead group back up again with a couple of other guys a few minutes later - only to get properly dropped a lap later. Really good hard race though
Just looked at the results and my name doesn't appear. When I check on my profile, it is because I had no HR monitor. Oh well, ordered another one today so will have it tomorrow.
I couldn't stay with the lead group so sat with a group of about 15 riders - we were consistently about 2 minutes behind Carl and Andy - but with 7.5 miles to go, I blew up a bit and lost the group. It is hard soloing but I managed to keep the next B from catching me. Looking at the times, I would have been second in my normal C group.
Probably a bad idea racing after a hard training session yesterday. I have noticed I don't recover as well as many.
Well done to the rest of you. Great riding.
I couldn't stay with the lead group so sat with a group of about 15 riders - we were consistently about 2 minutes behind Carl and Andy - but with 7.5 miles to go, I blew up a bit and lost the group. It is hard soloing but I managed to keep the next B from catching me. Looking at the times, I would have been second in my normal C group.
Probably a bad idea racing after a hard training session yesterday. I have noticed I don't recover as well as many.
Well done to the rest of you. Great riding.
I have the same, also due to TB's advice - great piece of kitRandy I bought this one on theboxers recommendation and
Pros are, it’s very comfy to wear, connects to the laptop easily and you can charge it via usb so no replacing batteries.
Cons are, if you’re like me and forget to charge things then it’s a bit of a pain. If you’ve got a four year old daughter she might hide it and not tell you where it is...
If you look at the ZwiftPower race results in unfiltered mode you show up there
Excellent riding Martinw/kg well within cat B limits, but as you say the times were lower cat A. The benefits of finding a good group to work with - there were 6, then 7 of us and we were moving at a good pace. I was expecting Andy to fly past me on the last lap but I think the 4 hour ride over the weekend may have still been hanging about in his legs. Really good ride though. Enjoyed thatAndy and Carl you do realise you were tapping on the door of cat A times there? Almost sandbagging
Flat, short fast courses suit me 
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<Tommy>
Illegitimi non carborundum
- Location
- Camden, London
Ever tried an ice bath Andy?
<Tommy>
Illegitimi non carborundum
- Location
- Camden, London
Sounds like hell
I have a friend who swears by them. He’s a weight lifter rather than cyclist but same theory I guess. It just occurred to me that I think your clued up on hydration etc, so your cramp is probably because of the massive ride you did the other day and then today. It’d be interesting if you took the ice bath then reported back to the group. Aka take one for the team
(No pictures needed!)I’ve got a bit of a problem with one of my shoulders at the moment and it’s sort of making me face up to stuff rather than try ignoring it like I normally do.
A lot of athletes - including British track cyclists used to swear by ice baths but after more research I think they've gone out of favour more recently as being either ineffective or possibly even counterproductive - I remember hearing either Chris Hoy or Chris Boardman talking about it
I have a friend who swears by them. He’s a weight lifter rather than cyclist but same theory I guess. It just occurred to me that I think your clued up on hydration etc, so your cramp is probably because of the massive ride you did the other day and then today. It’d be interesting if you took the ice bath then reported back to the group. Aka take one for the team
I’ve got a bit of a problem with one of my shoulders at the moment and it’s sort of making me face up to stuff rather than try ignoring it like I normally do.
Found quite a good article here - http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161209-do-athletes-need-to-take-ice-baths.
It does suggest they can be good for short term recovery but detrimental in the longer term. I'm sure there's other stuff out there contradicting this but still worth bearing in mind
It does suggest they can be good for short term recovery but detrimental in the longer term. I'm sure there's other stuff out there contradicting this but still worth bearing in mind
<Tommy>
Illegitimi non carborundum
- Location
- Camden, London
Yeah I just did a bit of googling too. Definitely contradictory but it looks like it has been dismissed more in the last couple of years. It makes sense to me that it does what an ice pack does essentially on a larger scale. But this seemingly can also have a possible negative long term effect.
I would probably give it a go myself though to see if it worked for me. Maybe in mid August though...
