4th September 2015
Easy drive up the day before, thanks Peter. Ok hotel, dinner and early night. Early rise and 8am start with 1200 others. Gentle start with lead out car. After about 10km things started and pace of lead pack went between 35 and 45. No one really wanted to do any work at the front so things remained manageable. The occasional stupid crash mostly into road furniture.
First drink / check stand after too long and really not enough fluids. Mad scrum to get water and the check stop wrist band each time.
Lots of local teams had support cars which meant their stop was very short and a pack would form 500m ahead which would be a 300w + 20 minute slog to regain the lead pack. If a next time then we need a support car.
The occasional wrong turn, no GPS map, ok to good roads, not too many flats along the way and luckily not too much wind kept things moving forward. Heat and AQI crept up to 170-180. Sometimes not very pleasant cycling past the occasional glue or chemical factory but all in all not bad.
Personally I had not trained enough for high intensity long distance rides, too fat and badly hydrated resulted in me bonking after my last effort to get back to the lead group 170km in. Local guys very nice and offered me food / drink etc. I see AlexD red shirt sprint off into the distance leading the race. Ed rides past, Scott dancing around, Peters and others no where to be seen and i’ve completely had my day. Anything over 220w my inner thighs started to cramp and then my calves. Just could not get above 30-32km without body shutting down and wanting to throw up. Felt fantastic!
I get to the last drinkstand / check and there is AlexD waiting for me (thanks dude) and he pulls my sorry ass back to the finish line feeling completely done. I should have done a lot better and one of those wakeup calls that you need to properly train and get fit. Distance is not the issue but sustained high level output seriously is! 420km Huangshan to Shanghai in two week! Cant wait 🙁
Respect to Scott (2nd) and Ed (3rd) for this years podium (won by a trek person maybe with a little extra help?). Hats off to Roger, Liam and Jens for their effort last year.
All in all a well organised event and would recommend if support car and own transport there / back. Guess I need to learn how to take pictures at high speed while cramping!
Race Info: https://www.shanghaicycling.org/ride/2015-mitplus-dunn-sports-cup-taihu-lake-challenge-2015年第一届mitplus-达恩运动杯-环太湖挑/
Some good pictures of the ride from hbike.net and 51bike.com .
http://www.hbike.net/forum.php?plg_nld=1&fromuid=137&plg_auth=1&plg_uin=1&plg_usr=1&plg_dev=1&plg_nld=1&plg_vkey=1&mod=viewthread&tid=4239&from=timeline&isappinstalled=0%5D
http://www.51bike.com/home.php?mod=space&uid=239220&do=album&id=5013&page=1#comment
http://wsq.discuz.qq.com/?c=index&a=viewthread&f=wx&siteid=262873919&tid=127728&source=pyq&fromuid=1&from=timeline&isappinstalled=0%5D
Many thanks for the JiangL for the translation; 2015年9月4日
感谢Peter，在比赛前一天驱车带我们前往出发地。不错的酒店哦，晚餐后，我们很早就呼呼休息了。第二天一早8点，1200位选手蓄势待发。起初的10km在开道车的引导下，一切都是那么的平静安详，之后第一集团速度一直保持在35-45公里每小时之间。漫漫长路所以没人真的愿意一路破风在前，所以速度很平均一切都还能接受。但是愚蠢的摔车时而发生。
在漫长的一段路途后终于来到了第一个补给点/签到点，才发现缺水啊，缺水啊，补给点缺水啊，我缺水啊！大家的迫切的心情以至于补给和拿签到手环变得异常的混乱。许多当地的车队由于他们准备了补给车，所以他们可以在短时间内得到补给，可能每20分钟就有一个补给，瞬间满血复活有没有。如果还有下次我们确实应该提前准备一辆补给车。
一路伴随着偶尔的绕路，没有导航，还不错的路况，幸运的是没有爆胎哦，而且还是顺风。但是还是太热，空气又不是很好AQI接近170-180。有时更会经过一些化工厂，总体来说都相当不错。个人而言我还是太肉缺乏长距离训练。大概在170km左右时，我追回第一集团，但是严重的缺水导致我出现了撞墙状态，你懂的。当地人给与了我及时的补给，在此表示感谢。
嗯哼，AlexD红色战衣附体脱离大集团一人冲在前方。Ed超过了我，Scott 在游骑，Peter和其他人都没看见，其余时间这一天就剩“孤独”的我自己相伴。一旦我的功率超过220W大腿内侧便开始抽经，紧接着是我的小腿。感觉再来个30-32km，我就要爆了呀，要吐了呀。感觉要飞起了呀。所幸我还是来到了最后一个补给点/签到点，感谢我的兄弟AlexD在那里等我，他拖着我疲惫不堪的小屁屁一路到终点，一切都结束了。其实我可以做的更好，因为没有最好只有更好，所以我还是需要适当的训练和磨练。距离真的不是问题，那么问题在哪里，必须是持久的高效的功率输出啊。2周后的黄山到上海，420km征途，我已经真的迫不及待了。
为Scott的第二名，Ed的第三名致敬。（第一的Trek小飞飞还是那么强第一）感谢Roger, Liam和Jens去年的成果。
总之这一切都很完美，同时让我明白补给车和开车前往/回来的重要性。还有我的摄像技术有待提高。
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