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milky4130

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  1. Anyone tried opening up their Garmin Fenix 6 or 7 and successfully cleaning / servicing it. My Start / Stop button seams to have packed up. Followed their advise for cleaning it by soaking in lukewarm water but to no avail. I know what is going to be my options if I send it in to Garmin i.e. they keep my old watch give me a new/refurbished one with at a 25% discount or something crazy along those lines. So trying to avoid the latter as much as possible.
  2. you already have 10 x TB finishes so you are actually over qualified 🤪
  3. Me at last years Cape Town Marathon, also my first. I too am very competitive. Actually had a goal of +-4:35min/km (Garmin Predictor), which obviously went out the window the moment the gun went off. There was no strategy of negative or positive splits. I ran one pace from start to end. All the stars lined up on the day, woke up before my alarm went off, didnt get stuck in traffic, found parking easily, no queues which allowed me 2 x visits to the portaloo's before the start, nutrition was on point and that is the only thing I did according to strategy, a gel every 6km's which happens to also be the gels I picked up as I was walking through registration the day before and decided to try something new on race day, so much for that theory. So use Garmin Predictor for the pacing up until 10kms to go then go all in. Or like I did just ignore the numbers and run on feel on the day.
  4. Absolutely amped for everyone that will be taking on the Cape Epic Queen Stage 4
  5. Dont underestimate a triathlete at this event, last year I ended it off with a few laps in that mountain pool.
  6. Surely you've entered by now already? 🤔
  7. Since you were in the convoy, I'll ask your opinion as well. Did this make any difference to the outcome of the result? Was Pritzen working with Ryan or was he just marking him or is Gibbons just on another level that it would've made no difference? My angle is did it help Gibbons narrow the gab which allowed him to bridge later?
  8. Thanks @Jewbacca @dave303e So my take away is, its for support purposes and beneficial for climbing, anything to save the legs. UTCT will be my 1st 100 Miler, I'm realistic with my expectations as I'm relatively new to trail running. So just a finish is what I am saying now which is +-45 hours but my competitive nature will not allow that, I'll most likely go till I blow, if I can scrape in under 40 hours with the help of the poles then that is something I would like to explore.
  9. I’ll be venturing into the Ultra Trail Running Scene in the 2nd half of 2024 i.e. UTCT and maybe a couple of smaller events, so should I be investing in a set of these trekking poles? Seriously what is it’s purpose, just for support and balance?
  10. Seems to be very similar to 2022's Prologue
  11. so you trying to tell me you will ride all those switchbacks up & down?
  12. Why do you think it would be dodgy. I've done this before & know of people that commute daily using that route. So curios to know why you feel this way? I mean this route doesnt appear on the hotspot map either.
  13. the guy has decent results you just need to do a bit more homework. Only turned Pro in 2022, won the baby Tour the same year, 2021 was the Junior Belgian ITT Champ. This year he finished higher on GC than Remco at the Tour of Spain.
  14. Very surprised to see the amount of crashes had from different riders.
  15. Where in the North are you, I have shock pump you could use. I'm in Goodwood area.
  16. luckily there are enough streams to take a dip to keep cool and maybe higher up for drinking water.
  17. Lessons Learned from previous editions to help guys that may feel intimidated with the challenge. Please feel free to add anything I may have missed. 1. Practice lots of climbing on various terrain, smooth gravel to rocky surfaces. 2. Ride plenty of single track, arm pump is reel once fatigue sets in. 3. Practice Switchbacks...plenty of switchbacks to the left & to the right
  18. or okes that don't run at all 👀 🏃‍♂️
  19. Not exactly but this lady has special landowner permission to ride it.
  20. Nooit a waste. Comes pretty handy when you need to tuck on long descents and get that downhill KOM
  21. I got more confirmation this past weekend from a lady rider that couldn't before ride the steep switch back descent all the way down but after a little spade work from the trails builders she can now do it closed eyes, if anyone was concerned about it.
  22. I can confirm after DC and then doing this I couldnt feel my legs, it was either suck it up or forfeit my entry fee.
  23. we can always do a self supported gravel ride that side which takes in 40% of the gravel roads we raced on Saturday. Got a nice adventure planned in December, keen? drop me a PM
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