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

[deptfordmarmoset]

I don't know what the UMCA will do when Kurt reports back that he's broken the roads.

 

[srw]

Zooming out on jo's (from the other place) graph shows the scale of the challenge very effectively, I think. It also shows the difference between the riders. Steve is methodically, and a little boringly, implementing a plan. Tarzan is winging it.

 

[BigAl68]

Steve is going well again today 74 miles already.

 

[ianrauk]

 

[Mugshot]

Whilst I do want to see Steve get the record, I do hope Kurt continues to get the miles in. Him and Alicia seem like nice people, I like them

 

[ianrauk]

Whilst I do want to see Steve get the record, I do hope Kurt continues to get the miles in. Him and Alicia seem like nice people, I like them

Yeah he's a likeable fella, though she's a bit too American excitable for my liking.
Though it does look like Kurt is going through the duldrums and having a tough time of it at the moment.

 

[Mugshot]

Yeah he's a likeable fella, though she's a bit too American excitable for my liking.
Though it does look like Kurt is going through the duldrums and having a tough time of it at the moment.

Agreed, to rephrase something I read elsewhere, is tough to ride past your front door and I wonder if sleeping in his own (or Alicias?) bed then doing loops around town aren't necessarily helping his mileage.

 

[ianrauk]

Agreed, to rephrase something I read elsewhere, is tough to ride past your front door and I wonder if sleeping in his own (or Alicias?) bed then doing loops around town aren't necessarily helping his mileage.

And THAT rain.

 

[Crackle]

Kurt doesn't strike me as having a plan, other than ride more miles than Steve. I may be doing him disservice though.

 

[Bazzer]

I thought the purpose of the rides was for either or both Kurt and Steve to attempt to beat the record, whereas Kurt seems to be competing against Steve?

 

[Mugshot]

And THAT rain.

Ooooo yeah, that too! Makes you wonder why he left Florida, wouldn't have thought it was too hot yet.

 

[Mugshot]

Kurt doesn't strike me as having a plan, other than ride more miles than Steve. I may be doing him disservice though.

No, I think you're probably right, he does appear to be winging it a little.

 

[BigAl68]

Kurt seems to be doing another day of up and down past his house again. Wouldn't doing an out and return as Steve is doing be easier on the mind? I admit he does seem to just come up with a plan on a day by day basis.

 

[ianrauk]

Kurt seems to be doing another day of up and down past his house again. Wouldn't doing an out and return as Steve is doing be easier on the mind? I admit he does seem to just come up with a plan on a day by day basis.

Which doesn't bode well for Kurt as you can see from Jo's graph I posted above. Even the slightest dip in mileage on a daily basis brings the base amount down quite a lot.

Go Kurt.. keep cycling bud. (But Steve cycle that little bit further)

 

[BigAl68]

Steve seems to have everything in place to just focus on putting the miles in everyday when Kurt seems to have done his planning on the back of a napkin. I hope he continues to ride but I can't wait to see what happens when Steve rides into the spring and summer with the longer and warmer days. It has become a bit of an obsession checking the live trackers and also the very well informed posts here from @ianrauk et al.