Ive started 2 Comrades and did not finish either one.
Started 1 ironman and finished with hours to spare.
I guess everyone is different.... im sure it depends on your strengths and weaknesses. Im a way better cyclist than runner.
But maybe a good runner that is not a great cyclist would prefer Comrades.
the list of professional cyclists that have had ablations is long
stuart ogrady, haimar zubeldia, bobby julich , zdenek stybar
Richard murray the triathlete are just the ones off the top of my head
I admit it I am one guilty of being one of the touchy ones
I love my ebike .... but definitely wish I still had the option of sticking to the normal bike
and this is the kind of comment that gets to me ..... because you would shake your head at me
Im 50 years old and still look very fit and healty (if I may say so myself )
very similar to me, One day I was training for the ironman and running ultra marathons .... 2 weeks later I was in hospital getting a internal defibrillator inserted into my chest.
My cardiologist told me (and still does) that I should take up golf or bowls. But I figure an ebike is a good compromise
and sadly when that day comes (and it can happen in the blink of an eye, I know this from personal experience), everyone will assume that you just riding it because you lazy!
good to know dr Dave
I regularly hit the limiter on my ebike.
but I reckon I will stick to the ebike .... as the cardiac arrythmias I get come and go .... and on a day that the old ticker is acting up the only way im getting home is if I call the wife or get some assistance from the bike
I was at muizenberg beach on monday morning around 8am, pretty empty and quiet at that time.
There were 4 Saps guys there making some guy put his dog on a lead ..... while he was throwing a ball around way in the corner of the beach far from anyone else not bothering a soul.
Could not help but think that they could be doing something more useful!
I agree with everything you say.
The only point I was trying to make with my post is that, just because your gps reads 88.5km it does not mean the route was long. More likely your watch over reading or a number of other factors.
GPS allways over read by a bit .... usually a couple of metres per kilometre, but over a 90km race that adds up.
The route is measured with a jones counter which is about as accurate as you can get
The INEOS guy was Cameron Wurf, also a top triathlete, came 5th in Hawaii ironman a couple of years ago.
https://www.strava.com/activities/8699950785/overview
