Acerunner Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Ok, so can we all agree that this was the toughest epic ever? Goeie moer dit was hard!
Long Wheel Base Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 If its not on STRAVA it didn't happen . But in all seriousness I believe some guys have been uploading to strava despite being asked not to.
RABUBI Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 If its not on STRAVA it didn't happen . But in all seriousness I believe some guys have been uploading to strava despite being asked not to. So that's why I could not follow any of my friends.
Long Wheel Base Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 So that's why I could not follow any of my friends.Ja as quite a lot of the trails are private land they ask not to load for public viewing.
GoLefty!! Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Ok, so can we all agree that this was the toughest epic ever? Goeie moer dit was hard! wouldn't know as I didn't ride it. But if you did and it was the hardest one you've ever done then Chapo on finishing. At the end of the day its only as hard as it is in your mind
_C50_ Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 2008 stands out...please correct me if I'm wrong The last one from Knysna to Cape Town. It was a mother...
Velouria Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 The hardest ride is the one you've most recently completed, and for me, that was today's 17km ride into work. When you're on the limit, you're on the limit - it doesn't really matter how far or how many metres you've climbed. The 100kg guy crawling along at 6km/h is hurting just as much as the race snakes flying up the hills (and for probably longer), be it 2005 or 2015. Comparisons like this are pointless.
Shebeen Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 it hasn't got any harder since you asked the same thing yesterday! https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/149052-toughest-epic-ever/
Eldron Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Hardest is such a difficult measure! From the above info 2008 was looong at 36 hours but meters climbed per km was lowest and average speed highest. 2013 has the most climbing and slowest average speed so that looks like the hardest. This excludes the weather though which would reduce average speed. It also excludes condition of trail - 100km of district road is much different to 100km of cattle trail etc. So in conclusion - it's near on impossible and pretty pointless to guess which is the "hardest".
rudi-h Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 it hasn't got any harder since you asked the same thing yesterday! https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/149052-toughest-epic-ever/ clearly acerunner is looking for something... starting two threads in different languages about how tough he is! maybe admin should start a grouphug forum for this strange post event condition? anyway, i'm sure it was tough, good on finishing!
Shebeen Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 we have a saying in adventure racing. Not every kilometre was created equal....the numbers only tell a bit of the story
Gerry Hattrick Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 From the Epic website: Mike Nixon has finished every one of the 12 Absa Cape Epics. He has also climbed Mount Everest (and probably wrestled grizzly bears sometime too).So when he says the 2015 Absa Cape Epic was one of the toughest of all you had better take note. Covered in dust from head to toe, Nixon limped into the hospitality lounge after crossing the Grand Finale finish line at Meerendal. “That was one of the toughest final stages I’ve done. Everthing was into the wind today,” he said about the Grand Finale’s 92km course, which included two tough climbs. “And we were confronted with swirling wind the entire race … coming at us from one way or another,” he said. “The wind gods knew we were coming.” Asked whether this might have been the toughest Absa Cape Epic yet, Nixon thought a while and said: “One of the toughest three, definitely.” “Every day was tough for a different reason. Even the so-called ‘free kilometres’ weren’t free because of sand, rocks, wind or rain,” said Nixon. Several other competitors also cursed Mother Nature, who appeared to turn her back on them this year and dished up a series of tough conditions from Stage 1’s rain through to exceptionally dusty sections and finally a headwind for much of the final stage.
GoLefty!! Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 clearly acerunner is looking for something... starting two threads in different languages about how tough he is! maybe admin should start a grouphug forum for this strange post event condition? anyway, i'm sure it was tough, good on finishing! Its has a name PTES Post traumatic Epic Syndrome
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