Not pushing too hard, but working a bit. Fahking headwind no doubt, pimpin about 16 kph (8-9 knots steady - gusting up to about 15 knots). Making me work. Feeling good though.
Having more thoughts about force and hills and all that. Looking at my numbers yesterday ya know, and thinking i was grinding it a bit but sumbitch force numbers weren't anywhere near the stuff generated up hill. Hmm... force is hill stuff and even pimping 80 rpm up the hill ya need wicked amount of force to keep that cadence up and most people who don't train at that specificity will have trouble holding it. So the one moderate hill (Valley street closed again, no killer 75-80 N m (~700 pound inches) hill) i click over to cadence display and tag it at 80-85 in the 50x25. Felt good, big power numbers but sitting down and climbing it was nice... With the trailer and all that climbing seated makes me wonder about energy loss in bike movement. Seated ya really have to keep the forces balanced and directed at the pedals... standing up the bike's going everywhere and i wonder if that side loading results in lost watts... hmmm...
Anyway the numbers cause ya know... numbers are cool:
Power: 231 avg, 775 max (2.6 w/kg avg, 8.7 w/kg max)
Speed: (trailer on there speed irrelevant as a comparator)
Enegry: 530 kJ
HR: 131 avg
Time: 44 minutes
Cadence: 77 recorded... I was spinning over the bridge, very very even and steady pace wicked smooth pedal stroke and the Powertap was freaking cadence wise. Going from 200 to 54 to 150 to 60 and up and down and up and down... I find the hub candence to be pretty much useless when i've got the wicked smooth pedal stroke happening. Climbing with high force peaks and what not the numbers are rock solid steady. But i'm just guessing that the hub ain't seeing enough of a peak per stroke to delineate the pedal RPM (no i don't have the cadence mag hooked up on the commuter).
I also worked hard at keeping that first stretch as a warm up section. I've had the habit of getting into the go juice from the gun (cross style) and figured a warm up for a minute or two wouldn't be such a bad thing.
Gonna finish it off with a "WTF"
How can the USGP blow off the New England Cross scene?
http://www.usgpcyclocross.com/
That totally fahking blows donkey dongs. Kentucky, New Jersey (ain't new england), Oregon....
Fahkin sucks...
Sure, getting the world cup (CTodd, check with coach, see if he can confirm or deny on or off the record) gives New England something the rest won't have but still... No USGP here? Does that mean the only opportunity to hang with the big boys is at UCI World cup? Will they show for the other UCI races? Does Gloucester weigh heavily enough on the calendar to merit a visit despite not being a USGP race?
Man...
Well not that i'm racing the USGP, and heck lower profile races often are more fun, easier parking lower key racing, familiar faces out number strangers at the start line...
Ah well...
Cross is around the corner...
122 days till the world cup event (assuming it comes here)
respect
G
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The series promoters negotiate with the race promoters. I think the NE promoters were not getting enough value out of the series (it costs them money to be included). So it's a good thing. Independent promoters being successful is what we need in all forms of bike racing.
Will do.
I agree with Solo. Gloucester is a staple in the CX scene, I don't think it needs to have USGP status, just UCI status.
If the alleged Provi World Cup race comes and Gloucester is the following week, we may see a pretty big Gloucester too!
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