Figured I’d start a new topic for next year so we can begin speculating on things. Just saw news that both Haley Smith and Finsty are out at Trek Driftless. I wonder if they would have been regardless or is this in reaction to both being out of the LTGP?

Roadman had Mads Würtz Schmidt on his podcast recently and he actually stated Swenson was joining the team. Although… now it looks like the podcast has been pulled. Wonder who got their knickers in a knot about it, Specialized probably.

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Looks like Cam Jones knocked out the Rapha 500 in a single, 500k ride on Christmas Eve. Averaging 300 watts (his Z2) for 13 hours straight :saluting_face: [image] 300 watts for 13 hours: Unbound Gravel champion crushes the Festive 500 in a... 'I was just stoked to be home for dinner!' …

I wonder how long the average rider could hang at that pace? Absolute insane

Average rider? Even the average TR user could only manage that for a minute or two since half of them fall between 210-270 FTP. [image] The Bell curve of cylists - how fast are the average TR users? Training More fun data! This time I pulled raw FTP data for …

[image] Trix8806: Averaging 300 watts (his Z2) for 13 hours straight Crazy numbers for us mortals, but par for the course for any of the heavier pros with FTP’s that push into the mid 400’s. Probably about .7 IF for him, so pretty easy endurance pace. The most impressive thing to me is that…

I’m curious about his calories consumption for that ride as well. For Unbound, I believe he stated he consumed somewhere around 150gm of carbs per hour (give or take).

For part of the race, but not consistently. I think he said he did 180 for at least 1 hour :scream:

Calorie and Carb consumption is turning out to be very individual, and some people just don’t have a problem with it. Hell, I just started at 100 without issue (no “gut training”), bumped to 120 without issue. Have done Leadville twice at 120/hr without issue. And the only times I’ve ever felt m…

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Average rider? Even the average TR user could only manage that for a minute or two since half of them fall between 210-270 FTP.

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