Weka Wobble: KOM Dreams, Tailwinds & Tactical Whoopsies Waipara, Canterbury ☀️

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That kind of gap makes you sit up for a second and go “Wait… are we on here?”\n\nTurns out, we were. Alan and I started working together up the climb. When I say “working”, I mean Alan turned into a beast, and I hung on for dear life. Around 600m to go, the elastic snapped – he was hunting that KOM and I wasn’t going to stand in the way of destiny. Rolled in second, happy as. That effort definitely put a stamp on the day.\n\nThe rest of the stage settled into a bit of a lull – neutralised until about 6k to go, where we swung right and suddenly had a full-blown north-west tailie rocketing us along. Classic tailwind chaos. I missed the move – two guys snuck off the front and no one batted an eye. I genuinely thought it was a couple of B graders stretching their legs. By the time we clicked that they were the actual move, it was too late. Hats off to them – played it like poker pros.\n\nTo punish myself for tactical blindness, I rolled solo back through the neutral zone to grab lunch (extra calories for extra regret). The sun’s not mucking around – hitting about 30°C, so I fully committed to the water-dumping strategy. Soaked head to toe, riding the breeze like a human air conditioner.\n\nThere’s still a 30km neutral and a 7km team time trial to come this arvo. We’ll see if the legs or the lunch have the final say…\n\n\nWeather Report: Clear sky, 23°C, and the wind was blowing 18km/h from NW\n\n😨 Overtraining warning\n🐶 Free Training (moderate intensity)\n🚵 Concentrated Ride\n🧀 Fat 41.6%, 🍞 Carb 58.4%\n🕯️ Matches 17.8\n🔋 Maximum discharge 100%\n\n\n--- Insights by Riduck ---\n\r\n-- myWindsock Report --\r\nAerodynamics: 0.21 CdA\r\nFeels Like Elev™: +108m\r\nWeather Impact™: 3.3%\r\nHeadwind: 70% @ 17 - 23 km/h\r\nLongest Headwind: 33m 52s\r\nAir Speed: 34.5 km/h\r\nTemp: 22.9-25.3 °C\r\nPrecip: 0% @ 0 Inch/hr\r\n-- END --","primaryImageUrl":"https://dgtzuqphqg23d.cloudfront.net/l4iUd4Z2rQRcStoxvdcHWryRujB-UI6xW0Uz0yOuXAw-768x432.jpg","distance":67621.4,"elapsedTime":8004,"totalElevationGain":340.0,"type":"Ride","sportType":"Ride","workoutType":11,"startDate":"Nov 20, 2025, 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