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  1. saggy
    Gerda's marathon pb is 10:30 slower than the dutch winner .... so seems pretty much in line then.
  2. saggy
    ..... and the driver sitting on his cell phone!
  3. saggy
    Gordon has run quite a few Comrades marathons and done a few Hawaai ironmen so I suspect he is a bit tougher than your average prima donna celebrity
  4. saggy
    Jees 10:40 on 320km is very impressive I was expecting you to say 11:55
  5. saggy
    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.
  6. saggy
    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
  7. saggy
    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
  8. saggy
    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 )
  9. saggy
    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
  10. saggy
    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!
  11. saggy
    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
  12. saggy
    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!
  13. saggy
    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.
  14. saggy
    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
  15. saggy
    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
  16. saggy
    yup, they do seem to be a lot more cautious than they used to be. I remember 2012, I think it was, the conditions were terrible but the full swim still went ahead. In those days the swim was 2 laps and now it is 1 big lap .... I wonder if that makes a difference with regards safety
  17. saggy
    I see there were only 651 starters today. When I did it in 2014 there were 1900 or so. That is a big drop off. Ps. That is just for the full
  18. saggy
    I sold my road bike and got a gravel bike. But then I also bought a nice set of road wheels, Im pretty sure this set up is as fast as my old road bike ..... and way comfier. I do enjoy going away on weekends and riding gravel though ..... as some one else said no use getting a gravel bike unless you going to go ride gravel!!
  19. saggy
    Dave there are lots of different reasons people ride ebikes I for one have a heart condition so can not go over 120 bpm heart rate. I can ride all day if I want to, But whether im riding 10km or 150km, a bit of assistance on steep climbs is necessary. Anyways your assumption that everyone riding an ebike is just not dedicated enough or that cycling is not that important to you is small minded and irritating!
  20. saggy
    I got over this type of thing about 20 years ago when they increased the cut off times of the Comrades and Two Oceans by an hour. And then even worse when people did the two Oceans half marathon and said they did Oceans. Then I realised that these type of things are really just our own personal challenges that dont actually mean anything to 99% of the earths population anyways so you really should not care what anyone else is doing or says they have done!
  21. saggy
    a couple of years ago a guy fell off the floating bridge and broke his neck on a submerged sandbank. So I would still be more worried about that than getting my bike wet
  22. saggy
    Nope. I've never raced on an ebike. Only man vs man like you
  23. saggy
    Well done!! Got to agree with the other guy .... you seem pretty angry
  24. saggy
    funny, I have no problems with e-bikes in races But those other 2 things you mention, People who do the two oceans half marathon and say they did the two oceans or doing the east london ironman and saying you did the ironman Now that really does piss me off!
  25. saggy
    but why does someone elses wife care what time the ebiker did. Why would it make any difference to her acheivement or how she feels about her ride. If I do the CTCT in around 4 hours im happy, it makes absolutely no difference to my ride or how I feel about my ride if someone else does 3:55 on an ebike. As someone said before you have to have a real fragile ego for it to bother you so much
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