Wayne pudding Mol Posted April 11, 2020 Posted April 11, 2020 You are a machine, that distance indoor is bonkers. Respect.That distance anywhere anyhow is bonkers DJR and Grease_Monkey 2
Jewbacca Posted April 11, 2020 Posted April 11, 2020 Yoh... I rode the Uber pretzel yesterday. 8km up the Alp d'zwift my legs fell off. I would have walked in real life. Or cried. But I turned the cranks at 1.5w/kg to the top for a 70 minute Alp and a 4:50 Uber Pretzel. My wife said 'well done. 5 hours on the trainer is stupid.' Dane, dude, bonkers. DJR, NotSoBigBen, Andrew_Smith and 1 other 4
Grease_Monkey Posted April 11, 2020 Posted April 11, 2020 The guy I was posted about earlier... just finished his virtual Everest. Andrew_Smith, Velouria, DJR and 1 other 4
BSG Posted April 11, 2020 Posted April 11, 2020 Time to reflect on what we took for granted .... HAZENDAL (pre-revamp) ... THIS is where is all started for Maritz and I ... and what a humble start ... Fiets 1-2.jpg Fiets 1-4.jpg and true to his nature ... straight for the mud .... Fiets 1-10.jpg 14 days later it was time for a 20'' ... and no more training wheels .... grass next to CWC. That Makro TOTUM is still at his parents house, and still used for riding around the street. MANY of his friends have learnt to ride on that bike !! That cheapy has served us well. IMG_0707.JPG And then I got brave ... my first MTB ... a second hand HT .... Meerendal-60.jpg NO, Burry Stander is not fun on a HT .... The Merida was promptly traded in for the TREK .... And Maritz and I did our first 12km ride at Hermanus trails the week before his 6th birthday .... jip, good few stops for sweets and to stretch the legs, but the 5 year old finished his 12km ride, without once pushing his bike. Hermanus Trails-10.jpg Hermanus Trails-12.jpg Our first event .... Willow Creek .... the 10km route was closer to 13km .... the last 3km were brutal for Maritz .... But he soldiered on, and refused to get help from the sweeper vehicle !!! Looking at the photos, ... those were some brutal trails for a rigid 20'' bike ... Willow Creek-37.jpg Willow Creek-50.jpg After this we knew Maritz was committed to trails, and we bought the Momsen .... Meerendal-10.jpg Time to invest in a coach and some skills training, for Maritz .... though I learnt as much ... https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Training-4.jpg 2018 Maritz joined the SPUR series .... though his first ride was rained out .... at least the sub-nippers race was called off. Later they allowed the sub-nippers to join the practice laps .... Maritz QUICKLY got back into his drenched cycling clothes and enjoyed the route to the max !! https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif SPUR SW 2018-110.jpg We loved our weekend rides at Meerendal https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Meerendal Julie 2018-13.jpg https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Meerendal Julie 2018-15.jpg https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Meerendal Julie 2018-21.jpg My personal little milestone .... cycling up Dorstberg on my 50th with some friends .... https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif 50ste-8 (Large).jpg 2019 I started doing solo rides on Sundays, with the normal Saturday rides with Maritz. Doing Swartberg under my own steam will always be my high light ... https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Swartberg-11.jpg Getting to the trails AT sunrise, autumn, spring, what a year... https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif 27-2.jpg https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Majik-1.jpg https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Napier Patatfees 2019-29.jpg https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Wolseley-22.jpg https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Mdal-2.jpg OUR last ride together - 28 December 2019 https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Mdal-1.jpg MY last ride - 16 January 2020 ... Red route of Hermanus trails ... https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Hermanus Trails-29.jpg https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Hermanus Trails-31.jpg https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Hermanus Trails-39.jpg With my knees slowly recovering I cant wait to get some trail dust on this lovely Blue Beast https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Trance E -1.jpg https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Trance E -5.jpg https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Trance E -18.jpg https://cdn.bikehub.co.za/public/style_images/master/attachicon.gif Trance E -20.jpgSjo ChrisF, baie mooi Trance [emoji471][emoji1303] ChrisF 1
Frosty Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) What a long weekend:FridayI did a route recce on the Easter Bunny Route on Rouvy and thought this would make an awesome race route. I mean, how hard could a 99.99% downhill sprint be? Edited April 13, 2020 by Frosty BenReaper, ChrisF and The Ghost 3
Frosty Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) edit: Seems I've reached my limit for the month to upload images using Tapatalk, so I have to upload the rest by laptop. SaturdayAn easy club ride on a route I found in Victoria, Canada [emoji1063] - exported the GPX file, uploaded it to my spare GC account, exported the TCX file and uploaded that to my Rouvy account before converting it to a course, and finally an online race. Edited April 13, 2020 by Frosty BenReaper 1
Frosty Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) Sunday A race on the Easter Bunny route was setup for my club mates, and a few others.My plan was to ride a #stravart route I created in my own neighbourhood, then be ready to race - I got my timing wrong, and had close to 75 minutes between both rides. First the #stravart ride - a game of HANG MAN.It has a few good hill repeats, so might use this in my real training once we're allowed outside again. Then the race down the Grossglockner High Alpine Road in Austria, and another Easter bunny to add to the collection. I was slower this time, compared to Friday's fresher legs ride, but only by seconds. 33-34 mins of pain. Edited April 13, 2020 by Frosty BenReaper 1
Frosty Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) Mondaya recovery day, aka the coffee ride. This one would be in Amsterdam [emoji1179] , on a running route I also converted from Strava to Rouvy. After posting my ride on Instagram, I got a message from a Dutch runner that said his eagle would catch my fish - I told him it looked more like a parrot than an eagle Edited April 13, 2020 by Frosty Stretch, BenReaper and BigDL 3
BigDL Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 Had a weird ride yesterday. Switched my garmin to a screen with only speed and then just enjoyed exploring trails for a couple of hours. No stressing about Hr, power, ave speed or anything, just focusing on the sun shine and the joy and privilege of being out on my bike. BenReaper, Stretch, geomark and 3 others 6
Frosty Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 For the routes on Rouvy: Fish - https://my.rouvy.com/virtual-routes/detail/44345Hang Man - https://my.rouvy.com/virtual-routes/detail/44687Parrot/Eagle - https://my.rouvy.com/virtual-routes/detail/44603
BenReaper Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 Did a 2 hour session on the IDT this morning broken up into 2 × 1 hour rides.Basically just riding on heart rate averaging at 107 bpm for the first hour and 119 bpm for the second hour. DJR, BigDL, Frosty and 1 other 4
BenReaper Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 Had a weird ride yesterday. Switched my garmin to a screen with only speed and then just enjoyed exploring trails for a couple of hours. No stressing about Hr, power, ave speed or anything, just focusing on the sun shine and the joy and privilege of being out on my bike. As it should be done. [emoji108] BigDL 1
The Ouzo Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 Sunday A race on the Easter Bunny route was setup for my club mates, and a few others.My plan was to ride a #stravart route I created in my own neighbourhood, then be ready to race - I got my timing wrong, and had close to 75 minutes between both rides. First the #stravart ride - a game of HANG MAN.It has a few good hill repeats, so might use this in my real training once we're allowed outside again.IMG_7535.JPG Then the race down the Grossglockner High Alpine Road in Austria, and another Easter bunny to add to the collection. I was slower this time, compared to Friday's fresher legs ride, but only by seconds. 33-34 mins of pain.IMG_75071.jpgthose hills in old alberton used to be my hill training grounds. Hill repeats going past alberton hardware. Frosty and BigDL 2
'Dale Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 For the routes on Rouvy: Fish - https://my.rouvy.com/virtual-routes/detail/44345Hang Man - https://my.rouvy.com/virtual-routes/detail/44687Parrot/Eagle - https://my.rouvy.com/virtual-routes/detail/44603What a training block. Chapeau, Frosty ???? Frosty 1
Frosty Posted April 13, 2020 Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) those hills in old alberton used to be my hill training grounds.Hill repeats going past alberton hardware.There a little bump called Marthinus Oosthuizen. The segment is 790m long with 42m (elevation). While I’m third on the real segment, 2s behind the KOM, my time on the Rouvy virtual route was 20s slower but higher average power. HR is missing as I'm using the iPhone Rouvy app and it doesn't like Ant+. Below is the comparison between virtual and real. Given that I'm 5 years older, a little less fit/conditioned/strong/whatever, the effort yesterday wasn't that bad. Motivation for the strength training season coming soon. Edited April 13, 2020 by Frosty
Duane_Bosch Posted April 14, 2020 Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) Not serious. Quick burner to Camps and Back. It was so cool to see everyone out enjoying the sun. And man that Vida coffee was good. Edited April 14, 2020 by Duane_Bosch BenReaper, DJR, SwissVan and 1 other 4
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