Reminder: Tuesday Chaingang

[matt chapman]

Where did Ghaleb get that jet engine from, I was in bits by the end?!!

Thanks lads, that was one of the most savage CGs I have ever done, i spent most of the time with my teeth gritted and holding on for dear life. Ghaleb went hard from the second we rolled out of CSS and like Sylv, I was wondering when he was finally going to tire, unfortunately that moment never came and the pace up the Merstham drag was relentless.

Got home and collapsed on the sofa,fortunately Becks managed to bring me back to life with food and beer!

Same again next Thursday?!

[Sylv]

[quote="matt chapman"] that was one of the most savage CGs I have ever done

Same again next Thursday?!

[Iliya]

Sounds like you guys had fun on Thursday. Unfortunately I can't join you for a few more weeks.

Ghaleb, seriously what's the secret?

[Ghaleb]

It must be my wife's home made Lasagna!

To be fair I probably had a bit of an advantage, with Sylv probably smashing it all week to prepare for the up coming race, and Matt probably just wasn't in the mood.

I might be up for this again next week, will confirm closer to the date.

[Richard Proctor]

Had a good workout on Saturday , looking to do more . Anyone out Tuesday ? Looks like Thursday will be wet and windy !

[Ghaleb]

Wont be able to make Tues. but maybe Thurs. if weather is not too bad

[Sylv]

[quote="Ghaleb"]but maybe Thurs. if weather is not too bad

[Richard Proctor]

I'll try and get there on Thursday , would it be 7.30 at CSS ?

[Sylv]

We've been doing 7.40 as I think it was Rich's train arrival time, let's keep it at that. Looking ok for tonight, though my legs say they won't mind a medium-savage workout today. See you there.

[Richard Proctor]

Brilliant , I'll be there at 7.40

[Ghaleb]

[quote="Sylv"]though my legs say they won't mind a medium-savage workout today.

[Richard Proctor]

Thanks for the workout guys , I think I know where I'm at now , and it's a long way short ! It was just too fast for me tonight and I didn't want to spoil your ride , so I thought it best to turn back early ands let you 2 burn each others legs ! Thanks for the insight though . I think I'll concentrate on getting stronger for now and try and join you again in the spring !

[Sylv]

See what happens when you don't have your lasagna Ghaleb

Sorry Richard if it wasn't a pleasant experience. Prob best to start off with the Saturday TG- more people to hide behind, and pace not as relentless.

A good one last night - felt ok and norm power for the 50min after Richard turned off 5.2

Would be up for next week if we do it on Tuesday instead?

[quote="Sylv"]See what happens when you don't have your lasagna Ghaleb

[Sylv]

Well, as it turns out I have today realised that my (new) Powertap has been over-reading, I don't think from the start but I think gradually over the three weeks I've had it. Seems to make sense as I have had 20w increases in the averages from week 1 to week 3 of the chaingang.

I have had to re-calibrate it as it was reading 25-30w just when freewheeling at 40km/h (the faster you freewheel the more it was reading). So as an assumption last night's normalised power of 299 should be a more reasonnable 275w, or 4.8w/kg. We'll check this next week : )

No I just had a banana and honey sandwich.