Fiesta Island – April 24th
Posted on April 26, 2008
Long day at work on the computer so to go outside after an efed up week like this last one was pretty awesome.
I was ready for battle.
Pace started moderate. I mean, after I finally caught on to the group. For the second week in a row I have been late and I can see them leaving when I am making the turn into fiesta. Chased like crazy then the BIG group was just chilling… nice, there goes one match 
Back on track, couple of guys that are always motivated to work are there. The pace start to pick up slowly. I notice that there are people joining the group after the second lap… holy shit! They got dropped on the first lap!
We keep going and it seems that everyone or a core group of guys is really motivated to work. In the tailwind sections we were going 37+ mph on a consistent basis. Strung out and a lot of guys sitting up. I kept closing as few gaps as I could, but still did it 4-5 times. These were the big gaps… tons of smaller ones.
Finally on the 7th lap I got gapped off and was hoping the guy would close it. I have no idea how fast we were going but the pack dropped some serious heat into the stretch and there they went. I mean, by the time I came around the corner they were 200 meters ahead… in about 30 seconds… I gave up, sat up and waited for the last lap.
I see them coming around and its hammer time. I figured I would put one more good effort and that was it.
Into the headwind, pegged at 750w for about 500 meters and I was done.
Looking at the data, this was for sure one of the hardest Fiesta Islands in a looooong time. I was told that Iggy won the sprint… that guy is riding so good.
I heard from a friend that my last pull burried a dozen guys. Apparently there was a huge move on the backside and they were hoping to go slower… I laughed at him…
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Good to hear others thought it was real fast! I actually dropped off twice but got back in. Not normal for me but hey… I only had one gear. I am contemplating doing it again this Thursday but upping the gear.
“Into the headwind, pegged at 750w for about 500 meters and I was done.”
Jan, unplug the watt-o-meter and just ride. I think you are letting that gizmo, rather than your body and intuition, tell you when to stop.
yeah, I know….. but this was the absolute limit at that time….
Numbers are excuses, but they can also work as benchmarks. Without it I would have never known what my limit was, that day, after a couple of faster laps.
This weekend, pre-riding the San Luis course, magically 750 watts was the same number that it took to shake off a pesky rider and crest 1st over highway 395. He put it to me on the first part, but I decided to see how much it would take to loose him…
Question is, can I do that 10 times….. probably not….