On Jun 23, 8:44 pm, Robert Chung <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 23, 11:15 am, "[email protected]"
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> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Jun 23, 4:22 pm, Robert Chung <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > Make it to Oslo with the group?
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> > Nope. I was feeling great up until about 6 hours in. Then I didn't
> > have any energy. That was when we got to the flat parts and we had a
> > good tailwind too. I should have been in my element, but I was fried.
> > So rather than stuggle to hang on, when I had wanted to help set the
> > pace, I let go and took it alone for the last 260km. They managed
> > 15:22, I was 17:43. Best time was 13:32. I still managed over 30 km/h
> > for my 260 solo despite several stops including a gas station where I
> > ate 2 pastries, 2 yogurts, and drank 2 cokes!
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> > I had fuel issues related to a too tight jacket I think!
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> > Joseph
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> Sorry to hear that. Still, about an hour faster than last year, right?
Still my personal best despite so much time alone. As I was stopped
getting some food and gear from our support car shortly after letting
go so they could leave me to my own devices, the two teams that
started at 5 minute intervals behind us passed me. I probably would
have struggled just as badly with them too so it didn't really matter.
But I didn't get caught by any other groups until I had already ridden
200km alone. That's where it gets hilly and I had an ok rythmn, so I
just let them ride by.
I have the form, and endurance so something just went wrong. Of the 28
guys on our team, only maybe 2-3 of them (if that!) can beat me in an
ITT even with a few moderate hills. That shows form and power (only
relative to them of course) and at the finish I wasn't even
particularly sore. Just about everyone else in the finish area was
gimping around like they were in serious discomfort. I think that
shows endurance. Somehow I couldn't get the two to mix on Saturday.
Joseph