Stretch Posted December 4, 2015 Share Who is going to be at the finish line tomorrow? It would be cool if there were a big crowd to cheer the winner over the line. couple beers, camp chair... anytime from 5 till 9 in the morning i reckon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-Boy Posted December 4, 2015 Share If I was GU I would wait for JN to arrive at the race village and leave as he gets there. This leaves JN with two choices either keep going without rest or rest knowing that with every minute of rest the gap increases.Even if JN doesnt stop and carries on going then he would be reeled in quite quickly by GU having had a little rest.Still at this point of the race psychological stuff can really mess with a person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky4130 Posted December 4, 2015 Share What was Entry fee this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtrider Posted December 4, 2015 Share What was Entry fee this year?only R12000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubed Posted December 4, 2015 Share the reason there are so few updates is probably because that area is like the farside of the moon - no cellphone coverage - its one of the best features of the area - no pinging phones, just silence the tracker system is great although delayed gratification for us, I think Erik Vermuelen is probably finding more epic photo ops than he can handle - awesome pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted December 4, 2015 Share quick bets on if john is going to ride through...i say yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted December 4, 2015 Share This is the rampage of cross country. Had no idea it would be this cool to "watch". Smokey and the Bandit ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the nerd Posted December 4, 2015 Share quick bets on if john is going to ride through...i say yes If he does I think it will be a mistake. Heat of the day and no rest to speak of. How much longer will his body keep up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted December 4, 2015 Share Smokey and the Bandit ........ Cannonball Run... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlvN Posted December 4, 2015 Share Well it would seem like JN has parked out of town with 4kays to go, seeing as the fricken tracker is not updating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarHugger Posted December 4, 2015 Share I was busy testing some soccer players.....what's happening ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
River Rat Posted December 4, 2015 Share Even if JN doesnt stop and carries on going then he would be reeled in quite quickly by GU having had a little rest.Still at this point of the race psychological stuff can really mess with a person.The stats show that JN stopped for an aggregate of 7hrs 40 ( GN 8:39 and counting) I would be surprised if did not find some kip in that time. Perhaps his strategy is short well interspersed catnaps. More telling is moving the time average speed of GN 20.4 km/hr vs JN's 19.5 km/hr. With that GU can getting at least 1 hours more sleep than JN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted December 4, 2015 Share well it seems JN has found a bed at the Sutherland hotel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarHugger Posted December 4, 2015 Share i know what u mean...... but If my suspicions regarding his cleat positions are correct his calves are not doing much workAll that expert speculation from a poor low resolution pic......Swissvan for the win Munga #2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenGraham Posted December 4, 2015 Share The stats show that JN stopped for an aggregate of 7hrs 40 ( GN 8:39 and counting) I would be surprised if did not find some kip in that time. Perhaps his strategy is short well interspersed catnaps. More telling is moving the time average speed of GN 20.4 km/hr vs JN's 19.5 km/hr. With that GU can getting at least 1 hours more sleep than JN.So you're saying he sleeps for so little time that it barely registers on his graph. quite something. I wonder if in future people doing this race will find someway to have little micro sleeps while riding. I know I've dropped into deep sleep and actually dreamt in an eye blink. It was alarming to say the least. In teams of two I can imagine a relay of sorts. On long straight stretches this would theoretically be possible. If people can pull 360s of 6 story drops in utah I'm pretty sure some equivalent madness gets applied to events at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted December 4, 2015 Share sleeping next to each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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