The first official event of 2015 Girona Gran Fondo was the time trial up Els Angels. It is 10.4 km, with some 400 meters climbing. There are some flat and downhill sections, so one must take care pacing. One should have some extra energy to ride very fast on those easier sections.
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| Representing HePo abroad |
That is the theory, at least. I tried and did not quite make it.
But let me start from the beginning. Since I and Sirkku registered to the Gran Fondo very early, we got small participant numbers. Mine is 7 and Sirkku's 8. I was second to start the time trial, Sirkku was third.
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| Waiting |
My goal was to ride at my threshold (both power and hearth rate) and to finish in less than 40 minutes. In order not to fail, I began easily, not pushing at all in the first few kilometres. I then reached some steeper sections and just could not resist pushing a bit. Hopefully not too much, so I could carry on almost at my threshold.
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| First rider to go |
The downhill section were very hard. No matter how hard I tried, I just could no keep power up. I lost quite a lot time in downhill.
Anyway, I arrived in the finish line rather fresh. I was able even to sprint with more than 700W for 100 meters or so.
The result: both goal reached, not the slowest rider.
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| Sirkku made it! |
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