Everesting

Ooh, now I kind of want to fit a tri rig fairing to my P3...

What's the deal with pacing? Going to do a half-everest in a couple of weeks as the most efficient (but boring) way to get a lot of climbing in a single ride

What’s the question exactly?

What's the right way to pace it? 20-30% below FTP or something like that and try to keep to the numbers or just "comfortable" in whatever that feeling is at the moment.

How long and what’s the gradient of the climb?
When I was doing hour reps on a steep hill for around 1000m round here I averaged over my ftp. So maybe that wasn’t my ftp but the breaks help.
On my Everesting I tried to work out what was the minimum I could ride up the hill power wise and try just average a bit over that.
I think it’s less of an issue for a half as I was worried about it biting later on, it never did so could have gone harder.

Alternative target a time, work out how long it takes to climb and descend to make that time, then ride that time up the hill see if you think you can sustain that power for the duration?

3.5km 7% average climb with a fairly consistent gradient - Looking at about 18 reps. I reckon 7-8 hours

That sounds fairly ideal! It also depends what your goal is.
I’d say you could probably go a bit quicker. Think I did around 17 hours on a shorter 1km 7% climb for a full. But that was with quite a few stops.
If I did it again I’d go harder.

This is as much about getting it done as anything else. I'll give it a shot and see how I feel I guess. Ride to comfort then but make sure I'm not overdoing it by keeping an eye on power.

I'd rather get faster than crack early. I tend to be over-optimistic at the start of structured events, then blow up badly so even pacing the first 25% will be better. It'll help having my car at the top of the climb so I can get food and drink each lap.

I can’t see how you’d get faster 🤣
Also just do the full you’ll write off the day with a half anyway.

I think I'm pushing my luck with half an everest... will see how I feel though

Watch "5.5kg Giant TCR: The bike that broke the Everesting world record" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/2AOicMQrml0

he seems like a really nice guy and obviously an utter monster on the bike. Would be interested to know his power numbers. Is there a strava link anywhere?

"Mc Laughlin covered a total of 126 km over the course of his Everesting with an average weighted power of a truly elite 296 watts."

https://www.strava.com/activities/4996833865/analysis

JFGI
https://www.strava.com/athletes/375399
https://www.strava.com/activities/4996833865

The whole ‘waiting for a ridiculous tailwind’ approach invalidates it for me. Null and void I’m afraid.

Welcome to the world of record breaking.

I love that element of it. Brining everything together for a moment, quite a long moment in this instance.

Brining everything together for a moment

Brings tears to your eyes, doesn't it? :)

Also, if you're ever resting, you don't need to wait for a tailwind.

Another wattage animal.

Surely this is the whole point of record setting, you optimise everything you possibly can.

He also needs to be peaking at the same time, so it's not like you can wait indefinitely.

Such a tender moment...

Olympic records have a wind assistance limit.
However on an everesting, you're having to go downhill into a headwind.

If you were climbing Everest on foot, you would also wait for an optimal weather day. Otherwise you'd die.