Killer Z race this morn, "Epic" series, 80 km. A lot of low gradient climbing back loaded on a 40 km course (Makuri 40), 2 laps total. I ended up 5th/26, 12 other As on the start line.

Pretty tame first half of lap 1. Into the climbs, I put in a big surge at the base and am holding 5-6 w/kg going up. I was hoping I would force a selection, but I didn't... the group just kinda ramped high 4's-5, then reeled me in when it flattened out. Damnit lol. I'm kinda cooked going over the top and into lap 2. Some beast of a dude is just crushing solo on the downhill, and two others bridge to him. Nope, not me, I'm trying to survive and thinking of quitting lol. But I didn't.

I sat in and focused on fueling and hydrating and my mentality improved over the next 20-30 minutes. I was ready to crush again in my chase group of 4. Another rider and I dropped the other two on the climbs, and then finished together more or less. Killer workout. Did some zone2 after and caught up on some work emails for a total of 3 hrs at 200w (3 w/kg)