205 miles in a day (Tommy Godwin Challenge) - the Discussion thread
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Looks like a bastardization of the Dutch "siervogel" which means "decorative bird".
velovoice
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Tommy Godwin famously "had to re-learn to walk" after his epic 1939-1940 achievements. His daughter Barbara has said that "to the day he died he walked with his feet turned out and his hands were curled, a permanent reminder of cycling 205 miles a day for a year" -- indeed 100,000 miles over 500 days.
At the beginning of the year when outlining what Steve's costs were anticipated to be this year, his Controller mentioned being prepared for Steve to need physiotherapy as the year progressed -- and hoped that financially this would be possible, either paid for by supporters or donated by a local physiotherapist.
This has played at the back of my mind off and on the past three months. While it was reassuring to see Steve himself say on YACF the other day that he feels stronger than ever, it was even more reassuring to catch this exchange in the comments thread on his oneyeartimetrial.org.uk website:
At the beginning of the year when outlining what Steve's costs were anticipated to be this year, his Controller mentioned being prepared for Steve to need physiotherapy as the year progressed -- and hoped that financially this would be possible, either paid for by supporters or donated by a local physiotherapist.
This has played at the back of my mind off and on the past three months. While it was reassuring to see Steve himself say on YACF the other day that he feels stronger than ever, it was even more reassuring to catch this exchange in the comments thread on his oneyeartimetrial.org.uk website:
Don't give up the day job, Adrian.
velovoice
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His steady low heart rate says otherwise.
ETA: It's all on Strava (you have to join in order to view/follow).
velovoice
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And.... he posted on YACF (which carries 100x the detail/discussion as CC) the other day saying he feels the strongest he's felt all year so far.
Saluki
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Thing on Facebook 40 minutes ago
There has been an incident this morning on the A38 near Wellington. Steve and bike are fine. The team have been dealing with it and Steve is having a well earned sleep break at a team members house. I will post more details later as we are very busy at the moment.
Hoppo
There has been an incident this morning on the A38 near Wellington. Steve and bike are fine. The team have been dealing with it and Steve is having a well earned sleep break at a team members house. I will post more details later as we are very busy at the moment.
Hoppo
Struggling was the wrong word. What I meant to say was struggling to get the rest he needs.
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
Just looked at the weather forecast for this afternoon here - 50mph westerly winds! We're far enough west of Somerset that I wouldn't be surprised to hear that the "incident" was wind-related. A few hours of sleep and he'll have friendly fast - but not too fast - tail-cross and tail-winds again.
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
I've posted before - I don't think he needs much rest. A few years ago he did 40,000km in the year, while also doing a full-time manual job involving physical labour. That included two or three overnighters a week, during which he effectively got no rest - and he didn't have a team of willing helpers but was doing everything himself.
velovoice
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He seems to be managing that angle quite well too. You have to remember his many years of audaxing experience have taught him exactly what he needs.
ETA: @srw Snap!
Agreed. I think with only 4 hours between shifts yesterday, especially with the hard work he would have had to put up with cycling all that way into a headwind may take it;s toll. Hopefully we will be proved wrong.
GO STEVE!!!
