Stage 4.1 done
Every time I see Mike Cotty overtaking normal, mortal cyclists with ease, I think of this Tintin strip…
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Very good! 
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Yeah certainly going to be some of that!
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That much harder than expected.
Never done so many sprints
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Did Cash Register first of course. Both done.
Now to go get some good screenshots
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Yep… I reckon The Model tomorrow is going to be carnage.
GvA approves.
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Sounds like you need to ride Violator 
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I just might have to stop “liking” your Strava posts from this ToS until you are sufficiently suffering with the rest of us … unless you are tapering up for a ride to the castle after this event.
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I did Cash Register first got to say wasn’t as tough as I had feared doing them back to back. But to be fair I did miss Stage 1 
so only had 2&3 in my legs 
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I just did them in the order they showed up in my calendar. It was pretty tough and I wasn’t trying to be daring.
Now if I was to do them again, as if that’s going to happen!
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Cash Register was tough, mostly because I did the NM efforts in ERG mode. They would’ve been easier in level mode. But I struggled all the way through every sprint effort.
On Location was a nice change of pace with all the low Zone 2. As the second effort of the day, those AC efforts were a bigger struggle than expected. But I managed to use all my mental strength to force my was through them all.
I managed to make it through them both at 100%. But we’ll see how that makes me feel tomorrow while attempting The Model which is difficult by itself at 100% on fresh legs.
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sounds like that’s future you’s problem 
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Future me is telling today’s me that I need a good night’s sleep tonight.
This tour has not gone according to plan, but I have a plan to salvage it and try to finish strongly.
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That was a tough (but good) combination! The On Location sprints started to bite with the short recoveries. And they took the punch out of my legs, which made Cash Register feel harder than it normally does.
Sir Mike Cotty was right when he said something about “10 seconds seeming really long, and 50 seconds seeming really short” - quite a few of the sprints were actually 13 seconds and the recoveries shortened to 47 seconds.
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Yes, those sprints are brutal. At first, you seem to recover, but as time passes…
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There were just not enough sprints in the OL vid so, after doing a Power Station/Cash Register double yesterday, rather than the 12 measly sprints with Sir Standsalot, I thought I’d take a break today and did GvA’s gift to Couchlandria, Half is Easy with it’s 2 sets of 20* X 15* seond intervals (aka the Ugly 15s) instead. Now I’m properly rested and ready for The Model tomorrow.
*minion math. Your numbers may vary.
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Since I am out of shape, my plan was that it would go badly. I am pleased to report that all is going according to plan But I’m riding! and finishing! And suffering! Good times 
Bring on The Model!
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