Re: A year in the life of a wannabe racer.
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:27 pm
Well first things first, i slept in and missed the vintage jersey. DAMN.
Monday night i dropped off my lady at work then hopped on the bike for a spin round Noosa. After a bit of a warmup (which surprisingly came to 20k) i headed for Gyndier Drive at tinbeerwah and went absolutely nuts for strava's benefit. I didn't know where the segment started and finished so did the whole length to make sure. Turns out the segment is between the bollards so i could have gone harder but still pleased with 6:43 given my best is 6:31 (and it put me ahead of 2 local pros and my arch nemesis!). Then headed for Duke Rd to have another crack at clearing it, and managed this time (just). Overall, fairly reasonable but the average speed was a little disappointing (some blame can go to my lights, a bit on the weak side for the downhills).
(and another pretty elevation profile)
http://app.strava.com/rides/22364611" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.
Tuesday i was considering a repeat of the 170k ride i did a while ago but the weather didn't look to good and i felt like a rest. Also i spent the whole god damn day trying to get the Bryton website to work .
This morning was a quick hitout on the Dawes, Kin Kin to Pomona and back, then back to the top of the range. Felt fantastic (the more i ride this bike the more i love it) and put in a good time. Uploaded to strava and i've ended up with a 5th, 7th and 9th on the segments i covered, again beating several pros and that nemesis . I could go a lot better on all of them, especially now i know where they are. Not least for the fact i'm on a 13kg single speed!
Tomorrow is the first long commute i've done in ages, and i'm taking the Dawes as i don't have to worry about gears and i think the legs can deal with it.
Monday night i dropped off my lady at work then hopped on the bike for a spin round Noosa. After a bit of a warmup (which surprisingly came to 20k) i headed for Gyndier Drive at tinbeerwah and went absolutely nuts for strava's benefit. I didn't know where the segment started and finished so did the whole length to make sure. Turns out the segment is between the bollards so i could have gone harder but still pleased with 6:43 given my best is 6:31 (and it put me ahead of 2 local pros and my arch nemesis!). Then headed for Duke Rd to have another crack at clearing it, and managed this time (just). Overall, fairly reasonable but the average speed was a little disappointing (some blame can go to my lights, a bit on the weak side for the downhills).
(and another pretty elevation profile)
http://app.strava.com/rides/22364611" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.
Tuesday i was considering a repeat of the 170k ride i did a while ago but the weather didn't look to good and i felt like a rest. Also i spent the whole god damn day trying to get the Bryton website to work .
This morning was a quick hitout on the Dawes, Kin Kin to Pomona and back, then back to the top of the range. Felt fantastic (the more i ride this bike the more i love it) and put in a good time. Uploaded to strava and i've ended up with a 5th, 7th and 9th on the segments i covered, again beating several pros and that nemesis . I could go a lot better on all of them, especially now i know where they are. Not least for the fact i'm on a 13kg single speed!
Tomorrow is the first long commute i've done in ages, and i'm taking the Dawes as i don't have to worry about gears and i think the legs can deal with it.