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Oudtshoorn is nice and warm - great riding weather. All enjoy and travel safe. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Just watch out for the interim cut-off times, but even if you go slow they should not be a problem..

Thx for the reminder - phoned for extension and doing mine tomorrow.

Let common sense and sanity prevail.....it's flippen far to do it on a low base

He He - I'm probably the last one to give advise, but before last year's one my longest ride was 134 km in 6:36 two weeks before the 36One. I did what Velouria suggested and made it a bunch of short sections and managed to finish reasonably ok, albeit in the dark of Saturday night. Where I "lost" a lot of time was fifing and faffing at the water - and checkpoints, but then my first priority was to finish. This year I plan to manage my time better and hope to finish before sunset, so if you see some old and somewhat larger cyclist , just drag me along.

It's a cool ride and go to enjoy it as well . Have a look at the old thread that was used last year - I got a lot of useful information on that. Used Extreme Endurance light, alternating between low and high. Also used a head lamp with a set of spare batteries in Camelback (spent loooong time on road). Only went with HR which lasted, did not really bother with GPS or charging along the way. I applied bum cream at every checkpoint - had it in those small plastic pill containers in my boxes at the checkpoints. Definitely worth it in my opinion. Check the weather closer to the day (it will hopefully not be windy ) - last year it was warm enough to go through the night without anything extra, but it turned chilly at sunrise to at least use a windbreaker. You can always leave or get warm clothing from your boxes, especially at CP 1 and 2 which are accessed in the night. If you're underdone in training, go slower and treat it as a bunch of Saturday morning rides of some 30k's - after halfway it's all in the mind anyway. Just keep something in the tank for those last 60 k's. Enjoy!

Me and the wife were on different flights from ORT this morning - on her 7:10 flight there were 22 passengers not on the flight. My 6:25 was full. Was at airport just after 5. Rubbish traffic from Cape Town airport to town though. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

I put them on for the holidays for the slipslop rides with the kids. Kept them on and also did some longish rides which went OK and gives me some alternative foot positions, especially when standing on uphill. The 36One is not technical, so there is probably no need for flats, but just playing with the idea (would make an easier walk up Rooiberg though)

Has anybody done this with flat pedals? I am considering it, but not sure given the distance as my longest ride with flats is only 100 k's and had different aches than "normal" after that. Will make sure that I stand during Rooiberg descent , although my hands took a while to recover after last years ride.

So looking forward to this race, but will probably be seriously underprepared compared to what I planned.

I only have Endomondo from last year which had total distance of 107.5 and ascent of 1204m. The 2016 route was slightly different from 2015 as there is a right turn just after Heia onto R374 and then left onto R114 before joining N14 at Muldersdrift.

Excellent! The photos are great as well.

Hi, just check as the Wilro race was on the calendar, just with a date somewhere in October.

Try this - probably a bit more expensive than flying the bike, but takes away the hassle of squeezing the box in a rental and just drop of the bike after the ride www.bicycletransport.co.za for more info. Joggie Rautenbach 082 446 5141 joggie@bicycletransport.co.za

Hi I joined this group on Facebook last year and for me the results were good without starving myself. (The Big Breakfast Banting Debate). What I liked was that you only eat real food and no replicas formed part of the lifestyle. Limited to no carbs, lots of fats and also a weekly "spike day" to rebalance. May be worthwhile to check them out.

I carry my bag of cement just below my chest....

It is a reasonably flat area and looks like a combination of all + some single track/rock garden that was part of the Subaru ride from a couple of weeks ago towards the end.

Hi, got this link on an e-mail - you might have to copy/past to address bar https://static.ccs.co.za/mailimages/dc/217603/newpdf.pdf

 HI You need to get a higher heart rate to get to the Vigorous level. HR categories – Moderate: 70 – 79% Vigorous: 80+ % (% of 220 minus your age) | https://www.discovery.co.za/discovery_coza/web/linked_content/pdfs/vitality/vitality_news/vitality_fitness_points.pdf

Hi One of my team mates is no longer on the rewards program - if there is someone that is looking for a teammate, you can message me. If you do not always make the week's target it is not a train smash. I don't want to put a curse on myself, but have only missed one since January, although 1100 points is hard "work". Cheers