{"id":284,"date":"2009-01-11T23:35:39","date_gmt":"2009-01-11T22:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=284"},"modified":"2009-12-10T19:18:15","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T18:18:15","slug":"first-watt-bike-league-event-lichfield-ccc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"First Watt Bike League Event – Lichfield CCC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday night brought the first round proper of a phenomenon which hopefully will take the UK by storm and lead is to even more cycling success. As I have mentioned before the Watt Bike <\/a>is a static bike developed in the UK along the same lines as the Concept 2 rower (ie accurate reliable data) in conjunction with British Cycling<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lichfield CCCs Watt Bike league using The Friary Leisure <\/a>Centre’s Watt Bikes \u00a0<\/a>is designed to mimic a \"\"<\/a>standard Club track competition evening. The 10 bikes are lined up in a row facing a wall on to which graphics, times and results are projected and a couple of Watt Bike employees were there to make sure the first session ran smoothly.<\/p>\n

We were split into 3 divisions based on fitness and experience. The 3 divisions then took it in turns to race various track favourites.<\/p>\n

First off was a 750m scratch race, ie all out sprint for about 45 -55 secs. I started poorly by managing to unclip by mistake, I then overspun the gear andwent anaerobic. The fastest time was put down by Steve Clayton in 46.6 secs. Lessons learned, we progressed on to the next race: an 1800m Devil,<\/a> where competitors are eliminated at 200m intervals to leave 3 to sprint for the finish. With my feet securely tied in I was very pleased with a\u00a02nd place, although my Quads were totally rigid when I finished. There then followed a 500m handicap which I won, then an 1800m points race (3rd) and a team sprint.<\/p>\n

The finale of the evening was a 3km scratch race. The atmosphere was great with lots of encouragment\u00a0and cheering, the racing very close, lots of tactics and a good deal of testosterone flying. I played it steady for the first minute or so and then slowly ramped it up, leading for the 3rd quarter. The pain then really started andI dropped to 2nd. I had fellow Chaser Neil Lawford behind me egging me on and managed to just pip another Chaser\u00a0Stuart Clayton and retained 2nd.
\nApparently I went purple and had huge pulsating veins pumping on my forehead. Its a shame I wasn’t wearing a HR monitor as I’m sure it would have\u00a0made interesting reading. I now know the true meaning of Intensity 5 on my training diary, and all for a 4 min race.<\/p>\n

It was a great evening and I have already signed up for next week, although I have a little way to go before being promoted into Div 1. Full details can be found at Lichfield CCCs website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

edit – Event report now on British Cycling Website here<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nThanks to Neil Lawford for the photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friday night brought the first round proper of a phenomenon which hopefully will take the UK by storm and lead is to even more cycling success. As I have mentioned before the Watt Bike is a static bike developed in the UK along the same lines as the Concept 2 rower (ie accurate reliable data) … <\/p>\n

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