Stretch Posted February 25, 2019 Share As the title suggests....I was sitting eating supper after a run, and browsing through my strava feed, and wondering what the ultimate achievement in sport one could achieve without being at the level of a professional. For example in running a 4 minute mile is in the real of professionals while a 5 minute mile is more readily achievable. a 60 minute 10 mile or a 90 min half marathon are great achievements, but ultimately the one that everyone aspires to is the 3 hour marathon, but is that the ultimate? possibly not what about cycling? are there similar milestone targets? the hour record comes to mind...but what is it for us no pro's? swimming - is there a similar goal and same for triathlon and ironman. so what is the ultimate goal to aim for each discipline? and what is the ultimate across them all? Edited February 25, 2019 by Stretch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABUBI Posted February 26, 2019 Share A sub 3 argus.... on a mountainbike... with takkies..26er mountainbike Skylark and FondTF2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaGearA Posted February 26, 2019 Share Beating A pro's strava time comes to mind, or entering the highest level race you can without A pro license or support from a team and smoking the pros Other than that I can't think of much else unfortunately AFAIK Paris-Roubaix ain't open to privateers and damn that would be something to do with an all backed or or store bought kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted February 26, 2019 Share A sub 3 argus.... on a mountainbike... with takkies..26er mountainbikeLol..I was gonna say... No one is allowed to reference sub 3 Argus [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubber Posted February 26, 2019 Share kona for triathletes? Difficult to try put a time/speed thing on cycling as routes are always changing. But anyone who has done a freedom challenge/trans alps/ RAAM etc sits pretty high on my Chuck Norris scale... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted February 26, 2019 Share Finishing the Munga Sepia, Long Wheel Base, Rocket-Boy and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grease_Monkey Posted February 26, 2019 Share Qualifying for an EWS race as a privateer, and then winning a stage. I think there are one or two guys here who could make that dream a reality this year at Jonkers Enduro (well the qualifying part anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazambaan Posted February 26, 2019 Share Dakar for me. gemmerbal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocknRolla Posted February 26, 2019 Share Beating a doper, on home made date balls and water. (or honey sachets) Vetplant, Skylark, Sepia and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted February 26, 2019 Share To still be enjoying riding my downhill bike at 75... and my singlespeed, road bikes, XC and enduro too.... Skylark, Gandalf, Blokman and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapee.. Posted February 26, 2019 Share To still be enjoying riding my downhill bike at 75... and my singlespeed, road bikes, XC and enduro too.... Thats in 5 years time, I am sure you will still enjoy it Odinson, cat-i, Swany05 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted February 26, 2019 Share Awesome thread. I have thought about this before and last year I set myself the goal of achieving three things before i turn 40 (now 15 months away). a)Sub3 argusb)sub 90 half marathonc)2:11 800m the thinking behind it all:a) (never been in a decent enough group to do this), and my official best time of 2:55 is belieavable was admittedly on the 50km shortened route with a LOT of stops. but i can't really count that. Will most likely need to do some proper seeding races for next year and then the pressure will be on!b)if you're counting half marathons in hours you're a hacker. my pb for this is about 93minsc)this was my event at school, but I can't remember what my pb is. I love the 800m, so am going to try and beat the 1896 Athens winning olympic time. this is very achievable (i think, surely I'm less than 20% slower than Rudisha) so far I'm on 0/3 pista, Kerchak and Stretch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted February 26, 2019 Share Thats in 25 years time, I am sure you will still enjoy itFixed it for you.... Escapee.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted February 26, 2019 Share The sub 1 hour 40km TT has always been my "amateur" success test. Sub 1:30 21km as one of the other posters suggested. Some stage races - Epic is tough - Joberg2c is easier but the last 2 days take a mental toll. Finishing a 24 hour race without a nap has always been a fun mental challenge. Sub 3 hour 100km race is a little soft - fast'n'flat races with big bunches make it too easy/variable. Goals have to be individual in my opinion. All of this changes with age of course! cat-i, Vetplant, Spinnekop and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoke101 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Finishing one of the big SA road races in the Pro/Elite bunch sprint. mecheng89 and Long Wheel Base 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted February 26, 2019 Share ...getting to a point or personal fitness level in whatever sport where even though you pushing yourself harder than you ever have... you dont feel pain or strain, just the sheer unbridled joy that doing that sport brings you. (oh and smashing your personal record again and again) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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