AmaShova 2014

[Skott5]

I did it with my boy as a fun ride. Well he was keen to give it a go after doing the 65 last year. Paid 380 ronts each ( I Know my fault - last minute dot com) but 380 ZARS - WTF !

Anyway we did the ride, on our MTB's in the howling wind. Was pround of my little guy for finishing, the last 20 kays hurt him.

How pathetic were the water tables for the okes at the back ?

Do they only cater for the racing snakes ?

[RooiWillie]

So.  I went on to last year's results and compared with this year.  Nolan and the boys were 7 minutes down on last year.  That is just under 5%.  So take off 5% from your time and that should give you a better reflection of what you could have achieved without the wind.  For me that is a 3.19 which is what I was hoping for.  I'm happy.

 

12 minutes then in my case... Plus another 11 minutes for a mechanical stop, water stop and p stop.

[Frosty]

Jeez, thats impressive.

My zones look nothing like that but then racing elite is never going to be a constant sustained effort.

 

My power zones look way better, but only for a feather-weight. Averaged 4.17W/KG for the whole race.

I just wonder how much riding a tandem would have affected the figures, compared to a single bike?

Or, how much my stoker carried me on sections I was really blown? I know I would never be able to sustain that pace for that long on my own.

 

Compared to my only other Amashova on a tandem, the figures are vastly different

 

Edit:

2010: TSS (284.9), IF (0.97)

2014: TSS (369.8), IF (1.02)

Both pulling from TrainingPeaks

 

My 2010 HRmax was calculated using 220-age, but 2014 was based on a LTHR field test in September.

[tombeej]

Bar last year's 94.7 where I decided its a good idea to tow **** around... nope.

 

However, I think it was not too bad to start in N - the little bit of a bunch that we had, got blown apart going up what strava calls Inchanga, and soon after that I lost my legs too... 

 

Eventually limped home in the wind @ 3:59:21 - I guess not bad for 3 weeks of training after losing weeks to wedding planning and honeymoon.

 

I will be back next year!

 

Ja that wind was definitely picking up as the day went on - must have been pumping by the time you got to DBN.

 

That Inchanga/Drummond/Bothas Hill section is deceptively hard when you're racing it .

 

If you do just a couple of seeding races next year, with that time you'll jump up a lot of batches.

[Spoke101]

I just wonder how much riding a tandem would have affected the figures, compared to a single bike?

Or, how much my stoker carried me on sections I was really blown? I know I would never be able to sustain that pace for that long on my own.

 

Compared to my only other Amashova on a tandem, the figures are vastly different

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Edit:

2010: TSS (284.9), IF (0.97)

2014: TSS (369.8), IF (1.02)

Both pulling from TrainingPeaks

 

My 2010 HRmax was calculated using 220-age, but 2014 was based on a LTHR field test in September.

Interesting figures, will need to have a closer look later. I have feeling the wind played a part.

 

My TSS was 288.8 and IF 1.09 with an avg power of 234 and Npower of 272 for a guy who tips the scales at 57kg.

 

For me the climbs were easier that the gutter grovelling.[emoji41]

 

Edit: also training peaks

[juanbotsis]

That's it.

Also with some blonde girl with camelback that made us all look stupid!

HAHA... that's so funny. Her name is Gaby and trains with us. We call her BEAST!!!

 

If you look at the results, there wasn't much between the winners and us in B batch driven and controlled by Tri-x Multisport Other than one of our mates breaking away at Harrison Flats and finishing with a 2:44 we brought B bunch in at 2:47

[JGR]

Had a rof day out there and missed my times by miles. Had to stop and vom twice, lost my group and basically solo'd the last 50kms

[RooiWillie]

Ja that wind was definitely picking up as the day went on - must have been pumping by the time you got to DBN.

 

That Inchanga/Drummond/Bothas Hill section is deceptively hard when you're racing it .

 

If you do just a couple of seeding races next year, with that time you'll jump up a lot of batches.

 

Ja for sure! I am looking at getting a couple in during the early parts of the year on the road bike, and then do the usual winter races on the MTB.

 

But after quite a long hiatus on the road bike, I enjoyed the racing (whilst it lasted and at my measly pace) - need to do that more often!

 

But now, I will help the wife to get to sub 4 on the 94.7.

[Stiglitz86]

For the amount of training I put in(more like didn`t put in) I am very happy with my 3:45 from E batch. First time in a long time that I have run out of water(just before the 75km mark), then cramped up like a MOFO at 95km(complete lockout cramp).

 

I feel very sorry for a guy i know, he started in BB did the ride on a 29inch mtb with knobblies and took 5:50, it was his first ever road ride, I doubt he will ever be back for another one.

[Spoke101]

I did it with my boy as a fun ride. Well he was keen to give it a go after doing the 65 last year. Paid 380 ronts each ( I Know my fault - last minute dot com) but 380 ZARS - WTF !

Anyway we did the ride, on our MTB's in the howling wind. Was pround of my little guy for finishing, the last 20 kays hurt him.

How pathetic were the water tables for the okes at the back ?

Do they only cater for the racing snakes ?

 

I do agree it is expensive, but as far as I know a large portion of the entry fee goes to paying for road closure.

As for the water tables i wouldn't know because us "racing snakes" don't stop.

 

HAHA... that's so funny. Her name is Gaby and trains with us. We call her BEAST!!!

 

If you look at the results, there wasn't much between the winners and us in B batch driven and controlled by Tri-x Multisport Other than one of our mates breaking away at Harrison Flats and finishing with a 2:44 we brought B bunch in at 2:47

 

This is just poking fun!!

 

I object to that statement.   "wasn't much between the winners and us in B batch".

There is a huge difference between shaving 20mins off a 4hr vs a 3hr for example the difficulty is exponential.

 

Although this has no relevance to "Finish Time" alone, the riding styles are very different.

Racing batches have no interest in time, they are there to win so the racing is very on/off, stop/start. Attack after attack that have to be counted, slamming on breaks on a climb only to have to kick is back up to 30km/k, the guys on the front putting everyone in the gutter, etc.

Where's open seeded batches usually ride for time at a steady tempo for the whole race, trying to always make there group bigger where we are trying to make it smaller.

 

If the pro's wanted to race for time and everyone worked together I would put money down on a sub 2hr.

[b-rad]

Fairly happy with my ride considering the longest ride I have done since Argus is 80ks with literally only a handful of 40k rides in the buildup. Was riding in the group of A riders which the front riders of B group caught. Managed to stick with this group until getting a puncture in Durban city- just decided to ride it in slowly on a flat so lost some time. Ended with a 2h53.

Seems conditions were tougher this year as I finished higher up in the field this year despite being about 7minutes slower than last year.

[Frosty]

I took a chance that the M13 would be opened by 14:00, so I drove up through Berea and eventually came out just before the M13 (west bound lanes) crosses the N2 - ROUTE STILL CLOSED. I got to watch the last few cyclists coming passed the Westwood (?) shopping centre (where SA Champs turned around) - have to feel for them... determined to finish irrespective.

 

Broken doesn't quite describe their facial expressions.

By the time I got to Stapleton offramp the M13 was open to traffic.

[juanbotsis]

I do agree it is expensive, but as far as I know a large portion of the entry fee goes to paying for road closure.

As for the water tables i wouldn't know because us "racing snakes" don't stop.

 

 

This is just poking fun!!

 

I object to that statement.   "wasn't much between the winners and us in B batch".

There is a huge difference between shaving 20mins off a 4hr vs a 3hr for example the difficulty is exponential.

 

Although this has no relevance to "Finish Time" alone, the riding styles are very different.

Racing batches have no interest in time, they are there to win so the racing is very on/off, stop/start. Attack after attack that have to be counted, slamming on breaks on a climb only to have to kick is back up to 30km/k, the guys on the front putting everyone in the gutter, etc.

Where's open seeded batches usually ride for time at a steady tempo for the whole race, trying to always make there group bigger where we are trying to make it smaller.

 

If the pro's wanted to race for time and everyone worked together I would put money down on a sub 2hr.

 

I was referring more to the number of riders rather than the times, and I know how the pro's race from when I used to start with the elites. Completely different to the way we race but also to the way we train. Which is why they are pro's and we are serious social riders

 

Without poking the bear, look how the elite ladies race, plod along until the final sprint which is why they don't go under 3hrs. This is why the ladies that rode with us in B were so much quicker than the elite ladies... Different race strategies

[jimmycool]

I really enjoyed my race, despite having a broken spoke just after the thornville turnoff and spending a few minutes roadside to re-true my back wheel and then getting stung by a bee on the Inchanga descent I ended up hauling my 109kg chunk of tar shredding muscle   to a time of 3:38 from batch F which was 5 mins faster than last year. I was Kinda hoping for a 3:30 but all things cosidered it wasn't too bad.

[Frosty]

 

 

Interesting figures, will need to have a closer look later. I have feeling the wind played a part.

 

My TSS was 288.8 and IF 1.09 with an avg power of 234 and Npower of 272 for a guy who tips the scales at 57kg.

 

For me the climbs were easier that the gutter grovelling.[emoji41]

 

Edit: also training peaks

57kg!

Dynamite DOES come in small packages

[Spoke101]

57kg!

Dynamite DOES come in small packages

Not when you 1.88m [emoji30]