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Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 6 – Country to Coastal

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Another day, another intensive ride. This time on the sixth and final stage of this years(?) Tour of Makuri Islands. For this one we would be hitting up a new route: Country to Coastal, a 33.5km route with 286m of climbing. There are three climbs in this route that make up the majority of those … Read more

Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 4 – Fine and Sandy Race (B)

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Heads up: I know these races do not come under the Tour of Makuri Islands. These are from the Race Makuri series. I covered this here. Whoops! Hate is a strong word, so let’s just say that at the moment I really, really dislike my job. Fortunately I am a contractor, so it’s only a … Read more

Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 5 – Makuri 40

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For a while now I’ve been finishing rides and the Garmin has been quick to inform me that my FTP needs updating. And no, I don’t mean upwards. Now, normally I just dismiss the prompt as my theory goes that if I wasn’t intentionally doing a max effort, what the heck use is an updated … Read more

Tour of Makuri Islands: Stage 3 – Temples and Towers

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On to Stage 3 we move – but crucially (and rather confusingly) not for races. At least, not yet. I quite like that the breaks between Tour of Makuri Islands stages for racing is longer than that for the group rides. The truth of it is that this morning I didn’t feel ready / rested … Read more