We managed to find a place with an alfresco Korean BBQ table. Would be great for winter with an all you can eat buffet option too. Just have to get there before 9pm as the limit is 90 mins for the buffet and they close at 10:30.
Oh yer, and we pedaled around a bit beforehand too.
Geek: Present
Keith: Present (with his Too Fast Too Furious neon bike lights).
HP: Slacker only came for dinner (and he wouldn’t even settle the bill for us! 
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Geek: Present
DJ: Present
Keith: “Preparing” for an interview (but was present for dinner).
Highlights were:
- I actually seemed to have pushed DJ to the point of breathlessness for once…
- Eating our burgers on the benches because Grilled was about to close (and we sat around too long last time stopping them from packing up)
Didn’t think we’d get a ride in, as it was pouring rain all day. But by late afternoon it was all blue skies. I suppose, our unpredictable climate can be useful sometimes.
We didn’t want to spray Geek in the face, so we let him ride up front. Pace was probably a bit slack, since I only helped Geek pace for only a short bit. Despite the overall slower pace, we all still managed PBs on Strava, as our return wasn’t as slow as usual, due to fresher legs. Good to know there’s still plenty of PBs to obtain, despite riding at a slacker pace. It was nice not cramping for once.
Usual dining on The Strip afterwards. Pizza afterwards. It was a bit warm and humid for riding, but perfect conditions for outdoor dining.
I didn’t know you could order such a large serving of chips at Nandos…
Annnnd here’s the wrap up of this week’s Strava leaderboards.
Leg 1 – Doc Lamie takes the lead with an authoritative 28.4 km/h avg as opposed to DJ’s 27.7 km/h. Maybe chatting and sitting up the back on this leg does help you get a quicker avg.
Leg 2 – Keith still holds this from last week’s cramping-solo-breakaway effort with a commanding 35.6 km/h avg over Doc Lamie’s 30.8 km/h. Bad run of lights today otherwise I would’ve given you a run for your money Keith on this leg with the tailwind today.
Leg 3 – I managed to take top spot today (within TYP) after working with Keith for most of this segment, with Keith coming close behind taking second today too. 38 km/h vs 37.5 km/h. Doc Lamie’s also moved up to third today with the carrots hanging out in front for him at 35.7 km/h.
Leg 4 – Did we even ride this segment today? I thought we walked it… you guys were lucky I ran out of lights as I said… my slowest result today at 18.3 km/h avg.
The overall loop stats:
“My loop, the complete one with all 4 legs” – no change here today. North Rd dragged us down.
“Keith’s loop, which I originally thought was somebody else’s public route…” – 2nd and 3rd overall taken by Keith and I today… Keith beat me by 3 seconds. I swear it’s because you stopped and waited for Doc Lamie whilst I continued rolling on slowly before eventually stopping too. I reckon 1st overall is obtainable. The guy is only 0.8 km/h faster than us.
That’s it folks. Maybe see you next week (if it’s wet we’ll go to Greek Hooters).
Impressive effort from Doc Lamie again, to turn up 2 weeks in a row. Fairly good smashing this week. A nice tailwind along South Rd had everyone breaking new PBs. If it weren’t for the string of red lights, we’d have gone even faster. DJ continued to improve week-to-week. I paid for my South Rd effort (7th on the public leaderboard. Woot!) though. I was cramping the entire way home along North Rd, in both legs.
Grill’d for dinner afterwards, where we all sat around the table staring at our smartphones and checking out our Strava performances. I think it really is a great little training tool, and a fun/social app to compare with training buddies. It motivates you to go out next week and repeat the same routes just so you can shave a few more seconds off your time. Because you know that a few more seconds will make you climb the leaderboard a few more positions. Used intelligently of course. No one is sprinting along dangerous sections of road. Crazy sprinting efforts are pointless anyway, as the segments we are looking at are all several km long. For us, it’s more about sustained consistent riding, rather than dangerous sprints. There’s nothing unsafe about trying to complete a circuit that’s over 20km long. That measures “fitness” not “sprinting”. It’s no different how we used to ride in the past, just using low-tech bike speedometers. I always had my speedo reading real-time “average” speed. On my training rides, I would go as hard as a I could for the entire ride, because I didn’t want my speed to drop below the sustained average. Same difference.
I think some of the Strava criticism on the web is a bit unfair. Cowboy cyclists will sprint dangerously, Strava or not. Don’t blame the app, blame the user.
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