Vetplant Posted July 20, 2017 Author Posted July 20, 2017 ooooohhhhh balls. Going over Tom Jenkins......Also over Wonderboom pass! And here I thought this was going to be relatively "flat". 1253m of total climbing I like the Full Road Closure part...
Vetplant Posted July 20, 2017 Author Posted July 20, 2017 I'll be there regardless. One of a very few hometown races. The N4 part out to Harties does not interest me, so will be doing the 60km route which has the nice sections.
Spinnekop Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 Also over Wonderboom pass! And here I thought this was going to be relatively "flat". 1253m of total climbing I like the Full Road Closure part...Soooo looking forward to this.Finally a race in SA with some gradient challenges in.
Vetplant Posted July 20, 2017 Author Posted July 20, 2017 Soooo looking forward to this.Finally a race in SA with some gradient challenges in. 947 has 1488m of climbing, which is a bit more than Tshwane. However, I think you are right in that the top gradients in the Tshwane Route are going to hurt big time. Gonna have to recon Tom Jenkins soon, which I fear is gonna burn deep!
Vetplant Posted July 20, 2017 Author Posted July 20, 2017 RJVR with the KoM, so no challenging that one any time soon...
bertusras Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 At least the Voortrekker one is from the less steep side Time to change my training plan, back to the hills I go!
Cav' Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 I like the route, Pity Klapperkop's excluded but will definitely do it.
Cav' Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 Looks good. Hope this will be a success.They'll have to advertise like crazy imo. (TV/Radio)
Bateleur1 Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 They'll have to advertise like crazy imo. (TV/Radio) Thats for sure. I more hope that on race day they have everything under control. Traffic management will be key. That part through "the Old HF Verwoerd" will be challanging. I assume it would be on a Sunday.
bertusras Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 Strava has it pegged just over 1000m elevation though https://www.strava.com/routes/9727800 Edit: There are a number of seriously busy exchanges/road that they'll need to close, not sure how this is going to work.
Cav' Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 Also over Wonderboom pass! This is going to be a very interesting climb.I sure hope there is a new KOM after the race. - PING SpinnekopStill think the guy who did it in that time 2:22 held on the a car or something.
Cav' Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 Strava has it pegged just over 1000m elevation though https://www.strava.com/routes/9727800 Edit: There are a number of seriously busy exchanges/road that they'll need to close, not sure how this is going to work.Would be happy to join a few guys to do the complete route recon one Sunday (Maybe in October)
bertusras Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 Tom Jenkins!! Gonna be lots of walkers up there! I drove down there in the car today and was shaking around like crazy. Going up it's going to be a tough one with the poor road condition added in.
Spinnekop Posted July 20, 2017 Posted July 20, 2017 947 has 1488m of climbing, which is a bit more than Tshwane. However, I think you are right in that the top gradients in the Tshwane Route are going to hurt big time. Gonna have to recon Tom Jenkins soon, which I fear is gonna burn deep!Short and sharp. Very rough Paris Roubaix cement surface. https://www.strava.com/segments/993878 9% avg with the steepest part around 30%.3min of suffering How hard can it be?
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