Crit City Racing at 185+ BPM! // Category B // Bell Lap

A live Zwift race and commentary of the 8-lap Category B race at Crit City in the Bell Lap direction. Hope you enjoy!
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0:00 Race Intro and Lap 1
4:26 Lap 2
7:08 Lap 3
9:47 Lap 4
12:33 Lap 5
15:24 Lap 6
18:17 Lap 7
21:00 Final Lap and Finish
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[@RyanCondon]

Crikey... 190+bpm for those last few laps. Fair play, that's an impressive work rate. Congrats on the 6th place. That guy that broke away on the 6th lap, he did well.

[@CaedmonCycling]

Hey Ryan, thanks! Yeah, that was a nice breakaway win. Those don’t seem to happen often at Crit City but always fun to see it work

[@niarchambault]

Had to go for it! Glad it stuck. It was a fun race. Love that circuit too

[@ZwiftingWithGranny]

Glad you're on the road back to normal after being sick that long! You had a great ride and finished 6th! It's obvious you gave it all you had, as you were explaining about your heart rate. You rode that race with all heart too. Well done!

[@CaedmonCycling]

Hey, thanks Linda! I’m hoping the HR will come back to normal once I get some more rides in

[@psymanj73]

Great to see you back, Caedmon! 🎉 Nice result on a first race back as well! 💪 🚲

[@CaedmonCycling]

Thanks Simon! It’s hard to stay away from Zwift for too long

[@thecoffeeblog]

That was a solid performance. I am glad to see you back

[@CaedmonCycling]

Thanks, it went better than expected. It’s always hard to stay away from Zwift!

[@kevinderung8524]

HR monster!

[@CaedmonCycling]

Haha, not sure that’s a good thing 😂

[@MayhemZwifting]

Great race! I blew my legs up in the first 5 minutes of this race! See you next the next one🎉🎉🎉

[@CaedmonCycling]

Thanks Trevor, always fun seeing you in these same races. See you on the next one!

[@hagakuru]

Good you're back! Wow that heart rate!

[@CaedmonCycling]

Yeah, legs felt good and HR was high, but felt okay. Not quite sure what to make of it. I haven’t seen my HR hit 196 in at least a year.

[@sennacrommentuyn6088]

Good Ride after 3 weeks of the bike👍

[@CaedmonCycling]

Thanks! I suppose the few Zone 2 efforts helped ease me back into it

[@steveoy100]

Welcome back Dude!! You are BACK!!!! GREAT EFFORT!!! Hopefully, I will see you soon in a race, but not too soon because I've been promoted to A grade, which I'm not too keen about.

[@CaedmonCycling]

Hey congrats! I did see at least you got a nice podium for the race you got upgraded. Can’t say I hope to see you up there soon as I have a lot of work to do in B still, but I’m sure we’ll cross paths eventually 👍

[@niarchambault]

Nice! Didn’t know you were in the race. I was feeling good with 2 laps to go and had to go for it! Was a great race! Great vids. Keep up the good work man

[@CaedmonCycling]

Hey, congrats on the win and thanks for watching! That was the perfect time to go 👍

[@notpogi]

That was great racing mate, good to see you back on Zwift - that HR though 😮

[@CaedmonCycling]

Hey thanks, I’ve enjoyed your videos and maybe I’ll run into you in a race soon. Yeah, that HR was higher than I’ve seen in at least a year, so I’m not quite sure what to make of it.

[@notpogi]

@@CaedmonCyclingthanks mate! Would be great to jump into a race soon. It’d be interesting to see where we are vs when we raced last time, I think you’d probably get the better of me!

[@CaedmonCycling]

I think it would be close! You’d have me beat in the longer races for sure

[@ericbarfell]

3.4 for 20mins is CRAZY!!!

[@CaedmonCycling]

Haha, I’m happy with it, but that’s certainly not high enough to compete in longer and hillier B races 😅

[@JamesWilliams0]

Take some rest and time to recover. Hope you feel better soon.

[@Morehills840]

Good one.

[@CaedmonCycling]

👍

[@bitminerbob6731]

Holy moley that's a high heart rate. I usually race in the low 140s, but I'm 54yrs old so there's that lol. :)

[@CaedmonCycling]

I haven’t hit 196 in a couple years, I guess it’s just because I was fresh. Now need to gain some endurance to keep that HR down 😅

[@Maarten1985]

High heart rate could mostly just be freshness. It will settle down with a bit more fatigue in the body. Great effort.

[@CaedmonCycling]

Yeah, it definitely could be. Even though it was high, it felt manageable.

[@johngardner1898]

You were kind enough to drop me a "kudo" while we were both riding back on February 20. If it were possible to frame such a thing, it would be the wall of my cardio cave right now! Thanks! Feel better soon.

[@CaedmonCycling]

Hey, thanks John! Hope to run into you out there again soon!

[@fwschnaar3179]

At the Rev Limiter the Whole Time… Nice Job! 👍🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️… I know the High Lighting is new, but what was with the other Guy that was Highlighted (Green) next to you most of the time 🤔

[@CaedmonCycling]

I think the green/blue highlight is for people you follow on Zwift. So if a friend joins a race, they’ll get highlighted too.

[@allanschoy2685]

Incredible performance when you have so high HR for so long time! What is your max HR? 195 or so?

[@CaedmonCycling]

Hey, thanks! This is the highest I’ve seen my HR in the last year or so. So 195 is probably right around my max

[@marccale9890]

Good race! Any sort of sprint off a heart rate of 192 is definitely trying hard! How's the ankle?

[@CaedmonCycling]

Hey, nice finish! Ankle feels great 👍 I think the forced time off being sick the last couple weeks gave it extra time to fully heal

[@marccale9890]

Good to see you back!

[@troy_meeker]

Why do you not have the steering and Zwift play on your bike? Didnt you get it a long time ago? Just curious

[@CaedmonCycling]

Hey! I did and I still have them, just haven’t used them recently. I had connection issues when I first got them which caused issues in a few races. I probably need to try them again! I know steering would definitely help in races