PPC Kremetart one day stage Race 8th June (MTB 9th June)

[jcza]

You can ride harder than you normally would for a 175 km event, plenty of time to recover between stages.

Bring warm kit, it can be freezing before 7 am on that loooong descent and there is a tog bag truck to pack your kit into.

A few gels should last you as there is so much food between stages.

 

See you there!

Yes... Please push the girl wearing Cow kit (or maybe even a Cow suit) and her friend up the hill ;-)

 

Take the first stage easy-ies and the rest will be a walk in the park. Stay hydrated because even though it's quite chilly you need those fluids. Eat something, even just a small something, at each of the rest stops. Don't forget the OBS table just before the tunnel on stage 1. Smile and enjoy the ride :-D

 

Much appreciated - I wasn't going to pack anything warm cause its near the equator. Looking forward to it, see you guys there

[Fomo]

First timer as well.

 

what do you guys do during the rest stops. i had a break during my ride last weekend and when i started riding again my legs felt slow and crap.

 

how much should i eat during the breaks

 

any tips or advice.

[EZRider]

First timer as well.

 

what do you guys do during the rest stops. i had a break during my ride last weekend and when i started riding again my legs felt slow and crap.

 

how much should i eat during the breaks

 

any tips or advice.

 

You are going to end up resting at least 30 mins between stages (depending how fast you are) so there isn't much you can do about cooling down. Trying to stick to the front bunch will warm you up plenty quick!

I eat quite a bit between stages but then I am greedy. Vegetable soup, muffin and coffee for breakfast after stage one (that warm soup is great after a cold start), plate of pasta for lunch and snacks (peanuts, sweets) between stages 3 and 4.

Add a few gels for on the bike and you should be good to go.

Edited May 27, 2013 by TZmtb

[Blue Monster]

So haw many of us are first timers?

My brother & I are both first timers.

Looking forward to everything after 9.4km

[jcza]

You are going to end up resting at least 30 mins between stages (depending how fast you are) so there isn't much you can do about cooling down. Trying to stick to the front bunch will warm you up plenty quick!

I eat quite a bit between stages but then I am greedy. Vegetable soup, muffin and coffee for breakfast after stage one (that warm soup is great after a cold start), plate of pasta for lunch and snacks (peanuts, sweets) between stages 3 and 4.

Add a few gels for on the bike and you should be good to go.

 

It seems easy to underestimate this race or is it just me?

[Blue Monster]

It seems easy to underestimate this race or is it just me?

I don't it is easy to underestimate a 9.4km climb on cold legs, and a 175km race distance

[EZRider]

 

 

It seems easy to underestimate this race or is it just me?

 

I'm aiming for a 5:20 which should be manageable. It's a lot easier than Panorama unless you are planning on a very fast time.

The two climbs are nothing too hectic and if the wind blows there are lots of bunches to hide in.

If you are unfit or not used to five hours saddle time you are going to hurt!

[jcza]

I don't it is easy to underestimate a 9.4km climb on cold legs, and a 175km race distance

 

We'll find out soon enough I guess - see you at the start

[jcza]

I'm aiming for a 5:20 which should be manageable. It's a lot easier than Panorama unless you are planning on a very fast time.

The two climbs are nothing too hectic and if the wind blows there are lots of bunches to hide in.

If you are unfit or not used to five hours saddle time you are going to hurt!

 

Thanks TZ - mass start then? No batching?

[Wannabe]

There is batching.

[Spinnekop]

Hardest of them stages, #3. Last final km will kill you. Just trust me on this one.

[Wannabe]

Hardest of them stages, #3. Last final km will kill you. Just trust me on this one.

 

S'true!!

[slowpoke]

If you are not used to eating mid-way on a ride then stick to things like the soup and maybe bring some shakes in your tog bag. The top 1/3 of the first climb, the end of stage 3 and the one little climb on the last stage are the places to keep your mind in check. Once you are over that last bump it's clear sailing to the finish line.

 

Support from the locals in phenomenal and none of you first timers will ever regret the cost of travel, the accomodation, the time traveling etc. All of that effort and cost is nothing (repeat x10 "nothing") compared the the best cycling experience in SA.

[Blue Monster]

A question for those of you who have done the first hill before, on a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is it?

Trying to prepare myself for it in advance.

[Joe Low]

A question for those of you who have done the first hill before, on a scale of 1 to 10, how bad is it?

Trying to prepare myself for it in advance.

5 - longish but very do-able; hit a rythmn and it goes by quite easily.

 

And I'm not young or light or a lover of hills.

[Wannabe]

Not too bad a climb (in the vein of Hekpoort climb) It is tough because of the cold legs you start on.

 

Best of whole weekend is the fantabulous Potjie kos evening. Lots of different potjies (beef, lamb, kudu, etc) around the bonfires with live music. And then the Sunday on the way out of town you get stopped and handed a hamper of yoghurt and fresh fruit and then bid a safe journey home.