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Only reason I kept TrainingPeaks was for the IF and Pw:Hr but now I can safely move over to intervals.icu.

AL dropped me at 40km, had to push alone for sometime until BL came flying pass me. Overall the race was good but there was a stretch after being dropped where we were sharing the road with cars going on both directions.

Ordered them on Friday night and went to pick them at the take-a-lot pick up point on Saturday. Not too impressed I must say. I cant even figure out how to switch the noise cancellation on/off when connected via BT.

Upgrade from Snap to Tacx Neo.

First time doing The Jock and what a race! what I didn't appreciate though was to see those E-bikes passing us when we were suffering on the Long Tom pass. The good thing that was heart warming was to see the Sabie Primary School kids in their uniform marshaling us towards their school. Still undecided if I will do this race again.

Interval ICU estimate FTP is 1W higher than the Ramp test

Doing a Ramp test tonight, will see how far apart is the estimate from the actual.

I have post nasal drip through and through but worse at nightt, it wakes me up to cough at 2am for almost a week now. but its only on my throat, just wondering if riding might trigger something and make me sick again.

Finally I got a good

Indoor trainer and ERG mode yes. I am doing a zwift TOW stage 7 tonight which is on a hilly road. I will try and spread my power and HR at different zones, will see if I can get a good.

I did a steady ride on zone 2 (180W) for 1 hour but still I get "bad" on model fit

I guess the people's immune systems differ. If I get cold or flu it will run for 5-6 days and I will try over the counter pills and feel better for a day or two but the sinuses will kick in thereafter it will be worse until I get antibiotics. So my Dr has no option but to prescribe AB's.

So what is this new Model fit and how does it work? I keep getting (bad), is there a way to inprove this? I am following a time crunched cyclist training program and it has increased my FTP. I'm not sure what to read from model fit.

My Garmin 500 also lasted for +-5 years. Looks like these newer Garmins aren't strong.

Last week Monday I send mine in, and on Thursday it was replaced with a brand new one after paying R1800. It looks like the life span of these 520 units is around 18 months then you need to fork out +-2k for a replacement...my question is,is it really worth it to pay 2k every 18 months for a bike PC? If something goes wrong again the next 18 months I will have to consider buying a Wahoo.

Over the weekend Zwift deducted R145.00 from my account for November subscription. When is the increase effective date?

This intervals.icu is amazing...much simpler to navigate as compared to golden cheetah, especially for us clever guys. I am very happy with what I can see now but I will do specific intervals during the week to test it even more.

Excellent race.

You guys are machines! please share that asthma pump with the rest of us.

Is it only Alpe Du Zwift you did in 1:27:00 or is it the whole route from when you start riding to the top? I did Alpe Du Zwift in 1:24:17 last night but the whole Road to Sky Route, going up and coming down was 2hours.

Just ordered mine last night and quickly called them by midday to change the colour, they had to call back the courier to come and change it. Happy with the quick reaction thus far. Looking forward to testing it this weekend.

I tried to make myself a starring by helping out in the front of the BL group. It was not a good idea as I got to be spat out of the back after a few kilometers when we were about 7km to the finish line. The guys who were hanging at the back managed to finish nicely with the bunch. I liked the slow start building up nicely as we were warming up, unlike AL which usually starts as if its a 100m sprint competition. Nice race overal - I will do it over and over again.

Nope, cloudy maybe but no rain.

Almost missed last night's cut-off online entry, I thought it was closing today. In 2016 the weather was very bad with the rain, wind and very cold but I got my best seeding. Looking forward to this race.

You should also thank me for voluntarily escorting you guys with my big boy scooter