Wow, something to be said about having a recovery day before doing one of these stages. Had to get a ride in on a Friday (despite it being a day off) since I was tied up at work on Thursday. Went into the heat feeling pretty good and started off at what I thought was conservative at 220watts. Unfortunately the course started with a 3.0% climb for about 2km and they threw in a couple 6.8% climbs in there too - ended up AVG Watts of 217 which is kind of shite based on what I expected (at least 230 for the duration). Waiting for the official numbers to get posted this week by Peak so I'll put that in the data tool as a new bike test.
Did my run today and it was "challenging" after yesterdays' race. Couldn't get the legs turning over very well and holding my Z4 pace of 7:20's was little harder than I wanted! All in all, felt like I definitely "worked" for this one
