I’m aiming for about 10 hours, at 3.low FTP. The biggest drivers of how I’ll do will be - not surprisingly for a long race - pacing, nutrition and hydration - and can I keep my energy levels up in the latter hours of the race.
SBT GRVL isn’t a pure climbers race, so absolute FTP is important in addition to W/kg.
For a very rough estimate, I think to go sub-8, you’d need to be in the mid 4s W/kg.
The winners will come it at about 6:30 (based on 2019 times).
I’m hoping to average 14mph - which this year has been doable for me for 5-7hr rides on similar terrain to the course. I think that would be at about 150W for me at an IF of about 0.65. 160lbs.
I could be way off on this, as I haven’t ridden the full course in one go before, and I don’t have a power meter on my bike.
I have always liked Bottas since I started watching F1, but he is now my favorite racer. 
I don’t fan boy over much these days, but riding with him in a bike race would be pretty cool.
Don’t forget to altitude adjust down the watts you can hold.
Then for most of the course you will probably get a slight bump in your FTP compared to what it is at 8,100 ft.
I wasn’t clear above when I said mid 4s W/kg for sub 8. I should’ve clarified that was for sea level. For you at 8100ft, I’d say 4 or high 3s could do it.
Hope everyone made it to SBT safely!
We got in today. Walked the Expo a bit - ran across Valteri Bottas. Had our pre-race pizza and ice cream and are ready to go.
Good luck tomorrow!
Good luck to all racing across all the different courses…hoping to snag a spot next year.
Where can I find live results?
I’m having an error here: 2021 Live Replay — SBT GRVL
What error? That links works for me in Safari.
Do they have live results like leadvile had yesterday?
Have you tried seeing if OutsideTV website works? The SBT Gravel site video is just an embed from OutsideTV.
Yes and also doesn’t working and I cannot find outside tv app on the app store, probably because I’m from EU…
Chatted him up in the line after the race. Super nice dude!
He passed me on a descent like I was standing still. I was not standing still!
I finished 10 minutes faster than my goal time - this is only race number four but the best race weekend of my life 
Eta: and chatted with Laura Cameron King. Ultra Fangirl Mode unlocked 
Is anyone getting the pre-show that was supposed to start @ 2:00 Eastern? I just have a bunch of commercials.
ETA - OK, live coverage started as scheduled, so….
