# In too deep: event strategy help, please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 24, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/in-too-deep-event-strategy-help-please/83169 "2023-04-24T00:18:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![AgingCannon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/agingcannon/32/48092_2.png) [@AgingCannon](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/AgingCannon)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/in-too-deep-event-strategy-help-please/83169/13 "2023-05-23T15:02:43Z")
Ride report! GFNY on Sunday was a good test of my endurance and a good learning experience. Planned for 140W NP (66%), and managed 135W NP (yielding ~15.5kph/9.6mph) for the first 3.8 hours. _Huge_ win on that front, considering I’ve only done five four(ish)-hour rides EVER and the last one was January 2021. - All-time longest ride: 7:11 - All-time most climbing: Garmin says 1425m, RideWithGPS says 1162m (_ **why???** _) - All-time most work: 2690 kcal Four good hours and 59km/+780m was all the body had, though, and it took about 3.3 more hours of real suffering (part riding, part walking, part resting) to travel the last 16km/+420 required to my goal point. Made it, though: second big win. The sweep car had no mercy: they passed me _just 30km into the race_. 😂 And because I was well slower than the cutoff, I was barely able to make a quick stop at Aid Station #2 before they packed up and went home. So my fueling strategy was well-thought-out, taking the CrankTank was a good move, and the only note is that I drank less than I should (therefore fueled less than I should) and I’ll need to improve on that. All told, a VERY solid performance and one with which I’m happy. Looking forward: 1. I’m more interested in better power/speed over a medium duration than in greater endurance. So for next year, I’m going to target a little more distance (100km), but at a much faster speed (20kph). 2. I need to drink more (just 650ml/hr average this ride, should have been 900ml/hr). Drinking less also meant I fueled less, getting just 175g of carbs (44g/hr) in the first four hours. I’ll add in some chews and things for now, but over time I just need to drink more. 3. I think the healthiest plan for the next 12 months is to increase FTP 10% or so (ideally 13% to 240W), lose about 40 of the ~70 extra pounds I’m carrying (the most important part), drink/fuel more, and gradually extend my long weekend ride to four hours, so I can then put in 5-6 hours of work during an event like this one. Thanks for all your help and discussion during the planning for this… it certainly helped make the ride a success. 🙏🏻 --- _[View the full topic](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/in-too-deep-event-strategy-help-please/83169)._