gummibear Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 Running i'd have to say that 2.42 marathon That's fast...well done Ran my fastest marathon on 2 Oceans.Did a 2.59 at marathon mark and then finished in 4.10 and just missed a silver medal.
gummibear Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 Running i'd have to say that finishing the Marathon des Sables in Morocco would have to be the ultimate test of endurance. For cycling i'd guess finishing a multistage race.
pista Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 1:58.... School? You get national colours. Sub 2 is super impressive. I world say you have achieved all your running goals...bar the sub 3...In matric i ran my first year in the boys u/19 race at SA Champs.Got me a 4th place but got SA schools colours and provincial colours. Winner ran 1:52 but a few years later Hezekial Sepeng ran a 1:45 that still stands as the SA junior record.
SwissVan Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 Impossible question to answer imoThere so many crazy endurance events out there and many non pro normal working people that do them Paris Dakar solo non supported bike riders would rate as one of my choices as an ultimate achievement
the nerd Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 Running i'd have to say that finishing the Marathon des Sables in Morocco would have to be the ultimate test of endurance. For cycling i'd guess finishing a multistage race. Yeah... This and the Barkley Marathons would be up there...
Baldrick Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 There is a caveat to my run times. I was 29 and had decent knees. Then they packed up on me. My sub 3 Argus' were in my late 40's. Had a 7 year gap between running and cycling so I tried cricket umpiring. Gave that up after receiving abuse from players
Baldrick Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 ah. so you actually raced track athletics, that's a low percentile of the general population ...starting to blur the amateur lines there (what was tougher, the 74 half or the 2:42 full?)Actually the sub 3 Argus were harder. Maybe because I was older. If you have a bad patch running you can always slow a bit and recover. Can't do that on a bike.
Shebeen Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 Actually the sub 3 Argus were harder. Maybe because I was older. If you have a bad patch running you can always slow a bit and recover. Can't do that on a bike.I find the opposite, much easier to peg it back and safe some matches on a bike. once I'm blown on my legs, it's just willpower to keep going.
Stretch Posted March 4, 2019 Author Posted March 4, 2019 Running i'd have to say that That's fast...well done [emoji106] [emoji106] Ran my fastest marathon on 2 Oceans.Did a 2.59 at marathon mark and then finished in 4.10 and just missed a silver medal.The big question is... Do you count that as an official sub 3....[emoji16]
Mudsimus Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 Actually the sub 3 Argus were harder. Maybe because I was older. If you have a bad patch running you can always slow a bit and recover. Can't do that on a bike.Not possible. When your legs go on a run its done. Taking it easy just prolongs the agony.
Baldrick Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 Not possible. When your legs go on a run its done. Taking it easy just prolongs the agony.If you have a bad patch in a ride and ease up you loose the group. I found that easing up on a run, especially if I was ahead of a time split, helped me out
Shebeen Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 If you have a bad patch in a ride and ease up you loose the group. I found that easing up on a run, especially if I was ahead of a time split, helped me outI'm not WorldTour level, where if you lose the peleton it's immediately a long day out. if i'm in a ride, I can softpedal for a bit and there's bound to be more people coming past that i can wheelsuck on! but hey even this lady, mom, accountant, non professional, LEGEND walks from time to time and still wins
Odinson Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 Actually the sub 3 Argus were harder. Maybe because I was older. If you have a bad patch running you can always slow a bit and recover. Can't do that on a bike. Think there's a lot of small rest opportunities on the bike, even if it is just for a couple of seconds Running i'd have to say that That's fast...well done Ran my fastest marathon on 2 Oceans.Did a 2.59 at marathon mark and then finished in 4.10 and just missed a silver medal. That's quite rapid, Gummi!
SlowManiac Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 Yeah... This and the Barkley Marathons would be up there... I haven't done MDS (though I have done the South African version - KAEM)Barkley is in another world though, there is no comparison - way, way, way tougher than MDS. Something like 8 people ever have finished Barkley. By comparison hundreds of amateur office workers have finished MDS. Laz (the guy who started Barkley) has another seriously evil race - the Backyard UltraHere's an article on this brutal racehttps://www.runnersworld.com/trail-running/a24079861/big-backyard-ultra-winner/
Dicky DQ Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 A sub 3 argus.... on a mountainbike... with takkies..26er mountainbikeBut so many have done a sub 3. Especially those that rode the short one a few years back.
Dicky DQ Posted March 5, 2019 Posted March 5, 2019 For cycling i'd guess finishing a multistage race.No a multistage race is a walk in the park, even things like the Baviaans, XCO on the other hand...
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