After this weekend, I need to remember the disappointment of going uphill a bit slower than I had anticipated. Still, I have an answer to the power/weight question when it comes to a long climb such as Saturday's hill climb stage at Ft. Davis: even though I have a higher FTP at my relatively higher weight (compared to last year), the lighter weight and lower FTP of last year served me better. Now the question remains, how do I fit those factors into the "Remembering Disappointment" equation.
Of course, the second disappointment was something beyond my personal control: The Rock House Fire that shut the race down about midway through the ITT.
Pretty sure that the improved FTP was manifesting itself during the outbound leg as I was maintaining my numbers and keeping the speed right at 17 mph into the 35-45 mph headwind. So, when the race was shut down, disappointment reared its ugly head once again. No true read on the ITT, no chance to move up in GC, at all...one hour later we are packed, loaded, and headed home as Ft. Davis was evacuated.
Disappointment.
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