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Ride the Lobster Qualifiying Question

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  1. OK, so...
    Roland (Rolandisimo) and I rode our 1st day of qualifying for RTL
    today. I imagine this has been asked already, but I couldn't find it
    with a search, so I'm hoping someone in a position to know this will
    chime in before tomorrow's ride.

    We did 101 km, with 870 m of climbing, so 215 points objectively.
    However, we live in the NE US and it's winter. Conservatively, we rode
    30k directly into high winds, and the last 15 km (it was more than
    that) was
    a) night-time, and
    2) really cold, like the water on the road had frozen

    So, according to the calculator, with 101km, 870m climbing, 30k strong
    winds, 15k night, 15k freezing cold (the whole day was cold - it's
    freaking winter - but we'll say 15k), we've got 311 points.

    How far do we have to ride tomorrow?

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  2. Incidentally, the carry-over is 65 points.

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  3. Lots of people used the subjective rating for their qualifying rides. I
    didn't myself, but I was smart enought to qualify last september,
    during a hot and sunny weekend! 😉

    So around 70km of flat terrain in ideal condition is what you need for
    a +-150 rating with that great 311 points.

    Go teammates!

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  4. Well, I guess it's probably a bit late for a reply now, but I'll give it
    a shot anyway.

    The subjective part is how -you -felt the ride went for -you-. If you
    thought that it was cold enough to make it harder, then include some
    K's for that. If you thought it was windy enough to make it hard, then
    include some K's for that too.

    Other riders may have ridden in colder or wetter or windier weather,
    but they are not you.

    Of course there's nothing to stop you adding in loads of all the
    subjective bits (well, nothing to stop you adding on a load of total
    distance either), but, at the end of the day, if you've not got it in
    you to qualify, then you're going to suffer badly during the race
    itself.

    Just my two penneth.

    STM

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