NotSoBigBen Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Advise him with some advice.Full throttle I say. Yip, you would also say nows the time to give full gas in your training. You only got 2 and a bit weeks left You pilkunnussija you
Wyatt Earp Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Yip, you would also say nows the time to give full gas in your training. You only got 2 and a bit weeks left You pilkunnussija you
Nobbly Tire Boy Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 done it 4 times...... and my tip is that you dont get paid to do this. Make sure you are having fun, cause if you are not, you are doing something wrong! oh, and btw, the WEAKER rider on the DAY, must ride at the front, irrespective of wind direction or ego. puff adder 1
Kona Kula Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Wear 2 pairs of pants if your bum starts to hurt. If your bum gets sore go to the 'bum clinic'.
two hands Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Done 5, aiming for 6 this year... Clean kit every day. Look after your partner. Enjoy it. Look after your bike. Ride thicker sidewalled tyres. Take something savoury to eat. Enjoy it. Eat on the hour, every hour. Pause to soak in the scenery. Get a massage everyday. Nap. Enjoy it. Pause to soak in the atmosphere. Chat to a foreigner. Ask a pro something you've always wanted to know, however stupid it sounds. Watch the day's video highlights. Watch the flyover route description every night. Repeat x 8. puff adder 1
Gravity Sux Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 I have been training since October and do about 13hr-15hrs a week, intervals (killarney)/long LSD rides/Hills and races. I just want to finish this damn thing. I am generally close to top 100 for Sani and seeded D for PPA, top 20% Attakwas so I can ride a bit but no racing snake. I really do not know what the 'depth' of talent will be for the Epic so we are in dark as to where we want to come. Thank you for all the advise, some really good ones! If you are around top 100 at Sani (race) and you are in shape you can probably expect something similar (or at least you will be in top 200). Nice place to be as you are not threatened by cutoffs, you start in the first 1/3 each day and you will not typically get caught up too much in slow sections. Enjoy the ride
Gravity Sux Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 The best piece of advise I was given was START EVERY DAY, doesn't matter how bad you feel! Then my advice, focus on one day at a time don't worry too much about that big stage that's coming ...... Someone told me about a team that had an agreement that they would ride to the first waterpoint every day (if they were going to bail it would be there). If you just want to make it this is probably the best advice you can get. You don't start too hard and by the time you get to the first waterpoint you are into the day. If you are going to hit a low mentally it is likely to be the morning of day 4. Just work through it. From there it starts getting better.
Gravity Sux Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 Ride everyday as if it's your last, full tilt at at least 90 % of your max. You've finished how many?
Wyatt Earp Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 You've finished how many? Three, three years in a row.I am not a distance guy, I prefer sprinting in circles for a few hours, like a dog chasing his own tail.
G-Unit Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Epic getting close now - any guesses on the weather?Looking at photos in the Argus thread, CT looks hot and dry. I also heard about some fires in the Robertson area.Oh boy...
Spark Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Done 5, aiming for 6 this year... Clean kit every day. Look after your partner. Enjoy it. Look after your bike. Ride thicker sidewalled tyres. Take something savoury to eat. Enjoy it. Eat on the hour, every hour. Pause to soak in the scenery. Get a massage everyday. Nap. Enjoy it. Pause to soak in the atmosphere. Chat to a foreigner. Ask a pro something you've always wanted to know, however stupid it sounds. Watch the day's video highlights. Watch the flyover route description every night. Repeat x 8.Done 3 .This is super advice. Also, don't go hard at the start
straatvark Posted March 18, 2012 Posted March 18, 2012 Epic getting close now - any guesses on the weather?Looking at photos in the Argus thread, CT looks hot and dry. I also heard about some fires in the Robertson area.Oh boy... Is there any other sources of long term weather prediction of the CE week? Here it seems it might be a wet start, but changing rapidly every 3 hours http://www.yr.no/place/South_Africa/Western_Cape/Worcester/long.html Temperature - My big fear.... Busy packing and also affect the use of my 23 kg luggage allowance...
Sports Massage Therapists Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Book a well deserved daily massage...........you'll need it...........proven to help you recover for the next grueling day. Gill0836449011sportstherapists@gmail.com
banna Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Book a well deserved daily massage...........you'll need it...........proven to help you recover for the next grueling day. Amen. Not sure how it works, but it does. Just bliksems eina on that massage table.
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