Hey! I am the guy on the revolt that you asked about my bars. No clue who you were, but I watched your video of this race from 22 to recon the course since this was my first time there. Thanks for posting these and way to easily shut down my attack with three miles to go. I was hoping you guys would just let me sneak away. 😁
I played that wrong. I should have pulled through sooner. Probably wouldn't have made a difference. The tow path was in good enough shape that it was hard to make any gaps stick.
@@Mamilian Yeah, it seemed like a few of us could have possibly split the group and made it smaller but none of us was getting away solo for sure. I just figured it was worth a shot.
Word is that someone couldn't get clipped in and cut diagonally across the field and took him out. Unfortunately, he was concussed and doesn't remember what happened.
Man you gotta work on holding wheels better. You are super strong first 40min then you do too much work and then get blown off the back. I was in group that passed you at 1hr mark we easily bridged up and you could have jumped on and taken 10-15min off your time.
Unfortunately, there were external factors that made this less about race craft than might seem. There is a recap for the race where I discussed it. ua-cam.com/video/DtlG7XD36Tc/v-deo.htmlsi=WlpzD_0bFQ5uZMfs&t=844
@@tburridge56Thanks for the advice. I'm sure it's well meaning. That said, it's interesting that you've seen the recap and still offer this advice given that I discussed what happened in the moments you mentioned as an area for improvement (i.e. my back blew up). It seems like you might have missed that. In my last recap (Dust Bowl 100) I discussed why I have back issues in more detail. Moving the needle from "back blowing up ~1 hour", to "back blowing up ~4 hours" in the months b/w RR and DB is the only win I really care about. No A races on my calendar. There are a lot of things that I need to work on. The main, fairly consistent, one is with group positioning before the selections happen. I should be doing more to stay in the front wheels. But, realistically, I'm not sure that matters given my goals, and TBH, I'm not sure it would impact the outcome that much. I line up at every race knowing that I am going to lose a bike race that day. While I occasionally set time based goals (I did for RR, and achieved it - my way), most of my goals aren't focused on shaving 10-15 min off my finishing time. IMO, time/speed based PRs aren't that useful. Just so it's clear, it's totally fine for others to have these things as goals, not trying to imply that others should share my objectives. I race to motivate myself to train and to generate training load that is difficult for me to obtain outside of a competitive environment. I would rather add the TSS "doing too much work" than shave the time. Obviously, there's a balance here, but I prefer to set a 2/3/4/5 hour NP PR than reduce my finishing time by sucking wheels. That's not "racing smart". I am aware of that :).
Hey! I am the guy on the revolt that you asked about my bars. No clue who you were, but I watched your video of this race from 22 to recon the course since this was my first time there. Thanks for posting these and way to easily shut down my attack with three miles to go. I was hoping you guys would just let me sneak away. 😁
I played that wrong. I should have pulled through sooner. Probably wouldn't have made a difference. The tow path was in good enough shape that it was hard to make any gaps stick.
@@Mamilian Yeah, it seemed like a few of us could have possibly split the group and made it smaller but none of us was getting away solo for sure. I just figured it was worth a shot.
2:17:13 mark - Only came here to see (and hear) myself 🤣
LLOL!
Anyone know the story of the dude that ate shit right at the start just past the timing mat?
Word is that someone couldn't get clipped in and cut diagonally across the field and took him out. Unfortunately, he was concussed and doesn't remember what happened.
@@Mamilian OH WOW! Poor guy.
Man you gotta work on holding wheels better. You are super strong first 40min then you do too much work and then get blown off the back. I was in group that passed you at 1hr mark we easily bridged up and you could have jumped on and taken 10-15min off your time.
Unfortunately, there were external factors that made this less about race craft than might seem. There is a recap for the race where I discussed it. ua-cam.com/video/DtlG7XD36Tc/v-deo.htmlsi=WlpzD_0bFQ5uZMfs&t=844
@@Mamilian I saw your recap doesn’t change my observation. Seems to be a common occurrence
@@tburridge56Thanks for the advice. I'm sure it's well meaning. That said, it's interesting that you've seen the recap and still offer this advice given that I discussed what happened in the moments you mentioned as an area for improvement (i.e. my back blew up). It seems like you might have missed that.
In my last recap (Dust Bowl 100) I discussed why I have back issues in more detail. Moving the needle from "back blowing up ~1 hour", to "back blowing up ~4 hours" in the months b/w RR and DB is the only win I really care about. No A races on my calendar.
There are a lot of things that I need to work on. The main, fairly consistent, one is with group positioning before the selections happen. I should be doing more to stay in the front wheels. But, realistically, I'm not sure that matters given my goals, and TBH, I'm not sure it would impact the outcome that much.
I line up at every race knowing that I am going to lose a bike race that day. While I occasionally set time based goals (I did for RR, and achieved it - my way), most of my goals aren't focused on shaving 10-15 min off my finishing time. IMO, time/speed based PRs aren't that useful. Just so it's clear, it's totally fine for others to have these things as goals, not trying to imply that others should share my objectives.
I race to motivate myself to train and to generate training load that is difficult for me to obtain outside of a competitive environment. I would rather add the TSS "doing too much work" than shave the time. Obviously, there's a balance here, but I prefer to set a 2/3/4/5 hour NP PR than reduce my finishing time by sucking wheels. That's not "racing smart". I am aware of that :).