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Old 05-20-19, 12:50 PM
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hubcyclist
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it only took me 5 years but finally upgraded to a 4. Raced this weekend, upper half of the pack but should have had some more in me, fitness is good but not quite where I want it (to be fair, I'm doing base training for CX and start build in 2 weeks), so my climbing (Oak Hill in Harvard) was sweet spot instead of over threshold when it counted. On the bright side I was winning for about 5 mins on the first lap lol Also, just to state the obvious, but the coggan chart that is constantly misinterpreted was exposed once again, I did two 10min stretches at 285w (over 4w/kg for me, although I have an entry level allez) and I was not dropping anyone on the climb. I wasn't paying attention to power, but I probably should have up the climb and tried to do threshold (310w) to see what that would yield. I had lots of fun regardless of outcome.
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