Let's Hear It, Endurance Athlete: Your Top Achievement For 2011!

['Dale]

Horrible picture to be honest, the PRO, yes he is cool, I have known him from his first race, he is a driven individual, but a raw talent.

Yeah, the PRO interviewed well.

 

Hope his rise to stardom with his Vuelta performance will sustain itself.

['Dale]

My worst yet best race was Prestige Ultra a couple of years back, I had a decent swim, and 8km's into the ride, hit a pothole which shattered my front and back Zipp 404 tubbies, I could not ride more than 30km/h I was pedaling against a clack clack clack sound and heavy resistance, I decided the wheels were insured and i was here to finish, not back down, so i rode on, this half powered machine, cyclist could hear me way before I reached them LOL, with about 17km's to go my back wheel burst from a splinter chard of carbon going into it, I carried on riding on the damaged rims, when I turned corners I looked like a speedway racer sliding all the way from one side of the road to the other with no traction, but I was very stubborn that day and just pushed on, had some close calls. I woke the entire spectator crowd as I came in with my noise making machine, but managed to finish the ride in just under 3hrs with a total time of 5h37 for the race. Was a long hard slow day for me, over an hour more than usual, but I was dam happy for finishing. It was a better feeling than my podium moments.

Stubborn YES.

Determined Yes.

 

What an anecdote!

 

A race within a race. It' true. Those are the moments.

Edited December 15, 2011 by ' Dale

[GuyP]

The 1230Km Paris-Brest-Paris in August!

 

It was the toughest thing I had ever done, probably mainly because I was so unprepared.

 

Looking forward to doing the next one in 2015, properly this time

[b-rad]

The 1230Km Paris-Brest-Paris in August!

 

It was the toughest thing I had ever done, probably mainly because I was so unprepared.

 

Looking forward to doing the next one in 2015, properly this time

 

WOW congrats that is one of the events I hope to do one day. what sort of training did you do?

['Dale]

WOW congrats that is one of the events I hope to do one day. what sort of training did you do?

Yeah!

That's pretty special.

[GuyP]

WOW congrats that is one of the events I hope to do one day. what sort of training did you do?

 

Thanks!

 

It's most-certainly a must do, not necessarily for the pain , but for the sheer camaraderie and the 24hr support of zillions of French spectators. There were 5200 entrants from 55 countries this year!

 

You've just got to get the miles in, not only lots of short 200Km or 300Km rides at a time, but a good few 400Km and 600Km non-stop rides too. It helps to do at least one 1000Km about a month before the ride too, to get your head ready.

[GuyP]

Yeah!

That's pretty special.

 

['Dale]

Thanks!

 

It's most-certainly a must do, not necessarily for the pain , but for the sheer camaraderie and the 24hr support of zillions of French spectators. There were 5200 entrants from 55 countries this year!

 

You've just got to get the miles in, not only lots of short 200Km or 300Km rides at a time, but a good few 400Km and 600Km non-stop rides too. It helps to do at least one 1000Km about a month before the ride too, to get your head ready.

[Tiny K]

I don't really have any super duper achievements for 2011 IMO.

 

Did the DC in 6:26 with a great team, compared to 9:10 in 2010.

Finished all my races within 15 minutes of the winner (starting from the PPA alphabet soup)

Jumped from X to J from Spring 2009 to the end of Summer 2010 and J to B in Spring 2011 (Started cycling in Oct 2009)

Did a sub 3 for this year's Argus (2nd attempt - 1st was 3:41).

Got great results from my spring season even though the majority of my training has been weekend to weekend racing.

[Tiny K]

Thanks!

 

It's most-certainly a must do, not necessarily for the pain , but for the sheer camaraderie and the 24hr support of zillions of French spectators. There were 5200 entrants from 55 countries this year!

 

You've just got to get the miles in, not only lots of short 200Km or 300Km rides at a time, but a good few 400Km and 600Km non-stop rides too. It helps to do at least one 1000Km about a month before the ride too, to get your head ready.

 

**** that is crazy..... in the league of F.R.A.I.L

[GuyP]

**** that is crazy..... in the league of F.R.A.I.L

 

It would be easy for FRAIL, and imagine the different type of fundraising he could do in an international context. CHOC asked if I wouldn't ride PBP 2015 in a cow suit!!!

[Lucky Luke.]

Thanks!

 

It's most-certainly a must do, not necessarily for the pain , but for the sheer camaraderie and the 24hr support of zillions of French spectators. There were 5200 entrants from 55 countries this year!

 

You've just got to get the miles in, not only lots of short 200Km or 300Km rides at a time, but a good few 400Km and 600Km non-stop rides too. It helps to do at least one 1000Km about a month before the ride too, to get your head ready.

 

Guy, you say you felt you were not properly prepared.. did you do multiple 400 & 600 km rides and then a non-stop 1000km ride before the event? That has got to be anything from 35-40 hours of riding x_x

 

I'm guessing you were not working a standard 40 hour week when preparing for the event?

[GuyP]

Guy, you say you felt you were not properly prepared.. did you do multiple 400 & 600 km rides and then a non-stop 1000km ride before the event? That has got to be anything from 35-40 hours of riding x_x

 

I'm guessing you were not working a standard 40 hour week when preparing for the event?

 

Well, I was working anywhere between 12hrs and 15hrs a day , so I only had weekends to ride. Then on weekends, it was sometimes nerve-wracking riding long lonely roads in SA alone during the daytime, and I never had the nerve to ride through the night alone, so I was constrained by about 250Km a pop.

 

As part of qualifying though, you have to do a 200Km, a 300Km, a 400Km and a 600Km, the latter of which will take a good 30hrs to 35hrs, depending on things like WIND, and whether you choose to take a quick snooze somewhere as you have a 40hr time limit to complete the 600Km!

[Lucky Luke.]

Well, I was working anywhere between 12hrs and 15hrs a day , so I only had weekends to ride. Then on weekends, it was sometimes nerve-wracking riding long lonely roads in SA alone during the daytime, and I never had the nerve to ride through the night alone, so I was constrained by about 250Km a pop.

 

As part of qualifying though, you have to do a 200Km, a 300Km, a 400Km and a 600Km, the latter of which will take a good 30hrs to 35hrs, depending on things like WIND, and whether you choose to take a quick snooze somewhere as you have a 40hr time limit to complete the 600Km!

 

Sounds crazy, I guess your best bet is to find someone else who is doing it to train with. I think Andrew Wheeldon who lives in CT gave it a go, although I'm not sure how he did.

[GuyP]

Sounds crazy, I guess your best bet is to find someone else who is doing it to train with. I think Andrew Wheeldon who lives in CT gave it a go, although I'm not sure how he did.

 

He was part of the SA contingent, but had a crash during the earlier stages that sadly ruled out his ride!

[rpedro]

3 giro prolight helmets in less than 2 months. Seem to be falling alot :-D Just glad they have a crash replacement policy ;-)