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@richardkennerley are you on WiFi on both devices? If the SSID is different companion won't play with Zwift, I've had it before when one is picking up 2.4 and one 5ghz, it certainly won't work if the SSID is split.
That was hard work. Lucky to pick to right group to chase in race 2, I'd have been off the back and swept up of there was a 3rd lap though.
Good race all.
even saw him do his little sick onto the sink ar half time…
He’ll be on the “specialist” sites in no time!
That was pretty hard going for me, almost had my own vomit moment after the first race.
Glad the end was downhill on the second race, my weight was an advantage 😜
Ah, it’s been a while since I’ve made a STW race but those were great fun.
Oddly I found the first race harder. It was tough work hanging on with the group around 20th with Pewsey, Ogg and co.
Managed to find another good group on the second race, picking off a few up the climb. Then a sprint to the line which Pewsey just nicked and six of us with the same time!
See you next week.
Well that went a lot better than I thought it would! Had a good little battle on the sprints in the first race with @giggsmaster and k.mc ( @marra ?). Thought I might have overdone it as I was spent by the end after mistiming the sprint to the finish massively but I found a second wind once I hit the KOM for the first time. Even had enough energy to go at the KOM a second time hard and knock 4 seconds off the first attempt! Very pleased with that.
I will say that I owe a bit of a Thank You to @DrP as I found out on the FTP test on Saturday morning that while I don't have much outright power I can hold what I have for longer than I realised, that info really helped me dig deep tonight. Hence why I have a slight FTP increase to 200w.
First race was definitely harder for me. Thought we were all going to stick together til the first sprint. After the third sprint I was on the verge of giving up, 5 more seconds and I would have, but everyone seemed to settle slightly!
Second race was good. Had a Pantani moment towards the end of the last climb, battered myself on the sprint down the other side but couldn't fend everyone off.
@dangerourbrain I don't know what's going on. I tried reinstalling it on my phone, tried putting it in my tablet as well. No joy. Everything is running on the same WiFi network. The tablet doesn't do mobile data and the garage is a black hole anyway, WiFi only!!
@richardkennerley I have the same problem with Zwift Companion app. It didn’t connect on the 1st race but then managed to on the 2nd, it can be hit and miss for me.
@reluctantjumper you certainly have improved since the last series. You put up some good numbers on some of the sprints in the 1st race.
I can safely say flat races are definitely not my thing, though hilly races don’t seem to be either. I just lost touch of the 2nd group on the 1st time over the climb and then that was it, no way back for me.
Nice little tussle with @blobonastick (I think) on the 2nd time round.
Hence why I have a slight FTP increase to 200w
Super stuff...
Honestly... half of this stuff is how good your legs are at listening to you say go....and the other half is how good YOU are at ignoring your legs say STOP 😃😃😆😆
You can definitely train BOTH!
DrP
(Just watching the stream again...I like to watch OTHERS tactics.. break points etc..)
That was great! No idea how I managed to stick with the group I did in the first race...it was great fun though! I had more in my legs than I realised for the race to the line & was a bit annoyed I didn't go sooner.
I was waiting waiting waiting & then saw slowpuncheurs numbers spike & thought 'bollocks I've left it too late'....
2nd race. Legs didn't have it & toe cramp was a bit of a distraction 😂
I got in a good group of 3 but can't for the life of me remember who it was. We caught Atkinson who I think eased for us to catch (??) And then we caught OGG a bit later.
On the second lap, I think we started getting lapped (WTF?!) and I tried to draft some of the people who'd come past.
It was all a bit of a blur to be honest!!
Thanks for a good evenings racing. Always struggle with sprints. well done Savoyad on final sprint completely missed it
I don't know why it still surprises me, but these races start so fast!
Race 1 my goal was to avoid falling too far behind in the points. @paino was smashing up the sprints (like he does) and @drp and @donnersrider were pushing the pace between sprints. So it was all a little frantic. It's hard enough anyway to understand what's going on in neokyo. Once the sprints were done (it seemed like more than 4!) @drp bid for long distance glory almost worked out (more so than he thinks...), and the effort of bringing him back left him well placed to sprint. Like @weeksy said, that was a deserved victory...
Race 2 my goal was to target the KOM points on the first lap and then try to race for the finish on lap 2. But it was pretty obvious from lap 1 that I couldn't get a big enough gap over the top to be able to hold on by myself until the finish on lap 2. So I pushed a bit harder on the climb lap 2, hoping to split the lead group and blunt the chase into the finish. That worked - I got away with @donnersrider and 2 v 3/4 on the descent was good odds so we managed to stay away.
Great racing. Looking forward to next week now (except the first 400m!).
Thanks for a great intro to racing everyone, 1st and 2nd ever Zwift races done! Managed to find a good group on both races, I need to learn what the power ups all do but it was good fun.
Wasn’t sure what kind of effort people would be going for and had no idea how long I could stay at certain powers. Can push it a little more next time I think, heart rate for the majority of both races stayed around 160-170 (thought that was good until watching Dr P’s stream back)
Excited for the next one.
Thanks for everyone for taking part in the series! Hope you all enjoyed it. Managed to get the results done earlier than I thought.
The results are provisional in case I have made any mistakes. Please let me know.
Race 2a - Sprinter Playground
Overall Race Winner
1. DrP
2. savoyad
3. donnersrider
Overall Race Winner (with handicaps)
1. bails
2. Paul-S
3. msjhes2
Sprint Points (Tower Sprint Reverse)
1. paino
2. donnersrider
3. straightliner
4. savoyad
5. Jimdoubleyou
Sprint Points (Alley Sprint Reverse)
1. paino
2. DrP
3. Savoyad
4. donnersrider
5. yanboss
Sprint Points (Castle Park Sprint Reverse)
1. paino
2. donnersrider
3. yanboss
4. DrP
5. savoyad
Sprint Points (Railway Sprint)
1. paino
2. donnersrider
3. DrP
4. savoyad
5. munkeymadness
Race 2b - Rooftop Rendevous
Overall Race Winner
1. Savoyad
2. donnersrider
3. J-R
Overall Race Winner (with handicaps)
1. dangeoubrain
2. Paul-S
3. msjhes2
KOM Points
1. Savoyad
2. donnersrider
3. DrP
4. Munkeymadness
5. J-R
Green Jersey Standings
1. paino
2. donnersrider
3. DrP
Series Top 3 (including sprint/fastest lap points) Best 6 race points counts
1. Paul-S
2. Dangeourbrain
3. Msjhes2
Combined Sprint and KOM Points Total
1. paino
2. donnersrider
3. savoyad
I have set up a GoFundMe for people who have enjoyed the series. This time around we are raising money for Diabetes UK. Slowpuncheur has been a regular in this race series from the start. On Fathers Day last year he ended up taking his son to hospital as he wasn't feeling well. Many hours later they were delivered the news that his son is Type 1 diabetic. His son has adjusted well to the changes in life and continues to do everything he wants to. Diabetes UK helps his son and others like him through investment in Diabetes research and support for other Diabetes sufferers. I know there are also others on the forum who have diabetes or close family members with diabetes.
Overall Race Winner (with handicaps)
1. dangeoubrain
2. Paul-S
3. msjhes2
Top stuff @dangeourbrain ... bravo!
I'm gonna rest for the next few days.. been spanking myself with FTP test on sat... hard tdz last night, then this tonight...
Need a few rest days according to my garmin!
These races DO leave you buzzing!
DrP
That was an interesting couple of races. In race A I was glad to cling onto the front group most of the way round. When the fast guys got a gap the group I was in kept pretty close behind. But I made a big mistake not spotting we were reaching the end, so @paul-s and @yanboss sprinted ahead before I could respond, claiming 6th and 7th. Very impressed with @Paul-S keeping up with the group despite turning in lower figures for W and W/kg - some very canny riding there.
Not sure what happened in race B but on the second climb I found myself in the front group with the CatAs @munkeymadness @savoyad, @DrP and @donnersrider - well beyond my station in life as a CatB. Sav and Donner got a gap but I was clinging onto the others near the end, when I saw DrP dropping an Aero PU and realised he intended to start his sprint, so I managed to keep just about close enough for a bit of a tow. When the PU stopped DrP seemed to fade but I just had enough in the legs to pip him at the post for an unexpected 3rd place.
I think I'd had an easier race A than many, and so got an unexpectedly good result in race B when normally I would expected to be beaten soundly on a climb by the likes of @paino. Good race everyone, especially @Paul-s and @dangeourbrain at the top of the handicaps.
Hands down that was the worst I’ve ever felt after any Zwift race. I had to take a moment outside (in the rain) coughing up the lining of my left lung. So much so I made a complete arse of race 2, slow off the line, got Uber-dropped, then put all my eggs into one basket by trying to smash the KOM on lap 2. That plan was working great until I realised I was actually half way up the KOM before I realised where I was. Go me. That long run in totally threw me…not that I know where I’m going in Neokyo anyway. Great wins @Savoyad and @DrP, some brutal long range attacks.
@giggsmaster *waves* yep that was me. Good teamwork I thought. Until the last 150m 😈 Ha ha!
Best finish ever for me, so well chuffed.
I thought that the race would get split by one of the sprints, so my game plan was to go all in on the sprints, not for the point, but just not to be dropped. It worked and for the first time ever I stayed with the front group for the whole race. Well actually 3 of us got dropped at the last sprint, but we were only a couple of seconds behind the leaders. I timed the sprint well and beat the other 2 to finish 6th :-))))) There was even race drama as I had to call Jennie to tighten the skewer mid race !!!!
The short format suits me, as I usually spend 30 mins in the red and then end up slowing right down, basically going backwards at finish, but with the double header I get a rest before I'm totally done in.
The second race could have been a disaster as I wasn't clipped in and there was a lot of paniced fumbling but I managed to get my foot finally in and stay with the leaders for the long lead in and on lap 1, at least until the pace sped up at the top of the climb. They slowly pulled away from us ( 2nd group on the road ) and made 30 secs in the end. I didn't time my sprint as well but finished a 2nd best of 8th
So a 6th and 8th finish, an unexpectedly good start to season 🙂
Well done to the winners and thx @Robbo1234Biking, roll on race 2.
P
I think the key here is that none of us have any idea where she are going in Neyokyo!
It's fun.. but a messy, distracting map!
DrP
Sorry @blobonastick 😂, perfect lead out by you and a drop of the aero PU helped me out!
I think there's something wrong, my name is not supposed to be that close to the top, ever.
It won't last mind, I expect my FTP will be creeping back up a bit when I test this weekend and now the house is almost devoid of tasty Christmas crap hopefully I'll shift a bit of weight too.
Soon enough I'll be back to having to keep up with the fast folks to break even, let alone get points! Mad dash suicide starts will resume.
Was a good couple of races, 2nd race the course really suited me though partly down to the length. I was lucky enough to be able to punch [s] above [/s] below my weight on the climb and hold a quicker group than the few I'd eyed in the handicap beforehand. Was quite pleased to see ogg dropping off when he did, meant I could relax into things a bit.
First race I should have ignored all the sprints completely and saved my legs for the last km to see if I could hurt the folks around me a bit.
Really enjoyed this evening ta. It's been way too long.
@giggsmaster - it's all down to being able to pedal hard for an hour now, something I really struggled to do all of the second half of last year. I'm still waaay off where I should be, for reference I used to be able to do laps if the trails at Cwmcarn even after a day's work. Went there at the beginning of January and I had to cut out the final section of climbing on the Twrch and was dead by the time I got to the car park! My HR monitor alarm was going off on every climb too as I was just redlining every time I put any effort in. I'm reasonable on Zwift now but still plenty of work to do to translate that on to the trails.
Actually racing other people tonight was a great motivator too, hopefully that continues. We need more slower riders to make the back of the race more interesting 😁
Apologies all I have got the sprint points wrong! Sorted by first across the line rather than fastest time. Will sort it out in the morning!
That was just fun in a kind of not fun at the time kind of way. Haven't looked at my results yet, just happy that I managed to stick with the first group for a bit longer than usual and finish with (at the back of) the second group in both races 🙂
Now I've had a look at my points results, about 10x more than I've scored in any of the previous series !!!!!!!!!!!!
Can we just close off this series now 'cause it's only going south for me over the rest of the races 🙂
I have updated the sprint results from Race 2a (Sprinters Playground)
The updated results are as follows:
Sprint Points (Tower Sprint Reverse)
1. paino
2. savoyad
3. straightliner
4. donnersrider
5. Jimdoubleyou
Sprint Points (Alley Sprint Reverse)
1. paino
2. savoyad
3. DrP
4. donnersrider
5. yanboss
Sprint Points (Castle Park Sprint Reverse)
1. paino
2. straightliner
3. yanboss
4. mossimus
5. donnersrider
Sprint Points (Railway Sprint)
1. paino
2. slowpuncheur
3. straightliner
4. savoyad
5. donnersrider
I'm pleased with the result from the first race but stupidly tried to sort out my HRM during the first couple of km of the second race. Didn't realise you instantly stopped when in the menu. Sent from 5th to 35th and was left 20 seconds behind the nearest person ahead o<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">f me. Dug deep to catch and pass 5 or 6 other riders but the group I'd been in was long gone.</span>
Ah, it's good to be back racing! Neokyo really works for those short races. It messes with your head doing right angle turns at 60kmph off the KOM though.
After a Covidy Christmas and 2 weeks of no exercise, I wasn't sure about last night. Still lacking a bit of zip (maybe 10-15w) but really enjoyed it.
First race I wasn't really concentrating on the first sprint although I should have known the whippets would form a break there. Bugger. Rolled around in a very honest 2nd group with everyone taking a pull. It was great to see @feed and @stumpy01 mixing it in a faster group and to see some familiar names back on the road. I went for the long Railway Sprint and managed 2nd. @Paino, I've no idea how you did 4 sprint efforts so close together and still be quickest on the 4th! Chapeau.
2nd race suited me better. I lacked power to stay with the leaders 1st time over the KOM which cost me 30+ seconds and a chance for a sprint for 3rd. Bugger again. Rode with group 2 on 2nd lap, left sprint too late really but just rolled over ahead of the others. 7 of us within 0.5s.
Finally, thanks @robbo1234biking for doing (and correcting) the results so quickly and more importantly, for your kind words and suggestion for the charity this year. It means a lot. Ta.
Thanks Robbo for organising and sorting out. No idea what was going on last night, felt tired in the warm up and nearly gave up after the first sprint and getting droppped by group after group. Did manage to stick at it and make a few digs for the third and fourth sprint but definitely not firing on all cylinders.
Well done to Dr P, Paino, Savoyad and co on what sounds like a tough race at the sharp end with some great sprint times.
oddly really wasnt looking forward to last night. Got through the first race. Enjoyed the second much more. A decent sprint finish was fun.
My increase in FTP has taken me right out of contention this series.... must dig deeper!
Great racing. Looking forward to next week now (except the first 400m!).
@savoyad I'm trying to envisage what is particularly wrong with the start of next week's course, or is it just the general frantic 400 you're not looking forwards to?
Do we go down the nasty escalator bit next week then? I'm assuming climbing out the other end is better...
no @dangeourbrain, there's nothing particular about the start next week. just this series has frantic starts!
Regarding Neokyo (and similar things could be said about Makuri Islands and much of New York) it IS hard to work out where you are. The Zwift designers seem to have focussed on adding lots of details to the worlds which can be stunning, although when you're flat out you probably don't pay that much attention to it.
For me, there are few really recognisable points/features that allow you to mentally know where you are around those circuits, unlike much of Watopia, London, France, Richmond for example. I guess many of us can remember a bridge, a hairpin, a punchy climb etc but for the worlds above there is too much going on all at the same time so it's harder to break into chunks.
Also, what's probably more true, is that it's simply a NEW map. hence not ridden that much. Hence we (I) get confused).
I know my way around Watopia with ease now... same with Richmond and NY.. it'll happen with Neyokyo!
DrP
I saw on the livestream someone asked about the burrito. Here is some more info.
https://zwiftinsider.com/misused-powerups-burrito/
I've been playing around with fancy thumbnails and such for the YT stream settings!!
Need to improve the stream quality, and maybe have a few different scene setups!
DrP
Handicaps are live for tomorrow night!
I can see this being a tough race, I expect there will be a lot of small groups of two o three over the top of fox and being in the wrong one will mean either blowing up trying to stay with them or not being quick enough to hold your handicap.
This is where having missed the last few series isn't going to help as I really don't know who to coat-tail well enough!
Despite being all COVIDed up. I think I'll hop on teh turbo and cruise around as best as I can. I will NOT be pushing any significant watts..simply unable to..
But will get the livestream up and running and (hopefully) find a gentle pack to cruise around with..
DrP
I imagine you'll manage just fine, your "gentle pack to cruise and with" is still going to be the pointy ish end.
What did you want to go and get covid for anyway?
I tested +ve for Covid last Thursday, after my daughter & Wife tested +ve a few days before.
I've been doing my usual workouts and did TdZ4 yesterday.
It doesn't seem to have knocked me too much, but am definitely not quite 100%.
Am undecided whether to try and stick with the usual pace, or knock it back a bit and take it a bit easier.
My legs feel pretty empty so I don't think the course will be friendly to me. Looking forward to it anyway.
Oh and Robbo, it was me who asked about the burrito.
Good link - quite easy to unleash it and actually shoot yourself in the foot!
think I've been doing Zwift wrong all these years... EVERY race I've ever done has been a bastard... where are all these easy ones I'm missing out on?! 🤣I can see this being a tough race
where are all these easy ones I’m missing out on?! 🤣
IDDQD
I'll try typing that into the chat window & see what happens...
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@stumpy01
I woke at 3am on saturday with a raging sore throat, cough, and feeling very short of breath... so not just positive for me, but positive WITH symptoms...
Sleeping 12-14 hours a day (whcih is actually lovely!!) , but alas, having to work (from home) today as other staff in my surgey are on the tail end of COVID, but aren't fully set up to work from home...
Could really do with today off, but it's not too bad at the moment.
I feel really rough in the morning and early eve, which just sends me to bed..
1930 tomorrow MIGHT be ok..i'll see if i can stay awake for the race!
I REALLY don't want to push myself to exhaustion adn do myself an injustice though. I did a super gentle ride yesterday (tick-tock, which is flat..averaged 100w) just to keep the legs turning..
DrP
@DrP - I think I've been very lucky.
My Wife has been barely able to get out of bed, with very bad flu like symptoms.
Just walking up the stairs has her out of breath and she's being going to bed very early.
I did Serpentine8 yesterday afternoon and tried not to get carried away. Kept mainly in the blue/ green and it wasn't too bad.
This morning's workout was supposed to be 3x8 30s efforts at 170%FTP with 30s rest.
Did 2, dropped it 5%. Did another 2 & dropped it another 5% 🤣
Then ditched it after the first set and did a gentle potter instead. Truth be told, if have found it a tough ask even without the Covid excuse!
Take it easy tomorrow!
Unfortunately I did a TdZ at the weekend and got an FTP increase 236W.
Can't complain too much I suppose 🙂
P
If it's any consolation Paul, mine is also up so I doubt I shall be troubling the heady ranks of points again [s] this week [/s]
Robbo, could you send me a link to races please, I didn’t get them originally,
Feeling optimistic that I might make the starting line tomorrow due to finish at 6:30 and 25/30 mins to get home.
Don’t worry about an handicap, I have no idea about current weight or FTP other than they both seem to have hit the skids.
I’ll just race (or attempt to) and see how far I come down on the road.
I wouldn't mind giving it a go too....
Hopefully no IT issues this time!
Also is there a TT on Thury this week?
JB
If anyone wants a slow group form up on me 😂
Greater London Loop Reverse is the course for tonight which means the hill comes early on in the day with a long fairly flat drag to the finish. KOM points available for the Fox Hill Climb
https://zwiftinsider.com/route/greater-london-loop-reverse/
Unfortunately I'm not going to make this one, the cable in my sram apex shifter has chewed up the mechanism and I don't fancy racing in one gear... Good luck everyone
If anyone wants a slow group form up on me 😂
I may not want to but last night's first-gym-session-in-a-very-long-time has left my legs a bit empty today. Hopefully judicious application of cake will address that by the time we make the start line.
Well I'm gonna stick this up here so people can watch me die on a bike in my kitchen, or..if I'm feeling proper rough I'll just spectate and stream the race, watching various riders as we go..
DrP
Might not be able to make it on time tonight for various reasons. Or I'll just scrape in time and have no sensible warm-up! 🤣
I'll be do a workout instead if I don't make it and the next TDZ tomoz am.
Unfortunately, I know I'm definitely not able to do next week as I'm at work. Bit rubbish but hey ho.
and have no sensible warm-up! 🤣
No what now?
I think I will be giving this evenings race a miss. Got an early shift tomorrow morning and I'm tired.
Think I’m sitting out too, have a rubbish cold brewing. Enjoy all!
Made it in time, but the app is giving! Me grief again. It's sync'ing intermittently tonight, so long as I say least get to say hello!!
@paino
You watching through zwift or the stream?
Don't think we'll see much of the fast guys n my stream tbh 😀😀🙃
DrP
My warm up is 10 mins spin and a mint aero!
I'll be off the back right from the start if normal Zwift racing rules apply!
I notice I've been bumped up to B group on ZPower now too, not good.
Can't stick with that lot for more than a few mins!
@DrP via the stream if my work WiFi deems watching a sweaty man in his kitchen as appropriate.
Bah, missed the start because of a poxy meeting that should have been a three line email.
Meh computer says NO! 100m up the road and zwift crashed
Gah, spent 10 minutes trying to get my turbo to connect. Zwift thought it was connected but it was showing 0 rpm and 0 Watts. Finally got it to work 20 seconds after the start so was on my own again with no warm up. Then my HRM wasn't connected either. Made it 1/4 of the way up the hill and gave up with a bit of a tantrum. Really &$#*ed off with that as I think I could have done well on that course. Too late to do one of my training rides now as well.
Have "fun" everyone else!
What happened at the start Doc? I came on a few mins late and you were near the back, then destroyed everyone on Fox hill
Apparently he’s got covid @weeksy - didn’t look like it was having much of an effect as he literally flew past me 🔥
As predicted, got dropped on the hill, but managed to stick in with a group and maintain position u Tom the end.
Only feel like puking now, rather than half way through last week and and FTP increase @robbo1234biking - 277 now. Almost up to pre covid levels but certainly doesn’t feel like it!
Cheers Robbo/Gents that was fun again.
And 'Hi Phil!' Apologies I'm still working out how to ride a bike; without 'companion' (which seems to behave more like 'drunken friend').
Hard one this week,as expected, I couldn't keep with the leaders over Fox hill, someone came past near the top soryr cant remember who, but try as I might I didn't have the legs. I dropped back to the next group on the road and we pushed on to catch a couple up the road. It all stayed together until the escalator where a not very ill looking @DrP just took off.
I tried to close the gap, but for some reason it just kept growing, then I noticed who it was and eased up a bit. My group worked well, or well enough anyway 😉 P.Tunstall, B.Clark & C.Lees, we all pushed on to stop the group that was only 19secs behind, racing for time at this point. I sat on from about 5km out as I was dead in a vain effort to have something for the end.
All was static until the sprint, I thought that I had managed to get a jump on everyone with about 400m to go, that was until rocketship Tunstall came past me. I tried to get on his wheel and get him back, but just got towed to the line for 13th I think, same power 236W so thats 2 weeks on the trot.
Well done the winners and thx as always Robbo1234biking
Paul
It made me laugh watching DrP's stream from last week, just after I mentioned my skewer had come loose between the races, you can see him jump off the bike and check his.
I wonder how many others did the same.
P.
@weeksy…
I’m feeling like a car starting in the cold at the mo…
I had a feeling I’d be OK cruising at 250-300 watts, but pushing above that was really hard..
I figured there’s no point in the mega watt bomb that the races always start with as it’d kill me straight away… and I’m not competitive for the top spots tonight, so just cruised off the line and warmed up to climb at about 300 odd watts.
I could really feel it in my chest (the live stream doesn’t show how HARD my heart was pumping!!).. oddly I couldn’t get anywhere near my max HR (or the HR i normally get in the races..about 188-190) and felt like I was topping out at 175..
I like the hills - they suit me and my light frame..
Then after the climb I got stuck cruising about London on my own!!!!
Numpty!
My main mission tonight was to ride, but NOT kill myself… position/race wasn’t important…
I feel I achieved that… thankfully feeling tired but not ill..
DrP
Well that was an interesting hour.
Started with me having to do a Zwift update that seemed to take for ever then I had to load and reboot Zwift 3 times before it would connect to the turbo correctly. By the time I'd sorted that lot out I arrived in the pen with 1 minute to go and no warm-up at all! Just went for it as soon as I hit Fox Hill and managed to pass two people, reaching the top just as I joined up with @woodadam. We stuck together for the rest of the race, massive help there in keeping my speed up! Sorry I couldn't do the 30 sec turns you asked for, was on the limit the whole way round! Did try for the sprint to the line but you beat me in the last few metres as my peak power is rubbish, more of a diesel engine.
Was good fun regardless and I've been rewarded with an FTP increase to 213w.
Managed to put more of an effort in than expected. The group I was in seemed to be right on my limit as always, c.charles, j.jordon, j.jones and n.donnelly.
Really didn't think I'd have anything left for the sprint but the music kicked in at the right point! But I got the turbo rocking, thought it was going to to over! Gave myself a massive stitch and a stabbing cramp right in my calf in one swift manoeuvre! Got a limp now 🤣
@reluctantjumper - that makes two of us on the limit. 🙂
I didn't think Fox Hill would ever end. I was very much hanging on, and hoping for the end to appear.
Good fun though!
Thanks for everyone for taking part in the series! Hope you all enjoyed it.
The results are provisional in case I have made any mistakes. Please let me know.
Race 3 - Greater London Reverse
Overall Race Winner
1. Savoyad
2. Kirky
3. donnersrider
Overall Race Winner (with handicaps)
1. msjhes
2. Paul-S
3. jimdoubleyou
Fox Hill KOM Points
1. donnersrider
2. savoyad
3. phil56
4. DrP
5. sturdylad
Green Jersey Standings
1. paino
2. donnersrider
3. DrP
KOM Standings
1. donnersrider/savoyad
2. DrP
3. phil56
Series Top 3 (including sprint/fastest lap points) Best 6 race points counts
1. Paul-S
2. msjhes2
3. J-R
Combined Sprint and KOM Points Total
1. paino
2. savoyad
3. donnersrider
I have set up a GoFundMe for people who have enjoyed the series. This time around we are raising money for Diabetes UK. Slowpuncheur has been a regular in this race series from the start. On Fathers Day last year he ended up taking his son to hospital as he wasn't feeling well. Many hours later they were delivered the news that his son is Type 1 diabetic. His son has adjusted well to the changes in life and continues to do everything he wants to. Diabetes UK helps his son and others like him through investment in Diabetes research and support for other Diabetes sufferers. I know there are also others on the forum who have diabetes or close family members with diabetes.
Boom! Dead Last!
Although had I not had to pause just over 6k from the end to deal with an idiot greyhound who had done an idiot thing (which happened to be the best thing ever for him) on a walk and needed manhandling on his return I may have actually not been last... dog like four legged mammals are dicks.
Still my only goal is to finish every race so... thanks for the race!
@reluctantjumper - it was me caught at the top of the hill, and we half tt'ed to the finish, where i pipped you by a smidge by cunningly nearly killing myself in the last 400m.
I've got nothing on the hills at the moment, and can barely reach my FTP for a few minutes, let alone an hour.
Ant Mitchell = @haloric
suprised myself with that one as ive bern really off form, not eiding much and when i do strugglimg to maintain 300w for amy amount of time. no kotivation for races.
cold ovwr the weekend and long day on foot today.
planned to just try and hang in whatever group i found myself in and not stress if i missed the front.
thankfully we crusied a bit before the climb but managed to warm up. that climb is just a nice length for me to have a tilt at before blowing up, just tried to time it so i could go over the top with somebody to keep company. teally pleased that turned out to be Savo, a bit suprisef i managed to climb alongside him.
we gradually clawed back time on the leader whilst eeking out a bit more time over the 4 or 5 man group behind.
we just about caught up with 4 or 5km to go and a bit of cat and mouse ensued. i didnt have much left for the sprint havimg got caught out repkyimg to a message just has savo made a puah to latch onto Donnesman. savo kicked with 500m to go and i was happy to get a draft by donnes and leap feog him jsust neforr the line.
yet again the seriws managed to drag an effort outbof me that i didnt know i had. i really thought my ftp had dropped down to 270/280 range.
thanka again for your efforts Robbo.
as a matter of interest where did i come on the KOM?
ps tyed with no glasses.
@haloric - Ah, yes. Was confused by the two riders being A Wood and A Mitchell, couldn't remember which one! Pleasure to share the load only for you to beat me 🤣