The MK Bowl Tuesday night races I'm doing remind me a bit of Zwift races. When just the inner circuit is used, it is a lap of about 1:40 which ends with a 30-40 second incline to the finish. This Tuesday my NP was 300W - which I think is the first time I've hit that figure in a race (which was 41 minutes long).
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The MK Bowl Tuesday night races I'm doing remind me a bit of Zwift races. When just the inner circuit is used, it is a lap of about 1:40 which ends with a 30-40 second incline to the finish. This Tuesday my NP was 300W - which I think is the first time I've hit that figure in a race (which was 41 minutes long).
Had a good result today, though I expect my category was down on talent. It was handicap chase 'The Chop' around London
DelC was also taking part in C cat whilst I was in D. We were caught with around 5k to go. I jumped with the C leaders and a couple others came too. I eventually got shelled from the C pack as the A and B came by. This gave me just enough gap to drop 3rd place rider in my category.
I managed to hold on soloing, as he made a strong surge in the last km, the little bit of draft from fast stragglers in the higher groups saved me
2nd place in D, slightly improved power
DelC was also taking part in C cat whilst I was in D. We were caught with around 5k to go. I jumped with the C leaders and a couple others came too. I eventually got shelled from the C pack as the A and B came by. This gave me just enough gap to drop 3rd place rider in my category.
I managed to hold on soloing, as he made a strong surge in the last km, the little bit of draft from fast stragglers in the higher groups saved me
2nd place in D, slightly improved power
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Not got a Zwift subscription at the moment, but with today supposed to be on and off showers, plus me set to do a 70 mile sportive tomorrow, I thought I'd use up some of my free 25km allowance for the month. And as I wanted to get maximum value for the distance, it seemed best to try a session up the Alpe, as that would be a nice long ride yet at the same time if I didn't do the downhill afterwards, it would still leave me with about 7km for later in the month.
Found a group ride that had ride leaders doing 65, 70 and 75 minutes paces up the Alpe (humans not bots) and as my best time was currently 77 and a bit minutes, thought that I'd try to hang on to the slowest group for as long as possible and even if they dropped me, I still might be on target for a PR. I was struggling a bit for the first few bends but started to get used to the pace and it was looking good until I had a dropout between bends 10 and 9. That put me 30 seconds behind my group, so I put the hammer down and got it to within 10, but seeing my HR spike and fearful that I was burning all my matches too soon, after that only very slowly closed the remainder of the gap.
Was hanging on desperately for the last two bends but a lot of verbal encouragement from the riders around me plus one or two pacing me, I eventually crossed the line with a 74:34!
Found a group ride that had ride leaders doing 65, 70 and 75 minutes paces up the Alpe (humans not bots) and as my best time was currently 77 and a bit minutes, thought that I'd try to hang on to the slowest group for as long as possible and even if they dropped me, I still might be on target for a PR. I was struggling a bit for the first few bends but started to get used to the pace and it was looking good until I had a dropout between bends 10 and 9. That put me 30 seconds behind my group, so I put the hammer down and got it to within 10, but seeing my HR spike and fearful that I was burning all my matches too soon, after that only very slowly closed the remainder of the gap.
Was hanging on desperately for the last two bends but a lot of verbal encouragement from the riders around me plus one or two pacing me, I eventually crossed the line with a 74:34!
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