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will be interesting to hear @hippy's thoughts as either something went wrong for him or the cold air really does have a massive effect!
there were definitely some pacing issues as i averaged 287 and spent the lsat 4 minutes at 325ap, so left it a bit late for a final push!
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I was pretty broken before the start to be honest. I was tempted not to bother but I wanted to kill off that 1:00:04 that pissed me off so much all that time ago.
Gym early Friday morning meant I had mad DOMS this morning. Going out to see Hardfloor play on Friday night didn't help (bit excited, got home Sat morning pretty feckin' drunk, didn't help recovery).
Race itself was pretty dodgy - start descent I was maxed out and a truck passed and I thought "sweet I'll hang onto that bastard all the way..." and then got karma got me and I caught his dirty air, speed wobbled and had to grab the start bars. At the first rise my legs just didn't want to work.
Passed some bloke before the turn and then Garmin went mental at me even though I was sure I was right - I slowed so much through the turn the guy I passed caught me and start calling directions out! Towed him along for a bit but by now I'd lost interest. Just tapped it out knowing I could sit on 200W and still finish with a 27mph average.Should've just done my training ride.
hippy
Normally yes, as colder air is denser.