94.7 race results

[Swift01]

Very easy, my results are like a YoYo depending on what i am riding and if i trained. One year a 3:40 odd the next 2:34 this year 4:17 (my longest one in 10years but then again if you saw the bike I rode for charity).

12 months is a long time to train. No EPO used by this chap in my opinion...

[EZRider]

2008: 3:13

 

Ice cream bike?

[Agteros]

 

you had a faulty chip ;-0

chip worked fine. Times verified against garmins/polar/whatever

[amoryns]

chip worked fine. Times verified against garmins/polar/whatever

 

faulty garmin ;-0

[Ferret69]

You did the Double laper in 2008 and 2011 without removing your Chip?

[IdeJongh]

Im guessing a cow perhaps....could be. (The choc kind not the dairy kind)

[Agteros]

Ice cream bike?

The 3:13 was done on a road bike, just after I started training & doing sport again. Started running in August that year. Got a MTB in September, and a road bike (from the hub) during the first week of November after substituting somebody's entry (from the hub). Rode 350km in total for training.

 

the 'long' rides were all single lap efforts

One helping somebody help somebody else to finish the race (started 9am), and the other with a humber starting in C ... Both of these slow rides were the result of HUGE effort. SO... neither effort , nor training equates to results

[amoryns]

i can do a little research and verify your statements :-)

 

joking......

[EZRider]

 

The 3:13 was done on a road bike, just after I started training & doing sport again. Started running in August that year. Got a MTB in September, and a road bike (from the hub) during the first week of November after substituting somebody's entry (from the hub). Rode 350km in total for training.

 

the 'long' rides were all single lap efforts

One helping somebody help somebody else to finish the race (started 9am), and the other with a humber starting in C ... Both of these slow rides were the result of HUGE effort. SO... neither effort , nor training equates to results

 

Yeah, spending 6 hrs on a bike hurts more than burning it for 3!

[Helpmytrap]

When I started cycling, I started in August. did the Telkom and Ofm and 94.7..... clocked 3h on it, so it's by no means impossible.

In another 100km race in Jozie I did a 3h30 one year and the same race a year later, under 2h30.

So yeah, a lot can happen in a year.

Last year after being off the bike for a year and a half, I started up again in August and rode a 2h40 at 94.7. So it's definitely possible.

[Agteros]

You did the Double laper in 2008 and 2011 without removing your Chip?

I tried doing a double lapper this year, but racing snake Cyclewizz refused to start lap two which left me starting it all alone. Eventually bailed the second lap at the intersection of Witkoppen and Malibongwe (just part 1/2 way). Turned left and went home. I felt like an imposter taking it easy in the last bunch, but still overtaking everybody. Different thing to do a 160km easy ride compared to racing 93.6 km and then wanting to do another 90 odd (turned out to be 65km) 'easy'

[Agteros]

i can do a little research and verify your statements :-) joking......

You're welcome to do it!

[amoryns]

ek grap net hoor

[Agteros]

ek grap net hoor

ek beter dus nie antwoord "aai man" nie?

[Jensie]

I rode VB and passed a couple of bunches that was riding slow and took up most of the road. Does anyone know why do they let these slow bunches start before the racing VETS?

[BCubed]

I went from avergae of 4:20 for the last 3 years to 3:35 this year, absolutely stoked !!! Estra training works well.