I’m doing a short 9km race at 12.15. Suits me better, time wise mainly!
But a lot of those big sprinter lads don’t like the short 5-10 min effort races 
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You wanna get those La Guardia 4.4km loops in
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@Poet , been catching up on my admin all morning after a week away. Feeling the need for fresh air so going running instead I think
Isn’t ven top the one that goes on forever?
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Yeah ven top is dire.
My legs are still MIA after last night. I’m off to see if I can remember where the pool is. Been a while.
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Yeah, the Rapha Rising stage only went 2/3rds of the way up and it was horrible. At least with the Alpe you get to break it down into the segments. The Ventoux climb just goes on and on.
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Total misery isn’t it, and none of the scenery reminded me of the route IRL, or at least the one I think it is 
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Only half way.
Think I’ve catted up and set a new FTP
Whoops.
Feel a bit sick now 
Yup. Bona Fide Cat B now.
FTP up from 269W to 294W 
That is eight weeks of training.
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Thanks mate, yes we have the BL13 WattBombs through to the Playoffs against the other 15 league A1 winners. Playoffs are two races - TTT on Tue, and points the Sat after (Legends and Lava course). We have a roster of 10 guys to choose from, so a stronger position than last series when we were a man short for one race.
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25W FTP increase in one event, not sandbagging at all previously 
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I know we all work differently, but it does seem odd that he’s managed to dig deeper on what ultimately would have been like an ITT up a mountain rather than trying to stay with a group in a bunch race 
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Alright you utter spoons 
Here’s my list:
Failed IMUK
Did Outlaw and didn’t achieve
Fell into a funk
Had my hand operated on.
No training for three weeks
Started again and immediately fell over and bust my ankle
Had an overall crap time until January
Put on 10kg since March 2020
So started a proper plan with my IRL mate
Set my old FTP during an iTT too (ZESP TT on Tempus Fugit) like I say, I perform better at 20 minutes constant than ramp tests.
I was racing my IRL mate. As he’d done his FTP before me and text me his results. As soon as I saw >300W was pretty easy, I just focussed on keeping it at 310W for as long as possible.
Also…I only hit 162bpm, so could’ve probably done more!
I’ve just hopped on La Guardia 4.4km sprint race and scored 330pts coming in 9th.
I’m going again at 1545, too.
Like I’ve always said, it all about IRL for me.
Got an afternoon off Friday to ride the closed to motorist SNAKE PASS 
Then 100km Saturday and club ride Sunday.
If I can hold 290W for the local 10s, I’ll be setting PBS all over the place 
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Another La Guardia 4.4km sprint race
345pts for this one.
That’s a 75pt gain (decrease?) in one day for me 
I’ll be ahead of @gingerbongo when the rankings update 
BOOM 
390.88 points for me now.
Got @jorgan in my sights now
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I’ve not raced in weeks now.
Im not sure Poet has - hes just creaming off the Cat A points
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Does it really count if first is also last??? 
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It’s like you’re not even a triathlete
“I came third….
…in the overweight 53 year old males from Yorkshire category”
Or
“I’ve done an IRONMAN™️….
…5150 series event”
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Or “I’ve represented Team GeeBee” 
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I did.
I came last.
Got pissed with my mates in London the night before the race 
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7:18 + 7 minutes
Don’t think I’ll be there. Can’t go worse than last week 
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