Another month, another block of virtual racing in the books, this time for February. We wrapped up February Masters racing series on @mywhoosh this week, placing 3rd Overall. This series shifted slightly in February with a timing change, for us the two hour shift saw racing at either 5pm, 9pm or 5am. With none of the times looking particularly exciting, it was decided the 5pm time-slot was best for us to show up and repeat the efforts week after week over the month.
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| Inside MyWhoosh Masters Racing |
Feb 6 – Belgium (Bruges): 33:57 | We kicked off the month on the flat Bruges course. Attempting to hold the draft of the stronger rider, with a good gap to the next rider. We held steady on the second loop of the course, soloing in for a 2nd place.
Feb 13 – Alula (Nomad Trail): 28:56 | This was the "hurt-fest" of the month. A shorter, sharper effort where the pace didn't slacken at all. With 10 rises of approximately 20Vm over the 19km, with 7 rises in succession, there were lots of surges to break the bunch apart after a 4km warm-up. A group of 5 now had done most of the hard work and as we closed in on the finish line 2 riders got away finishing 25 seconds ahead of our bunch of 3. Gareth from Germany successfully out sprinted me (1/5th of a second) for 3rd and I had a 1 second gap on 5th.
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| Feb 20 Round - Trying to hide in the draft |
Feb 20 – Hudayriyat (Velodrome): 52:00 | The "Big Ring" week. 52 minutes of circling the island is as much a mental battle as a physical one. It was a tactical affair with 3 of us in the front bunch. Joy Fun from Japan stepped it up first, probably after seeing me surf the draft for much of the first lap. Then Matteo stomped on the Velodrome climb to make a gap. We placed 3rd with a clear gap of almost 3mins to 4th.
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| Feb 27 Round |
Feb 27 – Arabia (Al Wathba): 35:49 | Closing out the month we were back on a flat course. The bunch was a bit bigger, with the likes of Joy Fun from Japan back in the mix. The bigger group saw the more powerful riders make their move early with a group of 5 getting away. Our bunch worked its way down to about 4 and as we got closer to the line one of the guys went early, leaving us to sprint for 6th. It was a very even sprint with half a second between the 3 of us. I managed to hold onto 7th.
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| February Masters Racing Series Overall Points |
Our "no wins" trend continues this month, with both ourselves and the placing above us (just a slim 5 points ahead) best placing 2nd and 3rd in a single week. This isn't bad though because we also managed to place 3rd overall for the month of February and 1st in our age group.
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| Age Group Results for February |
Results for the February block are available on @mywhooshinfo for those who want to see how the watts were spent.
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