Me neither and been building up for it since last year
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Me neither and been building up for it since last year
It is the challenge mentality+online entrys:thunbdown:
Bad news monkeynut, missed it last year but done it in 2008/09, not the end of the world though.Quote:
Originally Posted by monkeynut
I am in... got the e-mail and immediately went and paid up... Sorry you two aren't Steve and Monkeynut. But maybe they are sending out e-amils in batches and did the women first? :)
I quite fancy the idea of another Three Peaks type cyclocross event. I can think of a perfect route here in the Black Mountains that doesn't include much tarmac, but does include bog, steep carrying a la Simon's fell and some fire roads... It would be shorter and less challenging and easier to organise... If the Brecon Beacon's National Park would collaborate. It would most certainly have to have a cap on entries...
Chuffed for you Hann, they did state the emails would go out on the 22nd. Not to worry, will try and get up there to cheer you and everyone else on:wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
Is it possible yours has gone into the spam box? They did say somewhere make sure you make our address an accepted address so that would not happen... Can't believe you are not in!Quote:
Originally Posted by stevefoster
:D I'm in
I'm in.
Sorry for those who aren't.
me tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Marvin
but will you actually finishQuote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
just activate my entry with about 5 mins to spare
What sort of form are you in Antisocial ? Will I be seeing you walk past me on Simon Fell, and be reeled in on the hill of pain ? or will you show me a clean pair of sidis ?
I clicked the Commit button yesterday. Yikes! Hill reps with a shouldered bike anyone?
I was thinking of going for a run tonight, for the first time since the Fell relays last year... shoulder healing at last, but daran't carry the bike for my first run since October last year yet :)
very poor form i am afraid, fellsman knackered me along with home and work pressures so just looking to get round. Started regular fixie rides to work and back but it is only 7 miles each way.Quote:
Originally Posted by trilathon
ah, so a huge base fitness accrued for the fellsmenQuote:
Originally Posted by Antisocial
and now you're aiming to put the top end
in by going for the two time trials a day on a massive fixed gear, no doubt on hilly terrain....the Obree school of training if I'm not mistaken....that'll be top form come the day then ?!?
How's the training going folks?
I'm doing a mix of short hill reps (intensive run, bit of flat and steppy descent), longer road hill reps and general undulating runs. Missing out on long stuff at the mo, need to get a few of them in. And more rocks.
Ironically, my running suffered now I'm trying to get bike hills in.
never usuallt manage any training for it....unless pan flat time trials at full tilt on A roads count...the odd long fell race and ironman triathlon ...it's usually the first off road ride I do as a precursor to the winter cross league....makes it all the more special and challenging...
I haven't exactly trained for it in the past, but... I have had a session on a MTB with a friend who is a proper coach, so honing my off road riding skills... :)
And just spent a few days in the Lakes and decided to see if I can actually run... not done that since the relays last year. Managed a jaunt up Robison and back down, going up the steep way, to see if my dodgy knee and ankle could handle Simon's Fell. wasn't carrying a bike, but pleased with the effort.
I then went MTB-ing at Whinlatter the next day and rode a Fred Whitton challenge the day after that. 7 hours on the bike :w00t: never ridden for that long before in my life, nor climbed that much... all to train for 3 peaks!!!
Tomorrow will see me take the crosser onto Hatterall Ridge to see what work needs doing to it, as last time I used it I caught the right isde of the handlebars on a gate post and it got somewhat mangled oooops :o I may even shoulder it and carry it for a steep bit, just to see if my separated shoulder will be able to handle it or if I need to learn how to get on and off on the right and shoulder on the left side :w00t:
Open invitation: Recce run/ride tomorrow Saturday 3rd Sept. Meet at Ribblehead at 8:00am. Run up and back Whernside. Then ride the road circuit.
Rob Jebb out, Morgan Donnelly in apparently.
Clock's ticking folks...
:)
Frantically fixing bike
You're riding fixed wheel as well as Rich Pips??? :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marvin
and you Dom what will you be on?
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ps walked the end of the C2c last weekend, brought back achient memoraies... (and still can not spell)
I'll be on support duty of course! C2C still ranks as one of my best ever holidays.Quote:
Originally Posted by saz
Snap, see you some-where stressed (me) on Sunday
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I am the one stressed on Sunday!
I did my first 'proper' cross race yesterday and the bike has stopped working :w00t: Cleaned it twice and now doused it with WD40 in the hope that it will work again tomorrow, if not, it needs to go to the bike shop for some major surgery... I definitely need another cross bike, just in case...
Craig or Oldham... who is it going to be this year???
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Originally Posted by idler
Nick won the End2End on Sunday by over eight minutes, so he's in good form.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
Indeed, but so is Oldham...
Have decided to take the bike to the local bike shop tomorrow, no point risking it not being 100% so I am taking it to be operated on by the specialists ;)
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Originally Posted by Marvin
Am I the only one who has suddenly become nervous? Winning my first 'proper' cross reace hasn't helped easing the nerves... I thought it would, it has made things worse. I am having visions of broken bike, endless punctures, split sidewalls, missing spokes, broken chains and malfunctioning front and rear mech's, broken mech hangers etc etc etc
Put the final touches to my race bike today.
Tubeless tyres at 50psi rock. Well they don't pinch when they hit rock at full speed, and they track well through loose stuff. Rode the last drop to Rowarth (end of Coombes Tor race) faster than I would on Landcruisers.
Gear - 38:18 if it's wet 38:17 if dry.
What kit will you be wearing Rich? I'll be somewhere at the bottom of the descent into Cold Cotes with a camera..... A pic of those cranks spinning should be a necessity!
Probably getting a bit late for questions like these, but, for an unsupported competitor;What drink & fuel ( gels/bars/etc) would you take? I've got a 1.5L Camelbak I was going to put a sports drink & my survival bag in. I was going to stick 3 or 4 gels in my back pocket.....too much/little?What spares? I was thinking 2 tubes, 2 gas, 2 levers, self-adhesive patches, chain link & breaker, small multi-tool & mini-pump.Is it best to have spares in a saddle bag, or not? I never got chance to test it out, but I'm thinking tools on the bike would be added weight going through my shoulder when carrying it. Is it a better idea to stick them in a bum-bag?There may be more questions coming.......(Dom, I'll be wearing Wrecsam Tri kit - red/black with dragons - & a shell-shocked look.)
This computer I'm on doesn't allow paragraphs or spaces...sorry.
Ian,
I can take stuff to Cold Cotes for you if required, but can't guarantee to be in the right place at the right time after that...
I'll be wearing a Here Come the Belgians top.Quote:
What kit will you be wearing Rich?
I've never had support before, and have got away with a 750ml bottle, and a few gels/bananas. Just make sure you've had a proper breakfast.Quote:
What drink & fuel ( gels/bars/etc) would you take?
Yep, 2 tubes, 2 gas, 2 levers, chain link & breaker, small multi-tool.Quote:
What spares?
I've wrapped a tube round each Co2 cylinder, put the stuff in your pockets, it's to hand there, you don't want the faff of a saddle bag.
I stick everything in my rucksack, which has a bladder. Don't like a saddle bag on the bike, even though I do in training, because I don't always take a rucksack training. Never take drink for anything up to 2 hours... The rucksack forms padding between me and the bike while carrying as well, which is good :)
Clearly I wish you all the very best of luck and am really impressed that anybody would want to take a serviceable road bike and thrash it cross country BUT, surely this is like rallying your sisters, VW Polo. It might survive but it won't be pretty and there are better tools for the job - please admire the attached picture for how XC cycling should look.
You are all great athletes but I'm not convinced that rainwater hasn't got under your lycra and disolved common sense
How can that possibly be a better choice?? Have you seen the climb up Simons Fell?? What on earth would you want to be carrying that dead weight for??? :w00t:
You'll be slower over the carrying bits, marginally quicker possibly on the downs, and simply wasted on the road sections through crap gearing...
(ps, flat bars are banned this year anyway...)
The very idea of ever describing Emily Batty as 'dead weight' is simply appalling. A Goddess in human form possibly or the epitome of desire almost certainly. However, and I am being entirely tongue in cheek because the wx is rubbish and work is dull, I still can't help but think that CX might be a doomed historical abnormality when we have carbon 29ers that do the XC bit so very well. But I will concede to not knowing my ar*se from my cx elbow. :-)