Stage 6: ITT

This was always going to be a tough stage for me, but battling exhaustion mentally and physically it didn't go great. Aim to punch the climbs around 400w, and would be happy to average 355-360w with an NP of 365-370 in an ideal world I think. I really don't love this length of effort with overs like that, but it is what it is.

Paced it well the first lap to that plan, but it was a bit overpaced given the week and how stuffed I am, and my lack of motivation to push. Got a bit of a stitch about 30 mins in, and then mentally derailed a bit. I was our 4th guy on the road, so not counting towards the teams classification which gave me additional reason to not fight for it.

Slowly faded a bit. Initially just couldnt hold desired power on the easier sections, then by lap 3 it was just an all around feeling of not being able to hit the targets.

Came across the line 21st (but also some cat2 guys beat me) at an average of 344w, NP about 350w and 5.55w/kg avg for an hour. I know this isnt that horrible if it's a bad day, but the level feels so far beyond me. Honestly keen to get my pay day from this champs and go back to fun stuff. Which won't include racing these guys regularly!

1 to go. Its going to be a long night!

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