The plan was to negative splits, but the 3 climbing sections don't show that:
- 272W avg, 162bpm avg, 29m 32s, 6mi
- 271W avg, 168bpm avg, 15m 16s, 3.2mi
- 272W avg, 166bpm avg, 37m 14s, 6.6mi
I started near the front and had 50+ riders or so go past. The early pace was ballistic and I pretty much ignored everyone and went at my own speed, telling myself I'd catch half of them later. A couple friendly wheels were just up the road (Sean and Liam, Ben was further up, having followed Dave Rossow) when it flattened out 3.6 mi in, and I missed having a wheel to work with then.
I caught Liam just at the first downhill section, 6mi in. He basically pulled me down the hill and up some rollers. I got maybe one pull in. I felt super fresh and picked up the pace in the second section, but saw it was too fast and pulled it back a bit and apparently overcompensated.
Liam also pulled me along on the second downhill. We blew by Sean on part of this, but he joined us a little later, then pulled ahead. Liam lost contact with me shortly after. I felt OK throughout the third section, but certainly not as fresh. My legs weren't rearing to go harder but were willing. I was unsure of how much distance was left and held back until the last couple miles. Averaged 280W over the last 2 mi and 300 over the last 3 minutes.
After having stopped for 20-30 minutes, the ride back down the hill was extremely cold, even though I'd brought lots of layers. It only got comfortable after the first uphill. I should have done a bit of climbing before heading down, to get the core temp up.
As a race, it was a slight disappointment, since I was hoping to at least break 85m. (But again this is the off-season and I didn't really push it that hard.) It was better as a test of Z4 climbing endurance, and a good confidence builder at that, since I felt like I could have kept going at that pace for a good while longer. This event made me wish I already had the new Leopard bike that's going on order next week, since it'll be 5 pounds lighter than my old steel Waterford.
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