Haha wow that's some drop, from Tiny races maybe losing out to more accurately scored riders?
Long covid and big weight gain.
In '22 I did 300W for 27mins, these days 300W is ~3mins and 27mins is ~200W on a very good day (and I'll probably pay for in with Post Exercise Malaise for days afterwards).
In '22 my estimated Lactate Threshold Heart Rate (98% of highest 20mins) was typically ~175bpm, these days it's ~155bpm on a very good day.
After my Xmas '13 RTA I did practically no exercise besides my old postie job for ~2 years and then began commuting on my fatbike, but my weight hit ~95Kg.
With ruthless dieting and beginning to cycle for fitness in '17 I got down to ~73Kg in August '17, but steadied around 80Kg for most of the next five years besides a drop to ~76Kg just before the covid pandemic began.
Once my September '22 covid left my with ongoing health issues preventing me from training like I did for ~5 years, combined with being presribed Mirtazapine for ~18 months, the weight piled back on and I've been 95-98Kg for at least the last year.
So I've kind of gone full circle with my weight within ~8 years, albeit a bit worse now.
Racing Score allowing riders to drop their score below their ability enough to drop a pen, along with my widely flucuating abilities week to week, means my Tiny Races results have been all over the shop in pen E (really think the floor should be 100% seed score, rather than 85%). Few top tens and wins, fair few midfield, few right near the back. Under Category Enforcement pen D (the lowest pen back then), my Tiny Races resuilts were more consistant and on average were far better.
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