I plan on writing up a report of EnduranceTeam’s camp at Falls Creek, but with packing for Bond and saying goodbye to friends I don’t have the time yet. In the meantime here is a short video from our squads ride at Mt Hotham courtesy of James Chronis (link to his website here). The plan for the ride was pretty simple, climb Mt Hotham, one of Australia’s most iconic (and difficult) climbs.
We were told to take it easy for the first part and then when we hit the ticket station (seen in this video) we could go full gas. Regardless of what anyone says the opening 30mins of the climb at over 4w/kg wasn’t easy, especially as I was less than a week into my return to cycling after a six-week injury induced break (with 4kgs of added weight to show for myself).
In the video I attempt a half-arses attack, (60s at 471 watts average, 7w/kg) and to my dismay James and my coach Jarrod Evans held my wheel….unfortunately due to some technical difficulties there is no footage of me getting spat out of the back about 5mins after my attack ;)
All in all it was a ‘satisfying’ day, would’ve been more enjoyable if I was fit.
By the numbers:
Time: 4.07hrs (I didn’t do the extra 60-120mins that the rest of the squad did)
Normalised Power: 230 Watts (3.4 w/kg)
Temperature Range: 8c-30c
Calories Burned: 2728
Elevation Gain: 1928m
Elevation Range: 280-1807m
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