Originally Posted by
atwl77
Could also be you stopped a little short of where the segment ended (or at least your Garmin reported that) while your friend did complete the segment when he reached you. After resting almost 2 minutes, both of you descended together. Easiest way to check for that is if you select your effort on that segment and Analyze Effort to see if you have your speed dipping to zero near the end before rising again right at the end (works on smartphone, not sure if desktop/web shows the same data).
Over here, we have this one climb where the uphill segment ends somewhere past the peak, and the downhill segment starts before the peak. So if you stop at the peak (either to rest or to wait for friends), your segment times are screwed both uphill and downhill, and they way they overlap you can only ever choose to attain good times on one or the other unless you do not stop at all.
That's the way to go if you ask me. My highest rankings have come from creating segments that continue more or less level well past a crest. I've never been any good at cranking out the watts on level roads except in occasional sprints, but I'm the opposite of a sprinter type. However, I often manage to keep cranking out the watts that get me up a hill a little faster than average for a bit after going over the top. Where most people decide to catch their breath, it makes a huge difference to follow through with the power instead - kind of a one-two punch.
