carbon29er Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 Did a search using the fantastic hub forum search tool and nothing came up so I started another. My bad. Imagine seeing these hills after 4,500km into a 5,500km race. Leader now at 4,100km
carbon29er Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 I love the fact that riders are over 1,200km off the pace of the leader. Something to get your head around.
carbon29er Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 is cyclone debbie not affecting this ride ?The wind between Geelong and Melbourne hit 100+kph while Mike was riding there today. Just rode. Clearly not a CTCT woes.
Slowbee Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 The wind between Geelong and Melbourne hit 100+kph while Mike was riding there today. Just rode. Clearly not a CTCT woes. Ja, no wheel sucking allowed according to the rules.
GaryvdM Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Untitled.jpg so this is where JuJu is. Who knew he likes long distance cycling. Sorry to rain on your Malema joke, but Juliana's race story is worth checking out, if you have not been following the race closely. Juliana was one of the favorites for the woman's race. Initially she was doing well, but had to pull out of the race due to an allergic reaction at 1150km. She got the issue sorted out, and has now restarted the race. Not from where she stopped, but from the beginning! Hardcore!
GaryvdM Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 I love how these races negate physiological factors such as age and gender. 3rd position - Sarah Hammond - Female12th position - Mike Sheldrake - 59 years old46th position - Paul Ardill - 74 years old
Slowbee Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Sorry to rain on your Malema joke, but Juliana's race story is worth checking out, if you have not been following the race closely. Juliana was one of the favorites for the woman's race. Initially she was doing well, but had to pull out of the race due to an allergic reaction at 1150km. She got the issue sorted out, and has now restarted the race. Not from where she stopped, but from the beginning! Hardcore! :clap: :thumbup: read her story last night. what is interesting with this ride is how everyone is "buying" into the spirit of the ride. Her story is one of the many. And they are all awesome. Just need to win the lotto to buy a new back and fire the boss then I can ALLLLLL these rides.
GaryvdM Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 Imagine seeing these hills after 4,500km into a 5,500km race.PS1142.jpg So this race is actually relatively flat compared to other self supported ultra distance races. IndPac - 32 000m assent 5 500km long = 5.8 m assent / kmTransAm - 51 000m assent 6 700km long = 7.6 m assent / kmTrans Afrika - 30 000m assent 2 800km long = 10.7 m assent / kmTCR 2016 - 80 000 m assent 4 200km long = 19.0 m assent / km
carbon29er Posted March 28, 2017 Posted March 28, 2017 So this race is actually relatively flat compared to other self supported ultra distance races. IndPac - 32 000m assent 5 500km long = 5.8 m assent / kmTransAm - 51 000m assent 6 700km long = 7.6 m assent / kmTrans Afrika - 30 000m assent 2 800km long = 10.7 m assent / kmTCR 2016 - 80 000 m assent 4 200km long = 19.0 m assent / km All the climbing is crammed into the last 1,000km. Or at least 90% of it is. I think the different thing about the IPWR is the vast distances from Freemantle until Adelaide where there is just nothing. I caught the India Pacific railroad when I lived in Sydney. 2 1/2 days of red sand was the view just out of Perth to well east. One section of railway was dead straight for over 500km. Imagine being on a train that doesn't have any sideways movement.
carbon29er Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 Mike Hall has caught Kristof Allegeart at 4,533km ridden.
Slowbee Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 It looks like kristoff is resting and mike pushing on (his click link says 27km/hr)
GaryvdM Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 Mike Hall has caught Kristof Allegeart at 4,533km ridden. Trying to figure out how. It seems Mike pulled an all nighter, while Kristof had a longer than normal sleep.
GaryvdM Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 Apparently Kristof posted to social media that he overslept, but later deleted the post.
Slowbee Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 Apparently Kristof posted to social media that he overslept, but later deleted the post.shucks, wonder if he can make that up its a couple of km to catch it up. Especially if mike has to sleep
GaryvdM Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 shucks, wonder if he can make that up its a couple of km to catch it up. Especially if mike has to sleep Kristof is currently only 18km behind Mike. Less than an hours riding. I'm sure we are going to see the lead flip flop over the next day or so.
carbon29er Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 There were concerns Kristof's tracker had gone faulty as he had been static for some hours. Proved to be false as they found him where his tracker said he was, in a roadhouse having coffee. It's going to be be real cat and mouse from here, 20 km difference is nothing really with 3 days riding to go. It's like the old tales of escaped Tasmanian prisoners living in the bush. They dare not sleep as the first to sleep got eaten. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-11-21/pushed-to-the-edge-doco-reveals-tasmanias-cannibal/214416
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