2022 Virgin Active Ride Joburg

[The Ouzo]

  On 10/11/2022 at 1:35 PM, Dexter-morgan said:

OOPS, so I lied to the missus about being easier, I must have been a bit fitter or could have been the bike..

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I personally think it IS easier on the new route.

[Frosty]

Logic:
If your average speed is slower, it’s harder
if your average speed is faster; it’s easier.

in reality, fitness, mentality, weather conditions, bunch pacing, bunch positioning, hydration, fueling, sleep the days leading in to race day, and more all play a part in the perception of easier/harder.

[The Ouzo]

  On 10/11/2022 at 2:32 PM, Frosty said:

Logic:
If your average speed is slower, it’s harder
if your average speed is faster; it’s easier.

in reality, fitness, mentality, weather conditions, bunch pacing, bunch positioning, hydration, fueling, sleep the days leading in to race day, and more all play a part in the perception of easier/harder.

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dont come here with facts to spoil the perception  

[Frosty]

  On 10/11/2022 at 2:44 PM, The Ouzo said:

dont come here with facts to spoil the perception  

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That’s my excuse; it’s worked for years. You must find your own 😊😊🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

[Vetplant]

  On 10/11/2022 at 2:32 PM, Frosty said:

Logic:
If your average speed is slower, it’s harder
if your average speed is faster; it’s easier.

 

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It doesn’t get any easier, you just get faster. – Greg Lemond

 

[Vetplant]

  On 10/11/2022 at 6:26 PM, Vetplant said:

It doesn’t get any easier, you just get faster. – Greg Lemond

 

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I don't agree with Greg by the way. For the Average Joe at least, faster is easier.

4 Hours on Jhb Roads, in November, on a Mtb, dodging all kinds of riders... is much harder than 2h55 on a Road Bike in the first bunch of batches in the cool morning breeze with open roads. 

Edited October 12, 2022 by Vetplant
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[s14phoenix]

It has always been the hardest race of the year for me. Maybe because I expected to do better every time than what I did or the seemingly endless array of hills or the double loops for charity - I just always battled and then in 2019 after trying too hard without enough training, I was coming out of Kyalami and I got strange like pains or like a stuck wind in my chest really scared me. I thought I had booked a trip to ER and limped home.

I stopped riding mostly with some casual rides and indoor training only until now when I entered this year.

I am a different rider now with less need to be so serious or compete - having fun and enjoying the day and having a good ride is enough and just hanging with a group of similar speed and fitness that is my goal no more chasing time - lets see where they set the seeding first. 

[Wet Ears]

Any idea as to the process if you want to do a double loop? 

[Ispeed_V]

  On 10/12/2022 at 8:11 AM, Wet Ears said:

Any idea as to the process if you want to do a double loop? 

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I speak under correction, but with the new route, I do not think their is a double loop option.

[Frosty]

  On 10/12/2022 at 8:11 AM, Wet Ears said:

Any idea as to the process if you want to do a double loop? 

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Page 17 - https://ridejoburg.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220309_Charities-Briefing-document-Website.pdf

the double lap group is the official one. Lots (unquantified) of others do it unofficially. 

[Wet Ears]

Thanks Frosty, you would need a pretty early start time though tio do it unofficially 

[Frosty]

  On 10/12/2022 at 11:34 AM, Wet Ears said:

Thanks Frosty, you would need a pretty early start time though tio do it unofficially 

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The official Double Lap group starts early enough to get back in time, hence the reason they say a 3.5 ride time is the minimum requirement.

[Red Robin]

I didn't do 2021 (thanks Covid) so I don't know the route from FNB only know the old route.  Doing the 35km with my children - it's the beginning and end of the normal route. 

Any parts to be particularly careful, big climbs etc. ?  

Here is the  normal route and below that the 35km route  and below that  the normal route.

Thank you for your help 

 

 

 

Edited October 14, 2022 by Red Robin

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All the bigger climbs are in the 2nd half of the 97km route

 

The shorter will have a few ups and downs but nothing to worry too much about: 

 

 

 

[Red Robin]

  On 10/14/2022 at 7:25 AM, 117 said:

All the bigger climbs are in the 2nd half of the 97km route

 

The shorter will have a few ups and downs but nothing to worry too much about: 

 

 

 

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Thank you so much. 

 

[Cyclewizz]

Seedings are being sent out via email

What does everybody's seeding look like ??