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05-18-15, 08:26 PM
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Browsing this forum on an iPhone is suboptimal...Tom and GC, great racing!
05-18-15, 10:58 PM
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+1!
Thanks for the TT tip, RacerEx. Last year I rode the course with my coach the day before and that helped a lot. This year i recalled her comments about where to work hard and where to seek a little recovery, but forgot to focus on really pushing the whole time. It was such a short effort, 'recover' should have been LT, not tempo, and 'push hard' should have been over LT.
Thanks for the TT tip, RacerEx. Last year I rode the course with my coach the day before and that helped a lot. This year i recalled her comments about where to work hard and where to seek a little recovery, but forgot to focus on really pushing the whole time. It was such a short effort, 'recover' should have been LT, not tempo, and 'push hard' should have been over LT.
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05-19-15, 05:41 AM
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05-19-15, 09:22 AM
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Thanks rapwithtom. Not sure what's ahead, to be honest.
You rocked it this weekend, and it was great to see. This bodes well for the TT up in Keeneseburg, I would imagine!
You rocked it this weekend, and it was great to see. This bodes well for the TT up in Keeneseburg, I would imagine!
05-19-15, 09:23 AM
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Great work, Sara! An inspiring read, for sure.
05-19-15, 03:24 PM
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Well there's a pregnant whitespace. I hope you're facing multiple irrestistible temptations?
Pretty sure I'll be with the in-laws in Montana that week, getting a beat down in a local MTB race!
I hadn't even planned to do Haystack TT. I mean TT's have never ever made an appearance my race schedule (Frostbite excepted, it's the first race outside after a winter of training, who can resist that?) 1 good result doesn't make me a TTer...maybe my pre-race wind-dance worked, and I was the only guy with a steady tailwind? Or, maybe the fact that I carried a full water bottle down the hill sped me up?
Pretty sure I'll be with the in-laws in Montana that week, getting a beat down in a local MTB race!
I hadn't even planned to do Haystack TT. I mean TT's have never ever made an appearance my race schedule (Frostbite excepted, it's the first race outside after a winter of training, who can resist that?) 1 good result doesn't make me a TTer...maybe my pre-race wind-dance worked, and I was the only guy with a steady tailwind? Or, maybe the fact that I carried a full water bottle down the hill sped me up?
05-19-15, 09:50 PM
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Hey everyone, thanks! After doing that race, I'll never look at a "hard ride" in quite the same way again.
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05-20-15, 04:11 PM
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I'm finally coming back to earth after that epic stage race. When I was I the middle of that sufferfest I had no real concept of what I was accomplishing - "git 'er done". Now....well, wow....
And I am tired. Sleeping LOTS!
And I am tired. Sleeping LOTS!
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05-20-15, 06:16 PM
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Congrats again, well done. Huge sense of accomplishment, I'm sure, as well it should be.
05-21-15, 04:50 PM
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05-21-15, 04:51 PM
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That hillclimb hurt as much or more than anything I've ever done...!
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05-26-15, 03:25 PM
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There's a lot to this TT thing. 19th/mid-pack again. Not a lot to report, to be honest. Rode good power, caught and passed a few, got passed for the first time. A Dodge truck pulling a trailer pulled straight across the road, for some reason. I took the opposite shoulder to get around, all while he was laying on the horn as I passed the front of his truck. Halfway through this, I was wondering what kind of mess I got myself into, as the TTT was later, and this was already hurting a bit.
Another thing... Doing a TTT right after a gully-washer isn't all that fun.
Another thing... Doing a TTT right after a gully-washer isn't all that fun.
05-26-15, 04:01 PM
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but did you hear me yell "go laj" - i was course marshal at Nebo.
There's a lot to this TT thing. 19th/mid-pack again. Not a lot to report, to be honest. Rode good power, caught and passed a few, got passed for the first time. A Dodge truck pulling a trailer pulled straight across the road, for some reason. I took the opposite shoulder to get around, all while he was laying on the horn as I passed the front of his truck. Halfway through this, I was wondering what kind of mess I got myself into, as the TTT was later, and this was already hurting a bit.
Another thing... Doing a TTT right after a gully-washer isn't all that fun.
Another thing... Doing a TTT right after a gully-washer isn't all that fun.
05-26-15, 04:14 PM
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05-26-15, 06:15 PM
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There's a lot to this TT thing. 19th/mid-pack again. Not a lot to report, to be honest. Rode good power, caught and passed a few, got passed for the first time. A Dodge truck pulling a trailer pulled straight across the road, for some reason. I took the opposite shoulder to get around, all while he was laying on the horn as I passed the front of his truck. Halfway through this, I was wondering what kind of mess I got myself into, as the TTT was later, and this was already hurting a bit.
Another thing... Doing a TTT right after a gully-washer isn't all that fun.
Another thing... Doing a TTT right after a gully-washer isn't all that fun.
I fully expect to be terrible at them for awhile, lol it's less pressure I guess when you start out comically clueless.
05-26-15, 09:00 PM
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Oh, I don't think you'll be terrible at them. You've got a lot of self discipline, and that's what they require.
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05-27-15, 01:16 PM
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There really isn't a lot to them! Ex can tell you about that, he's an expert. Go out, not too hard, stay close to FTP, +/- 10% on your power, crank it up for the last 1K, and really hit it at 200 meters. Stay aero. Simple. If only I could do that!
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05-27-15, 02:32 PM
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and lose your lunch at the end is what Sara forgot...
05-28-15, 04:09 PM
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Raced my first CX race since 2013 last weekend. Primary aim was to dust off the cobwebs so was in B grade and didn't jostle for position at the start. So was around fifth last of 47 after the first couple of turns.
I was feeling pretty good so managed to work myself through the field the entire race ending in 14th by the end.
Good omen for this weekend as I'm sitting at the airport waiting for my flight to Brisbane for the first two rounds of the National CX series. Just need to hustle and get a good start and should do okay.
I was feeling pretty good so managed to work myself through the field the entire race ending in 14th by the end.
Good omen for this weekend as I'm sitting at the airport waiting for my flight to Brisbane for the first two rounds of the National CX series. Just need to hustle and get a good start and should do okay.
05-28-15, 04:44 PM
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Haystack TT race report - 5th
I think I'm about as aero as a box truck, so my 2nd place in a TT a week ago really surprised me. So I thought this longer ~40' TT with a net elevation loss might really suit me.
I think bike racing is a lot about expectations management. If you got'em, you'll get crushed; if you don't, well, once in a blue moon you might get surprised.
So I got crushed. 1st place beat me by more than a minute. The whole time I was below my target wattage. My average power over the 40' was even below my FTP - even though my HR was pegged.
Logically I understand that 5th place is good for only my 2nd time using aerobars on a road bike, when most others have TT bikes and disk wheels, but emotionally I was disappointed.
Perhaps the unfamiliar position zapped some watts, but for some reason I prefer the ambiguity of chalking it up to an off day.
More significantly, the next day I was out training solo on damp roads and took a digger, and suffered a type 1 shoulder dislocation, and a mild concussion with light amnesia (I don't remember the fall). I am now the owner of a swollen and tender shoulder (as well as some hole-y clothing and a shattered helmet).
It only took an instant for this week's scheduled Wednesday short track XC race, Thursday evening races at the velodrome, Saturday's crit, and Sunday's RR, to go from overly-ambitious to pipe dream. Hello trainer.
I think I'm about as aero as a box truck, so my 2nd place in a TT a week ago really surprised me. So I thought this longer ~40' TT with a net elevation loss might really suit me.
I think bike racing is a lot about expectations management. If you got'em, you'll get crushed; if you don't, well, once in a blue moon you might get surprised.
So I got crushed. 1st place beat me by more than a minute. The whole time I was below my target wattage. My average power over the 40' was even below my FTP - even though my HR was pegged.
Logically I understand that 5th place is good for only my 2nd time using aerobars on a road bike, when most others have TT bikes and disk wheels, but emotionally I was disappointed.
Perhaps the unfamiliar position zapped some watts, but for some reason I prefer the ambiguity of chalking it up to an off day.
More significantly, the next day I was out training solo on damp roads and took a digger, and suffered a type 1 shoulder dislocation, and a mild concussion with light amnesia (I don't remember the fall). I am now the owner of a swollen and tender shoulder (as well as some hole-y clothing and a shattered helmet).
It only took an instant for this week's scheduled Wednesday short track XC race, Thursday evening races at the velodrome, Saturday's crit, and Sunday's RR, to go from overly-ambitious to pipe dream. Hello trainer.
05-28-15, 05:44 PM
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Argh, tom, sorry to hear about the crash!
Lower watts in the TT position when not adapted is not a surprise. 5th is a good result.
Take care, heal up, and find a way to make the most of the time off the (outside) bike.
Lower watts in the TT position when not adapted is not a surprise. 5th is a good result.
Take care, heal up, and find a way to make the most of the time off the (outside) bike.
05-28-15, 07:58 PM
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heal up @rapwithtom
