Best argus: no (or min) training

[nuge]

That's me in my first Argus. One at ... what's it called, Ocean View? (A misnomer, like Lavendar Hill.) One coming out of Noordhoek. Another somewhere on Chappies. Now I carry Nocorettes and just use the thought of a ciggie as a good motivation to finish faster (not that I do).

good for you, and next time you fly past in the opposite direction while riding through salt river: wave.

[Seeker911]

Did a 3h10 with a total of 3 rides of 50km each in the 8 weeks prior to the race. BUT did lots of running beforehand though ....

[Shebeen]

That's me in my first Argus. One at ... what's it called, Ocean View? (A misnomer, like Lavendar Hill.) One coming out of Noordhoek. Another somewhere on Chappies. Now I carry Nocorettes and just use the thought of a ciggie as a good motivation to finish faster (not that I do).

no no, you can actually see the ocean from there if you stood on the roof of your house.

now lavender hill, there is no hill and (unless lavender is a streetword for some narcotics) not much in the way of plants there either.

down the road you had what they called Vrygrond....it got changed to the more appropriate Seawinds recently.

[LeTurbo]

good for you, and next time you fly past in the opposite direction while riding through salt river: wave.

 

Flying past? Bwahahaha! Then it has to be someone else, Nuge. You're the one who does the flying.

 

But I didn't wave? Sorry 'bout that! I usually try to at least do a nod, or a "Morning!", or a flap of the hand ... unless I see some **** pedestrian about to do the dumb things that **** pedestrians do best.

[b-rad]

Got married in 2009 and got back from honeymoon in Thailand 5 days before the race. Rode a 3:20something from A but it was hard. Hard isn't even beginning to describe how *** it was

 

some would say that is training too

[Sammajoor]

some would say that is training too

 

Getting rid of extra weight???

[A Jay]

Jan 2009.....decided that i would like to do the Argus before i was 50. So in Feb, bought an old fixer-upper bike, did a substitution entry , repaired the bike , tested it around the block and did the argus in 7hrs...that time includes stopping for 4 massages - not bad in my opinion for someone who last cycled when he was at school in 1977

Edited February 8, 2012 by A Jay

[scotty]

For my first Argus in 2000 i bought a R399 Makro MTB bike beginning January, training consisted of a few 10km neighborhood rides and 2 longer rides of 35km and 60km. The 60 km ride took me around 3 hours so i banked on riding 5 hours for the Argus. This was the first time they included Ou Kaapse weg in the route and close on 7 hours later i wobbled over the end.