205 miles in a day (Tommy Godwin Challenge) - the Progress thread

[Pale Rider]

Just a reminder... there is also a discussion thread in the other place.

One of the armchair experts over there is Fidgetbuzz, the bid's former accountant.

His posts are very illuminating, mentioning as they do being threatened with the sack for posting, a five-figure surplus, hostility from the team to offers of help, and a request from team members to have access to Steve's main account.

As a cunning old detective inspector once told me: "If you want the real story, follow the money."

The trail starts at the top of page 55:

https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=90295.1350

 

[Ian H]

His posts are very illuminating

Of his particular prejudices and snide gripes.

 

[rowdin]

The new challenger Bruce Berkeley, did 207.6 miles. Moving time of 11:01 hours with 8,074 ft of climbing.
No heart rate data, but power meter data of 181w average.

 

[ColinJ]

Surely that would be 8,074 ft?

 

[Saluki]

Surely that would be 8,074 ft?

I would hope so.
I wonder if there is anywhere, flat enough to do less than 9' of climbing over a 200 mile route?

 

[rowdin]

Thanks, I didn't see my mistake.

 

[swansonj]

I would hope so.
I wonder if there is anywhere, flat enough to do less than 9' of climbing over a 200 mile route?

I think there may be several people who have accused Kurt of specialising in finding just such...

 

[Pale Rider]

I think there may be several people who have accused Kurt of specialising in finding just such...

If you divide the total elevation by the total miles for each rider it indicates Kurt has done slightly more climbing per mile than Steve.

That sounds unlikely given Kurt's routes in recent weeks, but someone in the other place reckoned Kurt spent much of the year in hillier parts of America.

The figures are here:

http://ultracycling.com/sections/records/data/hamr/

 

[blazed]

If you divide the total elevation by the total miles for each rider it indicates Kurt has done slightly more climbing per mile than Steve.

That sounds unlikely given Kurt's routes in recent weeks, but someone in the other place reckoned Kurt spent much of the year in hillier parts of America.

The figures are here:

http://ultracycling.com/sections/records/data/hamr/

Their recordings are inaccurate. I seem to remember his garmin had issues and he was doing rides with 200,000ft elevation. I guess ultracycling is taking into account those rides.

It's hard to imagine rides as flat as Tarzan does, to be able to do 200 miles with less than 1000ft elevation. Crazy.

 

[Pale Rider]

Their recordings are inaccurate.

They could be, but that could mean Kurt's climbing difference over Steve is even greater.

I think it more likely the recordings are accurate.

Both men are looking for flat routes, and over so many miles I would expect any differences to even themselves out and for them both to have done about the same amount of climbing.

Which is what the figures show.

 

[toontra]

Looking at some of the video clips on FaceBook from Wisconsin, the roads were definitely "rolling" in a way you don't really see in the UK. Long, straight roads with shallow-looking elevations, but the crests are actually quite substantial and added up they equate to a lot of climbing. Only the Florida sections have been pan-flat.

 

[blazed]

The good thing about both adding rides to strava is you can see both their elevations. Go browse through their rides, see how many days you can find where Tarzan did more elevation...

There were many innacurate rides because of his waterlogged garmin which through up huge elevation numbers, strava corrected this but ultracycling didn't, simples.

 

[blazed]

Looking at some of the video clips on FaceBook from Wisconsin, the roads were definitely "rolling" in a way you don't really see in the UK. Long, straight roads with shallow-looking elevations, but the crests are actually quite substantial and added up they equate to a lot of climbing. Only the Florida sections have been pan-flat.

It's irrelevant what the roads looked like in a video, the numbers are there on strava.

 

[ianrauk]

From Jo from the other place.. The OYTT Website HERE

Day 365 / 146: Kurt has a fast and long day looping around Flatwood with friends. In so doing, he adds 227 miles to his total. He is now within a week of taking the record, or if he wants to take it easy, just 88 miles per day until Jan 9th.

Steve completes his year of cycling with a total of 63,565 miles – exactly 11,500 miles behind Tommy Godwin, or around 66 days of riding at his average pace. That places Steve third in the all-time list of annual distance records behind Tommy and Bernard Bennett, although shortly to be shunted down one position when Kurt completes his year on January 9th. Over the year, including his time off in hospital and recovery after his broken ankle, he has averaged 174.2 miles per day and has spent 51% of every hour of the year moving on his bike.

 

[Tin Pot]

Blimey.