Zwift Chat

[CXRAndy]

My power results have been within 10W of each other 275-285W. I find power to be misleading during races, because I'll do little as possible effort to stay in a pack so my Watts will be lower than solo effort. I suppose it all evens out eventually though

 

[JuhaL]

Stage-9 1:02:09. I have never ride in a swamp but now i had a vision how it might feel.

 

[CXRAndy]

Cyclechat members in each of Tdz from 4pm

 

[peterob]

Cyclechat members in each of Tdz from 4pm

That's because Dean is racing at 4pm and 6pm apparently

 

[berty bassett]

mad for it ! or just mad

 

[CXRAndy]

Dean on 56-57min pace at 7miles

 

[berty bassett]

only 15 w between best and worse so cant grumble

 

[bobinski]

Anyone else on at 6pm? I am aiming for 1h 12m.

 

[CXRAndy]

Anyone else on at 6pm? I am aiming for 1h 12m.

Ask Dean, to see if hes satisfied with his time

 

[CXRAndy]

Pete is 1 minute up on my time at mile 7 banging out 500W

 

[Breedon]

I never want to ride that again for quite a while 56:55, i wasn't able to recover from anything just to much up and down in quick succession
For what's it's worth i was aiming for around 55 minutes

 

[Breedon]

That's because Dean is racing at 4pm and 6pm apparently

I wasn't sure which to go for

 

[kipster]

Lowest Stage 3: 180w 3w/kg
Highest Stage 7: 226w 3.8w/kg

Hopefully get on later at 7/8pm and then have a go at Stage One at the weekend.

@kipster are you re-doing stage one? It will be v.close between us if you do...

If I get time! I need to redo stage 4 and stage 1 so depends on the weather at the weekend. Thanks be fair it looks bloody cold out at the weekend so maybe I'll get them both done.

I'll be keeping an eye on your times as we are close.

 

[kipster]

I never want to ride that again for quite a while 56:55, i wasn't able to recover from anything just to much up and down in quick succession
For what's it's worth i was aiming for around 55 minutes

It was horrible wasn't it.

 

[peterob]

It was horrible wasn't it.

Yes it was!

Pretty pleased with my time (52:54). Felt pretty good for the first 2 laps in the lead pack but couldn't stick with them on the steep bit of the third lap and wasted a lot of energy trying to chase back onto them, only to get dropped again on the incline soon after. I then had the best part of a lap riding solo (field was a lot smaller than yesterday) and feeling a bit sick before joining and being dropped by the second group on the same climb on lap 4. Two of us were left on the run-in and managed to keep the 3rd group at bay (I let him have the sprint as he had been putting most of the work in tbh ).

Pleased with that overall but a bit annoyed I couldn't stick with the first pack for another lap as that would have made a big difference to my time and saved me from riding solo for so long.

I'll update the spreadsheet after @Aleman has finished stage 9 at 7pm.