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Second Argus entered, provisional seeding Group G, Goal: Sub 3:15 :whistling:

I think I will attempt 3:15 as well. Good Luck!
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Second Argus entered, provisional seeding Group G, Goal: Sub 3:15 :whistling:

 

provisional seeding?? The entries have not even closed? Seeding only in Feb next year

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provisional seeding?? The entries have not even closed? Seeding only in Feb next year

 

Added 'provisional' cause i'm hoping there's maybe another seeding race available before The Argus :D

Stand to be corrected...

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Just entered my son and myself. I did 2 so far, but it will be my son's first. It will be 2 weeks before his 14th birthday. He is super excited about cycling and chose to go to Parel Vallei HS next year because they have a cycling team. He wants to do the Spur Series.

 

Here he is fooling around on my MTB...

 

 

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Yes, but with sizes of the bunches, the narrow roads through Kalkbay etc, and the resultant bottlenecks, that "advantage" is neutralised to a great degree.

This year the bottle neck in my group through Kalkbay was so bad, we stood still for at least a minute at the Boyesdrive/Main road junction at the Harbour. Up to there it was very arratic riding, and even more so after, as the bunch grew even bigger.

 

Yea thats why your start bunch is so important when aiming for a sub 3.

 

 

With geat weather and including Boyes drive you have a shot at sub 3 up to C bunch.

 

With great weather and no Boyes drive you have a shot at sub 3 up to D bunch and maaaybe E if there are some eager beavers working from the get go.

 

Furher back than that ... keep the dream alive and try again the following year .... whooopla?

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Ha, yes, I know, but that guy is a freak. He's a Olympic walker, so he doesn't count ;)

 

I also went and had a look at some of the groups further down and there are lots of people who came within 5 minutes or so of that sub-3.

 

Quite impressed.

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Entry done and dusted! PPA, racetec and argus entry all paid together, nogal eina on the bugdet...

My 1st Argus. Saw this section on PPA when I entered just ignored it. I got confirmation after paying for my entry. Is PPA membership compulsory?
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My 1st Argus. Saw this section on PPA when I entered just ignored it. I got confirmation after paying for my entry. Is PPA membership compulsory?

 

No. Not compulsory.

However, there's a 10% or so discount and a PPA starting group which is earlier than the last groups if you are 'unseeded'.

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Just picked up my New PPA number and for some reason between finishing up my season last year, not racing (not that there were any races bar the Knysna) and now... I've managed to drop 2 groups. That sucks.

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entered first. We planning to join a bunch of guys and cycle from vic falls to ct in 2 weeks.

Rest the saturday and then do the race on sunday.

 

Super amped cant wait.

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Just received confirmation on 20 x Corporate tickets, I ordered on Friday afternoon (with the ticket sales going so fast I almost thought that I'm going to miss it next year)

My 2nd and cant wait, its a great event.

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I wanna do it on a tandem next year, if anyone know of a tandem standing around? Or if someone is willing to rent theirs!

 

22nd one for me, doin it on the tandem with my daughter. my son still trying for a sub 3.

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