Jurgens Smit

Seeded AL 2nd last race before leaving the alphabet soup and starting Elite next year

How does the seeding work for tri? Will you be able to convince them with training files to bump you up? I'm a strong swimmer, my cycling is A batch and my running is decent, but I'm not to keen to start at the very back of the tri alphabet in a race

Damn, so the correct sum would be: value of item + import duty + 10% + 14% Also not sure if I missed it, but whats the process for 2nd hand imports?

Is the ATV always applicable? I thought its only applied when there is no import duty?

Physical adaptations take a while to set in, so if you're expecting a coaching program to give you a growth of 20% monthly you are fooling yourself, BUT if you can be realistic and expect say 20% growth in 6 months (depending on skill level) and justify spending X amount on that then go for it. Else buy yourself the book from Hunter Allan and try self coaching

Not to say your suggestion is bad, but it's not very good. I think they should rather use a base model seeding, therefore if you ride say A batch road races you should be seeded in an equivalent batch on the mtb races. People will be sorted in batches of equal fitness level. Most of the xc mtb races here are anyway fairly non technical. I had a slight mechanical issue at the race start, forcing me to be the very last 60km rider to go. My avg speed was around 24kmph when we hit the singletrack with the lynnwood cyclery boards. From there due to slow riders and people who brake for no reason it started dropping, by the time we hit the final 10km i had dropped 3kmph on average speed. So us being impatient is understandable IF the organisers put (i'm guessing) 500 people on a course with 90% singletrack AND as you said with the 40km and 60km ending together. Also I think they should let the 40k racing snakes go before the 60k batch with a gap of about 5min, we'll never catch them and then we won't have some little twit just come flying past on the dodgiest of dodgy places.

Great event, super tough. Do you have a date planned for the next event?

My Current ftp is 223w @ 64kg.. BUT I tested last year november last, I'm starting to get a NP of around 230w on moderate group rides. Like I said also it's what my coach prescribes.

I have an FTP test day scheduled for the 17th this month. Last time I did one it was brutal just going flat out from the start. Is there a way to try and pace it, or should you just go flat out? My coach prescribes a 2x 8min test, then it's avg power between the 2 intervals multiplied by 90% (i think that's the calculation)

Do we need to enter online? Or is it on the day entry?

When will the next one be? Unfortunately I only saw the post today :/