CogitoErgoSum Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 And again, what a genuine guy Schurter is. His comments on social media about Stirni seem genuinely sincere. Don't forget the effect the heat has on your internals. If your core temp rises, your gut will be affected first. A combined elevated core temp with a high sugar intake and less substantial food during race time will wreck you Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk
davetapson Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 epic lite. Below average distance, nearly shortest, below average ascent, probably least ever. Hard track? Doesn't seem particularly so. Data 2004 - 2018 Unfit folk finishing with time to spare. A challenge? I don't think so.
LeoKnight Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 Think it is a fine line between putting together a route that will be over the top difficult just for the sake of being difficult, and putting one together that is challenging but enjoyable. Also you never know with the weather, if we had extreme high temperatures we might have had similar situation as last year when a large amount of the riders fell out. A question from my side, how to judge the difficulty of the race, based on the drop-out rate, the km, the total ascent, the number of bike breakdowns, etc?
davetapson Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 It is as difficult as you make it. If it is shorter/flatter, you go faster. Let's make it 7 x 10km and ride like hell shall we?
davetapson Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 Think it is a fine line between putting together a route that will be over the top difficult just for the sake of being difficult, and putting one together that is challenging but enjoyable. Also you never know with the weather, if we had extreme high temperatures we might have had similar situation as last year when a large amount of the riders fell out. A question from my side, how to judge the difficulty of the race, based on the drop-out rate, the km, the total ascent, the number of bike breakdowns, etc? 1. That's what makes it a challenge. If there is bad weather, you must over-come. Or give up. 2. If everyone makes a cut off with time to spare on an easy day like to today, that's too easy.3. This isn't an "everyone gets a prize" race, if it was, what's the point? Oh wait, it is.
Andrew_Smith Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvD-tPENAP4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ZRhzR8ePo
davetapson Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvD-tPENAP4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ZRhzR8ePo Jirre, that's TdF stuff, that crash. Thank goodness everyone got up...
SwissVan Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 Think it is a fine line between putting together a route that will be over the top difficult just for the sake of being difficult, and putting one together that is challenging but enjoyable. Also you never know with the weather, if we had extreme high temperatures we might have had similar situation as last year when a large amount of the riders fell out. A question from my side, how to judge the difficulty of the race, based on the drop-out rate, the km, the total ascent, the number of bike breakdowns, etc? Depends who you talk to...Find someone who has done all or most of them and ask them IMO drop out rate and the amount of cut off time extensions would indicate a pretty difficult event
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