Tag: Mallorca312
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Mallorca312: The one where I didn’t have to think
Usually it takes me a while to process how I feel after a race. I need time to sit with it, replay it in my head, and decide whether the whole thing was a triumph or an elaborate exercise in suffering. Not this time. The moment I crossed that finish line, it was clear. No…
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The one age that actually slows endurance cyclists down
An analysis of age group performance, cross-distance patterns, and gender differences at Mallorca 312 (2025) A bit of context (and mild embarrassment) Last April I rode the Mallorca 312, 312 kilometres across the mountains of Mallorca, an event that attracts some of the strongest amateur cyclists in Europe. I am in my early 30s, which…
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Pedaling through pain: My shocking survival of Mallorca’s brutal 312
…nothing went wrong but everything happened. April was meant to be my final training crescendo, but Mother Nature had other plans, hurling snow blizzards at me in Helsinki while my work travel schedule played calendar Tetris with my riding days. My training suffered more than my quads on a 20% gradient, and those crucial long…