The COW Gunma 100km TT today.
This is a popular event to test your winter training. Free to enter and on quiet country roads. Event details here:
A tough 100km course with anything between 2500 and 2900 m of climbing depending on your GPS unit. My strava data here:
Stravaでアクティビティをしました: https://strava.app.link/SlA721yrj4
I describe it as the hardest race yet. I certainly wasn't prepared for it. It will go down as "a ride to make you stronger"!
The usual race report link and cut and paste below.
Cheers, Andy
「COW Gunma 100km TT race report」
the niigata army escaped snow country
for the blue skies of gunma today!
around 60 riders lined up for the 100km TT
16 x 6.3km laps
a climb into a ferocious headwind
a fast descent with the wind in your sails
repeat
riders go off at 30s intervals
5th from last
I have 4 fast guys behind me
and several more in front!
16 climbs is a lot
in the big ring for the first few
then the small ring
finally the granny gear!
the first lap at 29.5kph
but I'm fading quickly
with a lack of specific training
and no rest or taper
4h in the saddle at race pace
half of that climbing
is a shock to the system
after 3 laps I'm suffering
"quit after 8" I tell myself
"quit after 10"
by lap 12 I start to enjoy it!
it's really hard though
bamboo trees are being blown over!
I came here to do 100km
determined to do 100km
I leave my soul on the sun drenched roads of gunma
for this year's 100km+ gravel races
I need to do hard rides like these
long distance
lose some weight
and rediscover those climbing legs
wake up boo!
This is a popular event to test your winter training. Free to enter and on quiet country roads. Event details here:
A tough 100km course with anything between 2500 and 2900 m of climbing depending on your GPS unit. My strava data here:
Stravaでアクティビティをしました: https://strava.app.link/SlA721yrj4
I describe it as the hardest race yet. I certainly wasn't prepared for it. It will go down as "a ride to make you stronger"!
The usual race report link and cut and paste below.
Cheers, Andy
「COW Gunma 100km TT race report」
the niigata army escaped snow country
for the blue skies of gunma today!
around 60 riders lined up for the 100km TT
16 x 6.3km laps
a climb into a ferocious headwind
a fast descent with the wind in your sails
repeat
riders go off at 30s intervals
5th from last
I have 4 fast guys behind me
and several more in front!
16 climbs is a lot
in the big ring for the first few
then the small ring
finally the granny gear!
the first lap at 29.5kph
but I'm fading quickly
with a lack of specific training
and no rest or taper
4h in the saddle at race pace
half of that climbing
is a shock to the system
after 3 laps I'm suffering
"quit after 8" I tell myself
"quit after 10"
by lap 12 I start to enjoy it!
it's really hard though
bamboo trees are being blown over!
I came here to do 100km
determined to do 100km
I leave my soul on the sun drenched roads of gunma
for this year's 100km+ gravel races
I need to do hard rides like these
long distance
lose some weight
and rediscover those climbing legs
wake up boo!
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