Huge congrats!! Enjoy the rest week. I had the same thing happen in my race yesterday-held first for 40 seconds to the line and lost w 3 or 4 seconds as the pack swept me up. I realize that I don’t have a big 10 sec power either…I’m a big fan-congratulations on fine racing
@@daletoce5118 thank you! Trying to outpace a pack is nearly impossible! Great effort trying to stay away though! Rest week isn't ideal with some lack of sleep lol but I'll be sure to get more sleep 😴😪
Really nice job, love it! :) This video really made me smile when you sprinted and this was first time I had this kind of reaction to a ZWIFT race video. The way you did it and the verbal output you made, really showed how much effort and heart you put into it. That, Was, Just, AWESOME!
Great James! You should treat yourself to a Zwift Play for Christmas. You’ll be able to steer which will help you with positioning and even cutting corners in those pesky finales. I’ve gotten them a few weeks ago and it’s so nice 😊😊😊
@@jameskim3thanks. In that last sprint I basically just tried to do a 1 minute max effort. Averaged 465w @ 67kg. Still not enough to beat a well timed sprint
@@jaykeh5577 I don't do buna because of the time and I'm about 25 miles away from the meetup point. I will sometimes do CCC Thurs night or Sat morning, Green Lizard Wed or Wicked Wednesday, Hains Point Hammerfest or Hains Point Fight Club whenever I can get out to those. For the most part, I ride early in the morning and usually with a riding buddy or few. Do you do any of the local group rides?
@@jaykeh5577 awesome! I like hammerfest. I have a few videos on this channel from hammerfest haha. I think if you can hang with A, you should be able to do cat 5 races. Only one way to find out! I encourage you to try! If you've never raced before it can be daunting, but give it a go and see what you can learn to improve 👍
Final positioning was great. You weren’t too much in the wind - he just had bigger numbers. You might have had enough without that mid-race match to close the gap. Also in any hard/real race, that big of a group will be gone forever if you let that go to 4 seconds…
@@davidhofmayer1031 yes, in a real-life race, I'm NEVER letting that happen, if I have anything to say about it. Could have done a couple things to adjust in this sprint, but in the moment, once I commit, I'm committing haha
@morten9972 luckyyyyy. I raced at 68-69kg all season in 2024 and was at 4wkg. I'm in the process of gaining a little bit of muscle and plan to race at 71kg in 2025. Wkg doesn't matter in the racing I do in my area, raw watts will help more. So, I'm trying to just get stronger. But I plan to be at 4wkg with the slightly extra weight by March 2025. 🤞
Huge congrats!! Enjoy the rest week. I had the same thing happen in my race yesterday-held first for 40 seconds to the line and lost w 3 or 4 seconds as the pack swept me up. I realize that I don’t have a big 10 sec power either…I’m a big fan-congratulations on fine racing
@@daletoce5118 thank you! Trying to outpace a pack is nearly impossible! Great effort trying to stay away though! Rest week isn't ideal with some lack of sleep lol but I'll be sure to get more sleep 😴😪
Really nice job, love it! :)
This video really made me smile when you sprinted and this was first time I had this kind of reaction to a ZWIFT race video.
The way you did it and the verbal output you made, really showed how much effort and heart you put into it. That, Was, Just, AWESOME!
@@lolczyslaf haha thanks! I grunt a lot but that's just what comes out when I'm on the limit lol
glad I found your channel. good stuff
@@JBmadera I'm glad you found my channel too! 😂. Thanks 👍
Awesome result. Congrats man! 🙌
@@RyanCondon thanks, Ryan!
Nice work dude!
@@rhettbecky8039 thank you! Miss you guys. Seems like you guys are having a ton of fun riding these past couple months!
Nice sprint!
@@thespartanbishop had to do better for you 😉 after what happened last time haha
Great racing James. Very entertaining video. Love the “devil grunting”. Seems to work. Must give it a try. Should be a new power up lol.
@paulmccafferty4850 hahaha that one this time was definitely different. I'm glad you enjoyed the video! ✌️
Finally subscribed after watching your last 3 videos. really good racing, miles better than me lol
@@talonlan woohoo! You subscribed only after you suggested a very painful series of races and I answered the call 👊😄
@@jameskim3 Yes I am a sadist lol and also a masochist as I love doing them too
Great James! You should treat yourself to a Zwift Play for Christmas. You’ll be able to steer which will help you with positioning and even cutting corners in those pesky finales. I’ve gotten them a few weeks ago and it’s so nice 😊😊😊
@@CoenP 🤔🤔 making me think hahaha. Do they have connection issues at all?
@ no I don’t but I use the Ant+ and not the bluetooth
@@CoenP I have both so I could use either too at least. Hmmm haha. Maybe one day! Thanks for the rec.
Ah, James you had them all and then got pipped at the line. Fantastic racing, especially after 4 Tiny Races!! Looks like you love pain!!
@@phil_d haha I ALMOST had it! All good. I gave everything I had in the moment. 👍
Hey I’m in this race!
@@JNorth87 hahaha you are?! Let me go back and see... Gimme a timestamp to make it easy!
@@JNorth87 oh wait, you said you got 9th right?? Sorry! Losing track of the comments!
@@jameskim3I’m J Ciaccio from Thailand
@JNorth87 ah yes! I peeped your channel 👍
@@jameskim3thanks. In that last sprint I basically just tried to do a 1 minute max effort. Averaged 465w @ 67kg. Still not enough to beat a well timed sprint
What a sprint, I would call that redemption
@@mattgilmour9761 haha thanks! I can't be disappointed with a solid effort regardless of the result 🙏
Hi Kim, I am from DMV area too, I was wondering do you do any local group ride like Buna too?
@@jaykeh5577 I don't do buna because of the time and I'm about 25 miles away from the meetup point. I will sometimes do CCC Thurs night or Sat morning, Green Lizard Wed or Wicked Wednesday, Hains Point Hammerfest or Hains Point Fight Club whenever I can get out to those. For the most part, I ride early in the morning and usually with a riding buddy or few. Do you do any of the local group rides?
@ I go Hains Point Tuesday and Thursday morning, I can keep up with A group most of the time, so I was wondering if I can do the green belt as cat5?
@@jaykeh5577 awesome! I like hammerfest. I have a few videos on this channel from hammerfest haha. I think if you can hang with A, you should be able to do cat 5 races. Only one way to find out! I encourage you to try! If you've never raced before it can be daunting, but give it a go and see what you can learn to improve 👍
@@jaykeh5577 actually, I have at least a couple greenbelt videos on my channel too. Check em out if you are interested
@@jameskim3really appreciate for the videos, great way for new people to get involved.
Final positioning was great. You weren’t too much in the wind - he just had bigger numbers. You might have had enough without that mid-race match to close the gap. Also in any hard/real race, that big of a group will be gone forever if you let that go to 4 seconds…
@@davidhofmayer1031 yes, in a real-life race, I'm NEVER letting that happen, if I have anything to say about it. Could have done a couple things to adjust in this sprint, but in the moment, once I commit, I'm committing haha
Yeah come up to B so we can race together 😀
@@morten9972 follow me on zwift so I can peep your races first! I'm not committing to getting pummeled... Yet 😂
Yep. Following you 😀
290w 4,0wkg FTP
But you have to race at prime time ;) 1800-2000 EU time. Spicy 🌶
@morten9972 luckyyyyy. I raced at 68-69kg all season in 2024 and was at 4wkg. I'm in the process of gaining a little bit of muscle and plan to race at 71kg in 2025. Wkg doesn't matter in the racing I do in my area, raw watts will help more. So, I'm trying to just get stronger. But I plan to be at 4wkg with the slightly extra weight by March 2025. 🤞
@@morten9972 that would be 12pm-2pm for me hahaha. Maybe can do that only on a Wednesday, if the weather is bad, and my wife is in a giving mood 😂