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Stage 4 in the books, the Rising Empire course in New York.  NYC is a tough course overall because there are almost no flats at all.  Did two KOM climbs (I bet you're wondering..."they have mountains in New York?" - why, yes, Zwift created a raised futuristic bike highway in the city) at just above threshold and then held Z2 the rest of the ride.  About 67 miles and 3500' of climbing so far.  Crit race tomorrow and it's going to be a short pain fest.

Mission accomplished, 25 minutes or so doing a long over-under.  I had a small field so I went out with the leaders for the first lap and survived ,then settled into the 2nd group and hung with them until about a 1/2 mile to go, then cracked.  I still need that last push to be able to finish hard.

Ha - yes your approach is really sound and highly recommended for a time trial, bike leg of a tri, or even just a training ride.  A criterium is a whole different animal.  You HAVE to stay with a group for drafting, no matter the costs.  If you wind up time trialing a mass start bike race like that, unless your fitness is off-the-charts better than your competition they'll pull away from you.  Drafting saves 20-30% effort level, depending on a bunch of other factors.  I'm also out-kicking my coverage a little in the category I race as I'm towards the back of the pack to begin with.  I'm happy I held on as long as I did. 

Alan could probably explain it better as he has more racing experience.

Stage 6 today was supposed to be in Richmond, which would make some sort of logical sense after spending three days in New York.  However, Zwift decided to change their guest world lineup to France and Paris, so I had to hop an overnight pretend flight and do a route in France, and then I'll have to immediately get back on a plane back here to Baltimore for three stages.  Good grief, don't they know I spent like 10 whole minutes planning my route out??? 

The workout still went as planned, Z2 with some sprint practice which went well.  Then I did some dumbbell and core work so my body doesn't fall apart.

Looking forward to the long weekend and getting in probably 100 or so miles the next three days.  Anyone else have anything big planned?  OK, other than Nicole in Alaska, Andrew who doesn't have a long weekend, Jenn who is probably flying/working, anyone?  DQ??

No long w/e here...now I'm jealous! 

Well I'm quite sure your country isn't celebrating this weekend.  

Got in about 25 miles yesterday on some wet pavement and really humid conditions, but it went well.  Today is going to be much cooler and I have another 25-30 planned.  Legs are toast. 

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Hope the knee feels better Nathalie.  I've had random knee swelling in the past and it usually resolves itself, but hope it's nothing worse than that and that it doesn't impact your golf game.

Nine stages done now, a little over 170 miles so far.  I was going to do a 35-mile ride outdoors today but I had a really bad night's sleep and dealing with a little saddle soreness so took it easy on the trainer.  I don't like riding outdoors when I'm tired sleep-wise as I find I daydream and I'm not as sharp with handling.

Day off tomorrow...yay!

Bravo, Andrew, bravo! 

That's about the worst insult I could come up with when searching NZ memes.  No one hates Kiwis. 

Stage 10 done, another ~ hour ride this time in Yorkshire near @Sappho .   I did a 30' sweet spot ride as the main set.  Tomorrow is a 40+ mile ride in London tomorrow that'll be well over two hours so a tough one.

Welcome back, Nicole.  That's a really cool picture of that glacier.  Well, that and the martini.

ETA:  And welcome back to the furnace. 

Brutal trainer ride for me today in London.  44+ miles with over 3K feet of climbing.  The plan was to attack the 10+ minute climbs at about 95% FTP, recover on the descents and ride top of Z2 on the flats.  Well the first two loops that worked fine, then I cracked a little on the third climb, then cracked a little more on the final one and I really labored to the finish but it's done.

I passed the time watching the real TdF - wow.  No spoilers but they had to climb Mont Ventoux twice (that's the mountain that Chris Froome famously ran up without a bike during the 2016 TdF after a crash).  They have a replica of the route in Zwift which is really realistic towards the top.