94.7 Cycle Challenge 2013

[Mats]

I think it was Tom Jenkins drive that put her in that bad mood.

 

Which one was this?

[Cav']

 

 

on the M1

Lol, i'll organize an old roadbike and drop you on the M1...????

[DIPSLICK]

Yip that's why for me 2:45 is just a peg in the ground haven't ridden a road bike since last 94.7. So maybe i should get on it and see what it feels like before i make to many plans.

 

mmmm what was your last 94.7 time???

[Escapee..]

Lol, i'll organize an old roadbike and drop you on the M1...

 

Not again!

[eddy]

mmmm what was your last 94.7 time???

 

The problem with this question is that mine was 2:40 something, but it was 10 years of eating, drinking and good married life ago.

 

oh, and the "something" in the 2:40 something was 9 minutes and 50 seconds.. :blush:

[Cav']

 

 

Not again!

Nah, we'll stick together the N14 is a f up solo.

[Mats]

Nah, we'll stick together the N14 is a f up solo.

 

I will be sitting on Wyatt's wheel the whole way.

[Cav']

 

 

I will be sitting on Wyatt's wheel the whole way.

That if he doesnt stop 5 times to take a few pics...

[Iron]

doing this fun ride again on my SS mtb .

 

anyone else keen to join ?

[Mats]

That if he doesnt stop 5 times to take a few pics...

 

I don't care how many times we stops. As long as he drags me over that line in under 3 hours.

He should be running out of new photo sites soon.

As he has been training all over jnb and pta.

[jcza]

doing this fun ride again on my SS mtb .

 

anyone else keen to join ?

 

Start group?

[Cav']

doing this fun ride again on my SS mtb .

 

anyone else keen to join ?

Last year you did a sub 3 on the SS MTB with knobbies right?

[Iron]

Start group?

 

F , only road race i ever do

[Iron]

Last year you did a sub 3 on the SS MTB with knobbies right?

 

Correct

[Iron]

I don't care how many times we stops. As long as he drags me over that line in under 3 hours.

He should be running out of new photo sites soon.

As he has been training all over jnb and pta.

 

you do know this will happen in under 3 .

 

make sure you are wearing your " AF *** " panties for the day .

[Bianchisti]

I foresee one problem with this. Not sure if it works this way with cycling but it absolutely does with marathon and ultra distance running.

 

Say you are at best capable of 2:50 but you go through half way at 2:45 pace you are going to k@k for the second half and will probably finish outside 3 Hours as you pay back big time over the hilly second half.

 

If you go through at 2:55 pace, you may be strong enough to make it up over the second half and could finish in 2:52.

Obviously the ideal would be to know your ideal pace and stick to the appropriate intensity level to give you your 2:50, but I suspect not many of us have enough data to predict what that is for any given race.

 

Comments ?

 

As others have said, 0245 is just a peg in the ground. Gives an indication of how hard we want to set off (if nothing else). I don’t really look at the time splits at certain points. Its more about getting into a group which ultimately dictates where I will be at set markers anyway. That is the BIG difference between cycling and road running. When you are at best capable of say 2:50 a good group can easily drag you to a 02:30

 

The idea is just have an agreement in place and set off working together. I agree if you just holding on for dear life over the first 50kms you can pay a high price over the second half but it can also work the other way. So it’s up to everyone to decide if they want to give up a group after 20kms and wait for the next wheel instead.

 

I’d 02:45 as well. All it means is that we want to get in the front and mix things up with the rest up there.