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I suppose we have different goals for Comrades. If you've only comitted for the entry and can get that subbed out, then why not? It will always be there next year. Personally I just want to be a part of it, finish and only then concerned with the time/medal. Really not sure if I will do a second one, not even thinking about that now. It would be different for me if I was regularly doing marathons/ultras and then added this onto that sort of schedule. The last marathon I did was in 2011 (when i was early 30s), and I've only now joined an actual running club. It is almost like everything is new, I am seriously wondering if I will ever get some sort of speed back. Despite doing more actual road running than ever, I don't appear to be going quicker week by week. Realise that's not the actual goal but feel like it should be happening (should actually go look at strava to work it out first with figures).

well it is allowed on the Two oceans and comrades The peninsula marathon start/finish is about 42km apart, so that

sort of totally unrelated, but thought I'd throw this comment in here: Twenty years ago, the Dusi K2 years used to have almost 1000 boats finishing (977 in 2002, 969 in 2004, and 970 in 2006) but with the steady decline in participation ever since, only 207 boats finished this year. The Dusi may not attract the same sort of numbers it used to, but it remains as iconic as ever and all who went will tell you what a fantastic event it still is. Well done to Andy Birkett and Matt Fenn on taking the win ahead of local favourites Mtolo and Khwela by over 6 minutes. Andy is now just one win away from equaling the Popes incredible record of 15 Dusi titles.

oops, no i was joking - I meant CFC gas banned from fridges. should have used italics but this oke seems like a proper scam. no self respecting boertjie uses their second name as an initial like they do in the states.

CFC has been banned for at least a decade now!

I know transparency is good, but making this public knowledge seems counter intuitive. No way they are going to test nearly as much with the increased costs involved. Sounds like a green light to a potential doper on the brink of olympic qualification numbers.

great, i think you're doing it right! I reckon you've answered your own question. If you think he wants to do it enough, then maybe some skills training with an experienced friend for some tips or an actual session or two with a skills coach would be a good investment.

so if I've learnt anything from this thread then the trick is clearly to buy a 2nd hand avalanche dust and slap on a 2nd hand shimano shifter and rd

looks decent, in my experience avalanche range is very good bang for buck so see no reason why this should be any different. looking forward to seeing these out there on (and off) the roads. https://www.instagram.com/p/CzoJqcEsTQ7/?img_index=1

wordle too easy and mainstream? bikle too bloody hard? try this! https://bikegrid.escapecollective.com/ ps. don't go too obscure, think there might be some teething issues for game #1 still here is my second attempt (first one had some booboos that i have flagged with them) BikeGrid 1 - 9/9 PERFECT! 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Rarity: 30.3 https://bikegrid.escapecollective.com/

just for fun. 2013 had 31666 finishers $ elite = 141 %ladies = 29 VA (subvets 30+) = 111 (probably same start) VB (vets 40+) = 85 VM(masters 50+) = 47 #( racing tandem) = 70 A batch = 270 B batch = 343 C =389 D batch = 412

Maybe warming up with SA record holder might be the problem? not sure what stage you pulled out/developed pains, but maybe chat to some of the old salts at your club, you might find you're just at a bit of a speedbump.

Goodie bag. we need to discuss the contents of it! no picknpay we might not even get a bag anymore, you need to bring your own.

My view on elite sports requiring dedicated training from a young age? For every pogi/phelps/nadal superstar there are 99 other kids who dreamed of the same but spent their childhood drilled at practice putting in the same hours and never got there. Is it worth the 1% chance of professional success over the 99% chance of doing a sport so much that you don't enjoy it? ** Not in my books, I'd rather take the odds of picking something up later and then working on it. Competitive swimming(IMHO) is a dumb sport, it really is if you think about it. You dedicate a massive amount of your youth to building up to maybe just having a shot at the only thing that counts (olympics). Squad swimming kids are at the pool early 3 mornings a week from a young age. forget 10 000 hours, for swimming you need 30 000. It's a recipe for burnout and no way to grow up even if you do get there - the best possible outcome is you get really good is a kickass college degree(that you hardly studied at because your eyes were so burnt from all the chlorine). Simple answer. reduce the amount of olympic medals for swimming, it's really not such a big sport in the scheme of things but is only held up because it is big at the olympics. Moving on we now have the chinese sporting model, which is version 2.0 of the cold war academy. They throw money,coaches etc at promising kids in olympic medal sports. eg. Does china have a canoeing scene? no, not even a club or a race but they now have olympic medals in it because they have sent a battery of kids through a boarding school for 15 years doing it for the state. another example Lily from china who won olympic sailing gold. her parents saw her 2 weeks a year from the age of 8 and had never seen her actually sailing. Actually a sad story, she doesn;t sail anymore is much happier being a broadcaster/commentator https://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/04/sport/xu-lijia-china-sailing-olympics/ Instead I like the Norwegian model, let the kids play, if they show promise then work on it much later https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/how-norway-won-all-that-olympic-gold-again/ edit: added this from another link, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/article-norways-radically-different-approach-to-sports-helped-it-climb-to-the/ ** figures generalised obviously much closer to 0.000001% and 99.9999999%

Think you might find plenty of the 1358 elites are in the 30-39 age cat too. Massive respect to the ballie in the 90-94 category!

They must have their own limits on max start group size(300?), if it gets too big then they need to shift the bellcurve. If you fall out of the new criteria then you get an email and are dropped down a group. I'm guessing they could reseed the starting groups in 10minutes. but to reprint info for the people moved bumped down a group would probably need an extra column and two macros and possibly break the excel spreadsheet this whole thing is run on.. What I do seem to notice is that there seems to be a welcome but unexpected increase in entry numbers; is this mainly related to the good weather of 2023? A bit of breeze on sunday and the trend will return to normal as people recall their warstories of 2009 and 2015 (i forget the exact windy years).

agreed. I am keeping my bikebefok 9yr old away from the junior racing stuff as i want bikes to be only about fun for him till at least high school. He is super competitive and I don't think he'll gain anything from that environment. Maybe I have been put off by the talk of the Sworks crowd who get little johnny a new superbike each year. Remco only started racing when he was 17 or something and was still junior world champ! but each parent to his own, if the kid wants to do it then go for it by all means.

Would be a really fun week if you dropped some of those names here then (Include strava profiles whilst you're at it). The frauds, fakes and posers will still need to make it up Endinburgh drive with the bunch if they want the wheelsucking free ride to simonstown.

I dunno, neither you nor I were there so let's not be the judge. What we do have is a cyclist driving in his car getting irritated by cyclists' behaviour. I see enough people cycling badly that I won't defend all cyclists "just because". I know it's peak argus week, but in my recent anecdotal experience I can count a how bunch of random conversations where people have moaned about cyclists "owning the roads". I totally get the point of @duringd's post, I don't think you do.

Holey moley @Dale Healing vibes are on their way. Worst start to the week for a long time. If you feel up to it, please keep us updated on your recovery and any progress in tracking down the perpetrator. You, and your posts, are one of the highlights on the hub for me. edit: there might well be a lot more Kwids around that you bargained on, was the top seller for Renault in this month - and all those cars will be on the road still. https://www.news24.com/life/motoring/news/sa_vehicle_sales/renault-sold-over-2000-cars-in-november-heres-what-south-africans-are-buying-from-them-20211210-2

Wow. Just assumed they would have it on. Sign of the times almost miss the Cecil nurse adverts already

Roglic is a weird one to choose as an example. He hasn't raced for bora yet and to me always looked so recognizable in his Lazer lid, especially the TT one that looked backward. (I admit this is a totally useless comment)

Just you. Let us know how it goes

SCR winning epic was pretty unique scenario, don't think we'll ever see that again

When is it you ask? 2018 maybe?