I know this is a bit personal, but what TSB are you aiming for going into this race? If I remember correctly, TWARWAPM has a section with a couple graphs showing the percentage of people which put out PBs for efforts <5m, >5m, and all times for varying TSB values. I suppose since performance in BK leans a little more on these shorter efforts, you'd want a TSB in that range? Then again, sometimes all the data and numbers is a crapshoot and anything can happen on race day.
Kush's semi-training thread
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kush
Active Member
I guess since I put all my stats out there, nothing is personal here 🙂
Slightly positive is my goal. I don't have years of data accumulated, and at a glance my PBs occurred all over the place. If I put in enough analysis, I could probably get more precise, but alas no time. Are you doing bkill??
MylesF
Member
I'm in the same field as Kush and I'm sure he'll kill it. My plan is just stay out of trouble near the front until Meeting House road. My guess is this is where the Cat4's will blow apart into small groups so you have to be prepared to hit the red line and hold it for a few minutes. Best tactic on these rolling hills is to make sure you have good position at the bottom and don't get gaped. When you get to near the top hit the gas hard so that you can open a gap behind on those who are tired or close on the wheel in front so you can recover and coast for the next effort. Meeting House road often results in a selection of 30-40 riders who will stay together until the last hill, so use that time to eat and drink and get ready to hit it hard at the bottom of Stage road where it's steepest!
kush
Active Member
Crack-a-lackin!
My family is unbelievably supportive, and I'm a selfish prick. That and I don't sleep much.
Battenkill is a group ride with a number pinned on for me since I'm officially a weekend rider and now embarrassed by your ability to get training done where I'm not. :cry:
And to think that I was happy I crossed 1k miles for the year given everything going on....😡
kush
Active Member
Yeah. But you actually travel a lot more than I do. Except for the 2-week roadshow, I've been homebound since the fall.
Fair enough.
And now for something that you are probably the only other person on the board who would appreciate:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/w...atch-vanishes-up-orthodox-leaders-sleeve.html
I'd love a Breguet if he has to give it up!
And now for something that you are probably the only other person on the board who would appreciate:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/w...atch-vanishes-up-orthodox-leaders-sleeve.html
I'd love a Breguet if he has to give it up!
kush
Active Member
That's nothing. If you followed our first earnings call closely, you might have noticed that the published transcript AND recorded audio differed slightly from the original to edit out a small gaffe the CFO made.
Yes, you can change history.
Luckily the only thing everyone remembers is that the stock went up 25% that day, and we beat earnings nicely out of hte box
Yes, you can change history.
Luckily the only thing everyone remembers is that the stock went up 25% that day, and we beat earnings nicely out of hte box
But was he wearing a sweet Breguet while doing it?? As a Russian you should appreciate a fine watch as much as a cover-up!
kush
Active Member
He can't wear one as he's riding it in a race on Sat.
kush
Active Member
Race safe with murderous intentions! Sweet, gonna adopt that.
Countdown to Battenkill
2:00:01
Last workout, simple hour with 10mins at 95%. TSB is 10.5, TSS 77. Right where I need them. Legs feel good
Bit of "bad luck" this morning, the power meter crapped out half way through the ride. Hope its just battery.
Countdown to Battenkill
2:00:01
Last workout, simple hour with 10mins at 95%. TSB is 10.5, TSS 77. Right where I need them. Legs feel good
Bit of "bad luck" this morning, the power meter crapped out half way through the ride. Hope its just battery.
RNG1
Well-Known Member
The PMs must be resisting. Mine did the same the other day and was just the batteries. FYI there are 2 and you need a special plastic tool to get the plastic casing off the non drive side. You may know this already but it was my first time changing so just fig I'd mention it assuming you have the same as mine.
Be safe and be fast!
Be safe and be fast!
kush
Active Member
Thanks Rob, I have done it before, just needed that tool - stopped by a shop in Saratoga and got it done
Battenkill Update
T-3.5 hours
Friday the 13th had a few little annoyances but we got them handled.
We spent the afternoon in Cambridge, starting with kids ride with the pros, registered, bought some knick-nacks then dinner at cambridge hotel, then I attended the Peaks seminar on how to win Battenkill.
The place is really calm on Fridays. Race day is nothing like that. I'm glad we came early.
Seminar was good in that I have drilled in my head those 3-4 important places and how to think about it. Typically I just ride. This year I'm trying to also think.
Roads are in great shape, they had footage from day before. Weather is ideal. I actually hoped it was going to be crappy. I like epic stuff.
We are going to have breakfast then head out. Start time 10:40am.
Battenkill Update
T-3.5 hours
Friday the 13th had a few little annoyances but we got them handled.
We spent the afternoon in Cambridge, starting with kids ride with the pros, registered, bought some knick-nacks then dinner at cambridge hotel, then I attended the Peaks seminar on how to win Battenkill.
The place is really calm on Fridays. Race day is nothing like that. I'm glad we came early.
Seminar was good in that I have drilled in my head those 3-4 important places and how to think about it. Typically I just ride. This year I'm trying to also think.
Roads are in great shape, they had footage from day before. Weather is ideal. I actually hoped it was going to be crappy. I like epic stuff.
We are going to have breakfast then head out. Start time 10:40am.
kush
Active Member
Battenkill, the conclusion
So I took 3rd out of 125, a bike length behind 1st and 2nd in a finishing 350m sprint.
The dirt roads were much more loose and gravely this year than last on some sections. This stuff was 2-3 inches deep, fishtail city. With some fist sized rocks.
There are really 5 key points, and I had these on my top tube
1. 5 miles, left into a drastically narrow covered bridge. This can end your race, be at the front. Which I be.
2. 11 miles, Juniper swamp climb. Tough one. We attack the pack here, thinning it out by 50% after the climb. Same 5-6 of us attack hard ahead of the Feed Zone 1, gap the pack, but then slow down to feed. Duh.
3. 26 miles, Carney Cassidy, new for this year, 3 punchy climbs, and after which its more or less downhill to Meeting house. More attacking, more thinning.
Somewhere after this, Iggy taps me on the shoulder, I’m surprised to see him cause I kept looking back and didn’t see any orange and blue at all. He says he’s been hiding, and that Chris fell off on Juniper. I’m stoked to see him. He tells me to stay off the front. I say I am trying.
4. 47 miles, Meeting House climb. I don’t remember details but we keep murder pace
5. 56 miles, Stage Rd. This is where the race is won. Or lost. At this point, the pack is down to like 10? At the top of Stage Rd., there are only 4 left standing.
After Stage rd, it’s a gradual flat / fast descent to the finish, we paceline hard, averaging around 27mph.
Right turn into the finish. This is a tough LONG sprint, about 400 meters. I latch on to Jayson’s wheel, and I just can’t launch past him and Jesse. I’m not a fast twitch guy, and physiologically never will be. But I am working on it. I do beat the #4 guy.
We average 21.4mph, my avg power is 225, NP is 284, and avg HR is 147, for a TSS of only 221. What that mean? It doesn’t look like I worked that hard for a race like this. I’m going to sound like a prick, but I don’t feel like I worked that hard, and I’m not that tired. The hills seemed fine. It hurt a little but not a huge amount. Last year though, that was painful.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/168068028
This 16 week training block was gold. This was as structured training as can get, and it's the closest I've stuck to a plan, though I did stick close to the CX one too. The taper was way better than tapers of past, I felt like I had no chain today.
I win chocolate milk and $100. Cool
We go into Saratoga, have dinner where I eat everything, then go browsing into the shops. Now kicking it in the hotel. Tomorrow we might go see the pros start, might or might not do the kids’ race and drive home.
So I took 3rd out of 125, a bike length behind 1st and 2nd in a finishing 350m sprint.
The dirt roads were much more loose and gravely this year than last on some sections. This stuff was 2-3 inches deep, fishtail city. With some fist sized rocks.
There are really 5 key points, and I had these on my top tube
1. 5 miles, left into a drastically narrow covered bridge. This can end your race, be at the front. Which I be.
2. 11 miles, Juniper swamp climb. Tough one. We attack the pack here, thinning it out by 50% after the climb. Same 5-6 of us attack hard ahead of the Feed Zone 1, gap the pack, but then slow down to feed. Duh.
3. 26 miles, Carney Cassidy, new for this year, 3 punchy climbs, and after which its more or less downhill to Meeting house. More attacking, more thinning.
Somewhere after this, Iggy taps me on the shoulder, I’m surprised to see him cause I kept looking back and didn’t see any orange and blue at all. He says he’s been hiding, and that Chris fell off on Juniper. I’m stoked to see him. He tells me to stay off the front. I say I am trying.
4. 47 miles, Meeting House climb. I don’t remember details but we keep murder pace
5. 56 miles, Stage Rd. This is where the race is won. Or lost. At this point, the pack is down to like 10? At the top of Stage Rd., there are only 4 left standing.
After Stage rd, it’s a gradual flat / fast descent to the finish, we paceline hard, averaging around 27mph.
Right turn into the finish. This is a tough LONG sprint, about 400 meters. I latch on to Jayson’s wheel, and I just can’t launch past him and Jesse. I’m not a fast twitch guy, and physiologically never will be. But I am working on it. I do beat the #4 guy.
We average 21.4mph, my avg power is 225, NP is 284, and avg HR is 147, for a TSS of only 221. What that mean? It doesn’t look like I worked that hard for a race like this. I’m going to sound like a prick, but I don’t feel like I worked that hard, and I’m not that tired. The hills seemed fine. It hurt a little but not a huge amount. Last year though, that was painful.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/168068028
This 16 week training block was gold. This was as structured training as can get, and it's the closest I've stuck to a plan, though I did stick close to the CX one too. The taper was way better than tapers of past, I felt like I had no chain today.
I win chocolate milk and $100. Cool
We go into Saratoga, have dinner where I eat everything, then go browsing into the shops. Now kicking it in the hotel. Tomorrow we might go see the pros start, might or might not do the kids’ race and drive home.
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