Zwift, TR, Sufferfest etc

[buttahflake]

Mud season was over before it began back east. It’s been sunny and warm, trees are two weeks ahead of schedule. Everything is turning green. Did a nice long road ride on Tuesday, 65 miles, legs felt good, thanks Zwift. So I’m outside other than finishing off TOW. Thanks for putting this together Dee, see y’all in November!

[Flounder]

Whelp, I never made the group ride. Was hoping to be in solid shape by the end of April and join for the end. As buttah says, mud season in VT has come and gone. First ride on hero dirt the other night. Zwift definitely helped, felt like I flew up climbs that are usually slogs early season.

I’ll go straight to the trainer in November instead of waiting for January/February and I hope the group ride returns. I’ll be in enough shape to hang not too far off the back.

[bennymac]

Where the heck are you?! I thought he was bad here with 5deg this am . We still 6 weeks from any real dirt . Sure the ski hill is open through end of may , but I’m ready for summer ...

If dry dirt does eventually show up here Im so stoked to not have to go through those first 10 rides to get the bike legs back. Thanks for organizing the group rides Dee.

[carpathian]

TOW Stage 3!!

This might have been my best Zwift race ever! Snagged a top 5% finish with 17th out of 330, new FTP bump from 341 to 348 and a kudos from GP Lama! Oh yeah and used a 'aero helmet thingy' for the first time, Dee Hubbs will be proud

Amazing what taking a few days off from skiing will do for your biking legs...

[bennymac]

Nice work to hang onto that group and then aero yourself across the line. Did the short route in zone 1 after 4 days of no biking. Gonna ramp up to long route tomorrow.

[buttahflake]

Nice one, Carp! Love your vids, these and ‘run of the day’ are always great. Time to grab an HR monitor and get some ZP points

[EWG]

Yeah Carp. Full props for that effort. Awesome man.


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[huckbucket]

Dude ... 348? That's super impressive.

[carpathian]

Ha, thanks for watching guys! I just think it is cool how a story is hiding in each of these races. Sometimes a lesson in sweet victory, more often than not, in crushing defeat lol

Don't forget that 348 is carrying 200 lbs of dad bod. Now if I could get down to 180... not gonna happen. Right after that race I drank a huge IPA and followed up with an ice cream sundae...

[Full Trucker]

Right after that race I drank a huge IPA and followed up with an ice cream sundae...

Attaboy!

[bennymac]

Those have the electrolytes you crave

[EWG]

Avery makes and IPA with electrolytes.

https://www.averybrewing.com/beers/go-play-ipa

I think it’s mostly an excuse.


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[bennymac]

squeezed in "stage 3 long route" tonight just before it disappeared - 1 hour and 4 minutes of grinding

I'm actually looking forward to the short route of stage 4 to try out some MTB racing in the jungle for a change of pace

[dan_pdx]

Anyone else in for the ride tonight? The way things are right now, I'm scared I might actually have to take a turn in the front

[Dee Hubbs]

Anyone else in for the ride tonight? The way things are right now, I'm scared I might actually have to take a turn in the front

I'll be here, I'm almost always here. Like 31 of 36 TGR rides since Dec 1st always here. It's my only way of telling what day it is.

[EWG]

I'm planning on it but will almost certainly be on a mellow train, spinning home lap three. Recovering from Sunday plus deadlift in workout yesterday.

[bennymac]

Those are impressive numbers Dee.

I’m not gonna make it due to hockey - our snow is melting so our ice is likely not gonna survive much longer.

[The Suit]

I relocated to California and didn't quite get my trainer set up in time. Missed by about 40 minutes. I will try to make Thursday.

[Dee Hubbs]

Fun ride tonight.
4 of the regulars.

-Wendigo joining late
-D.PDX with a”signal drop” and rejoining at the top of the climb (again this week)
-EWG (F.T.)
-Dee Hubbs.

The normal chat: spreadsheets, socks, Bluetooth signals, mileage, fitness, age, still skiing or now biking.

We joked about everyone’s age, and what we assumed was everyone’s age was (or hoped).
I figured it would be fun to add an age column to my TGR Zwift spreadsheet, and get a real good overview (or rude awakening that it’s not 20yo wippersnappers beating you up every week)

See ya Thursday.

[Full Trucker]

Nice! I was feeling even more mellow than normal so did a fairly easy ride on the short course for TOW.

[Dee Hubbs]

Oh and speaking of spreadsheets I entered my XP points into a spreadsheet after the TGR meetup and realized I was “only” 18kms (with double XP in a TOW route) away from the next level and a new bike.
So I joined the 7:00 TOW B ride. I didn’t get the XP power ups I wanted and it turned into 21kms to get my level up, and then it was only 7kms away from the end of the ride, ( and a route badge).
So bottom line I pounded out another 27kms of the Jungle after our TGR meetup.

[bennymac]

Ha nice work!

Cervelo for you? That’s my goal this month.

I’ve learned you can farm XP (if you’re shy of leveling up) by getting on a time trial bike and alternating back and forth between

1) watopia “fire and ice” route - gets you 10xp right away and then you get an easy downhill to get to 1km for another 20 XP

2) choosing another route that has a 10xp banner close to start - Yorkshire has one right at the spawn but others like Innsbruck or Richmond are at 500m and France is at 1km (which gives you 30xp when you cross under it)

You don’t have to save these short rides for the XP to count.

In Innsbruck you can also go back and forth through the flat sprint banner for 10xp without having to bike too far away from it to reset. Good way to cool down after a TGR ride if you’re looking for extra XP

[EWG]

Maybe you guys should just log in as me for a while and get me stuff.


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[dan_pdx]

We saw Wendigo crack 10 watts/kg earlier in the ride, so I wasn't feeling too optimistic coming to the finish line in a 3-person group that included him. As expected, he pulled away with a strong kick, I spun like a windmill and maybe made up a little bit of ground before the finish, but couldn't catch him. It's almost like I need to lift some weights or something, that or lose 40 pounds without losing any strength.

[The Suit]

I did the TOW-4 short ride this morning and was totally demoralized when I finally figured out why so many people were on mountain bikes.