Mamil

Some may find this uncomfortably familiar

Nonsense ...365 days until I hit 50 and I'm getting better all the time. Like expensive cheese....

Second time doing the 60k for this mamil - I remember suffering last time ... looking forward to seeing if there's been improvement over the last 12 months

Somebody say my name?

Doesn't help you but Gear Change in Mowbray Cape Town - maybe they know someone up your side of the country?

Good fun but perhaps not quite as safe as riding on closed roads might suggest. People assembling refreshment stations not expecting cyclists to come whizzing through, people in dark clothing crossing the road behind parked cop cars with blue lights making it hard to see. These safety concerns aside it was worth the early start but not sure I'll do it again.

Just moonshine at that time of the morning. Will be before dawn when we finish.

The Hillcrest gate has a combination padlock on it - I'm a member so I have this code but my understanding is that this code isn't given to day permit holders. Is that the case?

Nice ride - eminently suitable for a gravel bike - a good rider on one of those would have made 4 grand by winning the 4 well marked strava segments at a grand a piece.

Oh that does look very nice!

Looks like it ... talking to oneself on the hub is clinically significant... as is driving to piketberg to ride round and round

Am I the only one going?

Just counting on there being a little group content to "race" at an average 30-33 or therabouts ... not that I really mind a little solo early morning loop.

I'm in - sounds like a blast

I entered last year and had to bail because of busted femoral neck ... had to forfeit my entry fee and meal package fee paid ... Got some fomo now ....

so we ride the route in the same direction as the runners do and do the m3 section too?

There is no benefit to doing this beyond the placebo effect. To be absolutely clear - this person is risking destruction of their liver, gastro intestinal tract and possibly life threatening central nervous system damage by taking this dosage of ibuprofen and paracetomol. Even without the exercise this dosage will seriously jeopardize the person. Discaimer I'm not a medical doctor. But I'm certain hubbers who are will confirm this.

Possibly should be was an idiot. A horrible agonising death.

“Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that's the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing. Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.” Alan Paton

Anyone interested in this - please drop me a PM with your cell number - looking to set up a meet and ride and coffee towards mid April.

And you are in Australia ....

Entered 100 miler and k@kking myself already, First 100 miler.

Just bumping this ...

Felt like Lance Froome after the TDF after getting 3:15 on Sunday (1 hour and 45 minuites faster than my first argus in 2016) and so rode out to top of chappies this morning and reached there just before dawn. Felt fantastic. Had my bubble burst a bit and thought impure thoughts about a Pure Savage bunch who sailed past me halfway up suikerbossie - chatting effortlessly amongst themselves. I think they did it on purpose to bring me back down to earth and keep my ego in check. A pod of dolphins swam alongside on the descent into Camps Bay -- and I thought about the riders and marshall who left us on Sunday.

The competitive nature of group riding is one aspect of this to be sure. I can't help but wonder if we aren't underempasising that bunch riding is also a collaborative endeavour. My safety is in your hands and yours is in mine. Funnily enough my pb is in your hands and yours in.mine assuming we are of similar ability. I love the idea of training. Maybe we should have to show attendance at a racing skills workshop before being seeded in 1 or 2?