Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
Wow. Steve has a pedalo?
205 miles in a day (Tommy Godwin Challenge) - the Progress thread
- Thread starter Dave Davenport
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jo from the other place
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Hackney, London
Day 227 / 8: Steve rides 201 miles south via Shrivenham to Newhaven to catch the ferry to France for his Paris-Brest-Paris ride tomorrow. This places his reboot attempt 49 miles above Tommy's WR pace and 220 miles ahead of his first attempt at this point. Miles rides the bay with an extra diversion thrown in to give him 172 miles for the day. William does a couple of rides today for 75 miles, making this his second highest daily total since he started the challenge.
Nothing posted from Kurt as yet.
Nothing posted from Kurt as yet.
Wouldn't put it past him to have cycled across ...
w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Steve's up to 115 miles for the day so far, currently west of Paris. Still no ride on Strava for Kurt for yesterday, but he is over 60 miles for today so far
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Steve, @w00hoo_kent just suggested that Chris Froome.is more gamourous than you. What do you think of that?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
[QUOTE 3856599, member: 9609"]
Just astonishing isn't it - riding 120 mile to the start of a 750 mile audax - It is all out of my comprehension.[/QUOTE]
Why? I could ride 120 miles to the start of a 750 mile audax, NO PROBLEM!
Er, you wouldn't want me to ride the audax afterwards, would you?
Just astonishing isn't it - riding 120 mile to the start of a 750 mile audax - It is all out of my comprehension.[/QUOTE]
Why? I could ride 120 miles to the start of a 750 mile audax, NO PROBLEM!
Er, you wouldn't want me to ride the audax afterwards, would you?
velovoice
Veteran
- Location
- Between the City and the Sea
[QUOTE 3856599, member: 9609"]I am sure Kurt was at 173 just before 1am (sunday morning) yesterday, so I guess it will be the usual 210ish from kurt for Saturday.
The Paris Breast Audax kicked off 2½ hrs ago (at 3pm BST) Steve still seems to be heading to the start point with a mile or so to go - not that a few hours late will make any difference to him finishing the 1200km (750 mile) in the allocated 80 hours. Just astonishing isn't it - riding 120 mile to the start of a 750 mile audax - It is all out of my comprehension.[/QUOTE]
Several dozen PBPers from the UK cycle to the start, not just Steve. And Steve's start time may not be til tomorrow morning.
The Paris Breast Audax kicked off 2½ hrs ago (at 3pm BST) Steve still seems to be heading to the start point with a mile or so to go - not that a few hours late will make any difference to him finishing the 1200km (750 mile) in the allocated 80 hours. Just astonishing isn't it - riding 120 mile to the start of a 750 mile audax - It is all out of my comprehension.[/QUOTE]
Several dozen PBPers from the UK cycle to the start, not just Steve. And Steve's start time may not be til tomorrow morning.
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
From a thread elsewhere, his start time is 2100 today.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I think my 'beyond comprehension' point was reached way back in January! 
And let's face it ... he has already done tens of thousands of miles over the past few months so I don't think an extra 120 miles is exactly going to kill him!
And let's face it ... he has already done tens of thousands of miles over the past few months so I don't think an extra 120 miles is exactly going to kill him!
I guess he's trying to make sure he does at least a Godwin each day, especially when the weather is good / just after the restart.
So riding there is the only way to do this if he's got a late start. Even if he does the PBP in 3-4 days, he's really only keeping pace with what's required for the next 12 months
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So riding there is the only way to do this if he's got a late start. Even if he does the PBP in 3-4 days, he's really only keeping pace with what's required for the next 12 months
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velovoice
Veteran
- Location
- Between the City and the Sea
Yes, his priorities are cycle, sleep and eat, and he has to maintain rigid discipline on that. No time for idle time spent sitting in a car and/or on a ferry!
w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
That's sleeping and/or eating time.
