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Gobi Feb 2021 1:17pm, 14 Feb 2021 73,196 posts	0 Gobi bugger Meant to say that some of it comes down to mentality.
CStar Feb 2021 2:57pm, 14 Feb 2021 8,035 posts	0 CStar Finished TdZ this week. Have really enjoyed it somewhat to my surprise. Usually follows the pattern of setting out as a nice relaxed easy/recovery ride. First quarter of the ride: find myself in a large group and up the effort a bit to stay with them for the draft benefit. Second quarter: Feeling warmed up, so start picking off a few people. Third quarter; hanging in with a small group all pushing each other along a bit faster than necessary. Final stage: full on racing with 1-2 others fighting to the line. Result, absolutely knackered and easy/recovery ride a distant memory Why can't I just take it easy Norseman series next. That'll be relaxed too
Gobi Feb 2021 3:00pm, 14 Feb 2021 73,198 posts	0 Gobi Cstar - it is a problem with doing events, I avoid ANYTHING that can get competitive on my easy/steady days
CStar Feb 2021 3:09pm, 14 Feb 2021 8,038 posts	0 CStar V sensible
Gobi Feb 2021 3:12pm, 14 Feb 2021 73,201 posts	0 Gobi It helps to have no ego or at least be able to put it away.
cathrobinson Feb 2021 3:27pm, 14 Feb 2021 9,090 posts	0 cathrobinson What is the Norseman series...? I’ve surprisingly enjoyed the TdZ and it got me on the bike when I might not have made the effort. All bar one ride was a fairly hard effort - like you, CStar, aiming to hang onto / beat a group.
Gobi Feb 2021 3:55pm, 14 Feb 2021 73,202 posts	0 Gobi Three of us did fu prl today. Long yes, easy yee
Totriornottotri Feb 2021 4:15pm, 14 Feb 2021 1,361 posts	0 Totriornottotri
jda Feb 2021 4:36pm, 14 Feb 2021 9,441 posts	0 jda larkim, I have used the 1 min ramp available on zwift as it's quick and easy. It's more for comparative purposes to check changes over time than to give an absolute number, so I don't care that it's quite possibly biased as an absolute measure. That reminds me, I'm due another next time I'm not too knackered... When I was rowing seriously we did a ramp test but used 4 min segments, which gave long enough for stable blood and gas measurements. 1 min you aren't at equilibrium before it goes up again, so the interpretation is a bit more approximate (perhaps complicated is a better term).
ndellar Feb 2021 6:37pm, 14 Feb 2021 3,829 posts	0 ndellar Our usual Monday night work Zwift is going to be on RGT - my boss has imported the GPX of one of his local rides for us to do. Meh!!