Race Calendar: 2013 Summer Season

These are the five races on my race calendar for the 2013 summer season:

• SRAM Tour de Ranges, 110km, January 19
• Around Mt Taranaki, 150km, January 26
• The Rev, 142km, February 23
• Tour of Northland, 4 stages, 340km, March 14-17
• Taupo to Rotorua, 100km, April 6

In addition to the races above, several Auckland clubs host regular weekend races. Unfortunately, there are not as many road races near Auckland as I hoped. I would need to travel to Wellington or the South Island to add more races. 

Strava KOM Targets: Summer 2013

The following Strava segments are my targets for this summer (including current ranking and time):

• Wright Road: 5th place (of 129); 7.39 mins
• Sunnyside Climb: 9th place (of 152); 5.07 mins
• Albany Hill: 16th place (of 219); 6.39 mins
• Helensville Climb: 29th (of 175); 12.39 mins
• Scenic Drive: 50th place (of 198); 31.24 mins

I am also adding a Tamaki Drive time-trial from Mechanics Bay to Mission Bay. I ride the 4.7km at threshold, soft-pedal for 10 minutes, and then ride the return leg to Mechanics Bay, again at threshold. The course is 9.4km in total and I use this as my performance indicator. I rode the TT in June as I thought it would be useful to measure my off-season baseline. I completed the two legs in 14mins and 7secs, averaged 40.0kph, and averaged a heart rate of 180bpm. Strava calculated my average power at 296 watts. Now that we are approaching the racing season, I'll likely ride the TT monthly.

Strava Multiple Ride Mapper

I found a Strava app that displays multiple rides on one map. It can be found here. Below are some screen-shots of my rides in France, Spain, Italy, Buenos Aires and northwest Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Turkey, Auckland, and Boston.

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