slabs Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 This year the ride has at least 3 contenders that can challenge the record and they are all leaving in the same batch. Follow this blog: http://glennharrisonsa.blogspot.com/ If you wanted to know what it takes to win this race, this is one of Alex Harris's training rides: A day in the life of Alex Harris: Final stats were: 30 laps of northcliff from home = 5064m ascent, 11hrs 00.24 time and, surprisingly, 161,7 kms." One lap was from the parking lot on beyers/olivias to the apex of the road at the top of northcliff, and back to the parking" 1 lap was = 4.9kms and roughly 165m ascent. I was averaging about 16mins up and 4 down. So 3 laps per hour"
DirtyFrank Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 This year the ride has at least 3 contenders that can challenge the record and they are all leaving in the same batch. Follow this blog: http://glennharrisonsa.blogspot.com/ If you wanted to know what it takes to win this race, this is one of Alex Harris's training rides: A day in the life of Alex Harris: Final stats were: 30 laps of northcliff from home = 5064m ascent, 11hrs 00.24 time and, surprisingly, 161,7 kms." One lap was from the parking lot on beyers/olivias to the apex of the road at the top of northcliff, and back to the parking" 1 lap was = 4.9kms and roughly 165m ascent. I was averaging about 16mins up and 4 down. So 3 laps per hour" RESPECT Keithc 1
sometime Posted June 13, 2012 Posted June 13, 2012 This year the ride has at least 3 contenders that can challenge the record and they are all leaving in the same batch. Follow this blog: http://glennharrisonsa.blogspot.com/ If you wanted to know what it takes to win this race, this is one of Alex Harris's training rides: A day in the life of Alex Harris: Final stats were: 30 laps of northcliff from home = 5064m ascent, 11hrs 00.24 time and, surprisingly, 161,7 kms." One lap was from the parking lot on beyers/olivias to the apex of the road at the top of northcliff, and back to the parking" 1 lap was = 4.9kms and roughly 165m ascent. I was averaging about 16mins up and 4 down. So 3 laps per hour" I have done multiple laps on Northcliff as part of my hill training but I cannot imagine doing that 30 times and for 11 hours - respect indeed!
duringd Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Glenn Harrison has withdrawn, anybody know what happened?
NotSoBigBen Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Freedom Trail @freedom_trail Glenn has reluctantly withdrawn due to illness
TYGA Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 I'm sure there'll be some news on his blog shortly. http://glennharrisonsa.blogspot.com/2012
slabs Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 I'm sure there'll be some news on his blog shortly. http://glennharrison...ogspot.com/2012 He had flu a week or so before the race and obviously has not recovered well enough. So it is up to Martin Dreyer and Alex Harris to get there in 10 days or so. Two of them are already playing cat and mouse, but seems like the endurance man (Dreyer) may be stronger in the long run. Yet long way to go still. Two of them did 160km yesterday, slept for less than 5 hrs and were on their way again.
Shebeen Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 martin dreyer has made it to rhodes in 2 days and 7 hours. he probably slept/stopped at support stations for about 8 of those hours, but the stats are:riding time - 47 hoursdistance - 460kmaltitude gain - 14 000m pretty insane. Dan Dob 1
slabs Posted June 21, 2012 Author Posted June 21, 2012 New benchmark for Ride to Rhodes set by Martin Dreyer: 2 days, 7 hours, 50 mins!
Slowbee Posted June 21, 2012 Posted June 21, 2012 New benchmark for Ride to Rhodes set by Martin Dreyer: 2 days, 7 hours, 50 mins! oh my google !!!
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