Your Argus Cycle Tour 2010 unofficial time?

[Lucky Luke.]

Results are up

[Scottoc]

So....who had the flu?

For my 18th Argus, I figured I would actually train and try for my second sub-3.

 

I trained hard for about 5 months and all was looking good until Friday when I woke up with a cold...

 

This is the first time I have ever taken Strepsils along on a ride.

 

Plenty of expletives later, I managed a pretty disappointing 3:33...

[SURFER]

My seun het saam met A-bondel weggespring .  Toe ek by  Smitswinkelbaai aankom (G groep), sien ek hom langs die pad stap met fiets oor sy rug.  Blykbaar het ouens voor hom geval en hy moes dood rem trek.  Ou het agter in hom gejaag en sy agter wiel afgeskryf.  Hy kon toe nie verder nie en moes kaalvoet 15 km, wat hom 3 ure geneem het met fiets op skouer terug stap na Blackhill.  Tussen Vishoek en Simonstad. Dit was die enigste plek waar ek hom moontlik kon kry met my motor.<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

Toe ek klaar maak moes beplan watter agter paaie om te gebruik om by Blackhill uit te kom.  Gelukkig kon ek hom toe 12h00 optel (stap al van 09h00).  Die ou se voete was maar seer.   Ek het hom maar my medalje gegee.

[newbie234]

6h54,

 

Needed the loo at jubilee square. otherwise would've cracked 3h00 for sure    

 

It was 7 hours of pure unadulterated hell but I wouldn't miss next year's race for the world, gonna practice a bit more though!

[Wayne Potgieter]

Ok...so it seems i am the slowest...

 

 

 

I spent 5 hours on the bike...THAT WAS TO GET HALFWAY!

 

 

 

I packed it in just after then...the thigh cramps were killing me.

 

 

 

I seriously need to train.

[udxcob]

Ok...so it seems i am the slowest...

I spent 5 hours on the bike...THAT WAS TO GET HALFWAY!

I packed it in just after then...the thigh cramps were killing me.

I seriously need to train.[/QUOTE]

That sounds like a good idea

[Bos]

Who was the guy doing it with the plakkies? there was a thread about that at last week.

[Shebeen]

My seun het saam met A-bondel weggespring .  Toe ek by  Smitswinkelbaai aankom (G groep)' date=' sien ek hom langs die pad stap met fiets oor sy rug.  Blykbaar het ouens voor hom geval en hy moes dood rem trek.  Ou het agter in hom gejaag en sy agter wiel afgeskryf.  Hy kon toe nie verder nie en moes kaalvoet 15 km, wat hom 3 ure geneem het met fiets op skouer terug stap na Blackhill.  Tussen Vishoek en Simonstad. Dit was die enigste plek waar ek hom moontlik kon kry met my motor.<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

Toe ek klaar maak moes beplan watter agter paaie om te gebruik om by Blackhill uit te kom.  Gelukkig kon ek hom toe 12h00 optel (stap al van 09h00).  Die ou se voete was maar seer.   Ek het hom maar my medalje gegee.

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your kid look like burry stander? he had a black specialised top on??

 

 

maybe should have tried the train from simonstown. would get you back to capetown.

[snakesmile]

4:21 in group ZZ.

 

Any thoughts on what seeding that might give me for next year?

 

Call me stupid, but I can't seem to find out anywhere if there is a credit given to cyclists who ride in groups where the bunch effect just ain't happening! Came 7th in group. Windy, fun day.

 

 

[stewie911]

3:40 from J group.

 

Had a tribracket that broke halfway and lost my bunch, so had to ride alone from there.

 

My legs have never felt so sore after trying to catch the bunch after I stopped.

 

[jamex]

Rode in D group. Lost contact of the main group.Finished in 3;23 though. So badly wanted that sub 3!

[andre_ct]

considering that only the elites did sub 3, i wouldnt knock myself

i think 3:15 is the new sub 3 with boyes drive and the wind

[SURFER]

Yes, it was him looking like Barry Stander.  It made is walking a bit easier.

[Woofie]

This post is lank late, but better late than never I suppose.

 

 

 

Started in F.

 

Stuck with my group till simonstown.

 

I wasnt enjoying the race at all. A couple of people had gone down around me and the whole race just seemed like a bad memory from last year again.

 

 

 

So I decided, stuff it. Im not amped at all. Im not enjoying this. I dont care, there is enough other races in the year, I want to just spend the time going at my own pace and look at the view and shout at the crowds.

 

 

 

So I did.

 

I spent the last 60km going on my own. Didnt tail the people coming past me.

 

Stopped many times for as much free coke as I could get down me. (I finished with a full bottle of juice still, haha, needed to pee badly then though.....)

 

When I got through to camps bay I decided since I am on the whole freebie thing, I am going to stop for a massage while I am at it as well. Was really cool.

 

 

 

So my official time was a nice and slow 3.58.

 

 

 

I was happy that I did that. I was in a good mood at the end and I really enjoyed it.

 

 

 

I would have been in a Cr@p mood if I pushed myself hard and had a horrible race and crawled across the line at 3.30. & That would left left me feeling like hanging up the bike.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Cassie]

This post is lank late' date=' but better late than never I suppose.


I was happy that I did that. I was in a good mood at the end and I really enjoyed it.

I would have been in a Cr@p mood if I pushed myself hard and had a horrible race and crawled across the line at 3.30. & That would left left me feeling like hanging up the bike.






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Amen brother!!  Great decision....what is a couple of minutes between friends anyway??? WAs the massage lady good looking as well?? Double bonus!!

Cassie2010-03-16 07:42:27

[hboli4]

Came in at 4.43 from ZZ, didn't train nearly enough,guess one 85km training ride and some spinning just doesn't cut it but still enjoyed myself a lot, the slow pace I was going at after Smits made the view so much better...