3 Pistes Cycle Scottish Highands

[tug benson]

Starting the weekend like a real pro.. Sitting with a cold beer in the old mill inn in Pitlochry

 

[tug benson]

Well that was hard as nails

 

[Louch]

Been watching Facebook for you saying you where done, good job!

 

[tug benson]

Definetly done and am never doing it again... It was a stunning route with amazing climbs great weather but it was so hard

 

[Louch]

Ooft, if your saying you won't do it again , must have been bad

 

[tug benson]

Give it a hour and I'll be drunk and I'll be signing up for next year

 

[Louch]

If you do I'll give it a go

 

[format]

Agree with tug - that was nails. Luckily for me I actually found I got into it as the ride went on. The first two hills, especially the Lecht, were horrendous. Lovely downhills after both, though.

Got a time of 6hrs 5mins, which I'm fairly happy with.

Well played by the organisers, thought everything went down well. Feed stations were great.

Still deciding whether I'll do it again next year. Might have a crack at the Bealeach Mor instead.

 

[Waspie]

Got a time of 6hrs 5mins, which I'm fairly happy with.
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That's an excellent time. I was 6:25 moving but with an elapsed time of 7:10.

Had been feeling good until I got cramp (not something I generally suffer from) on the Lecht. It was damage limitation after that. Seemed to spend a fair amount of time leaping off my bike to stretch.
A genuinely tough route. Fair enjoyed the descents of glenshee and the lecht though.

Thought the organisers did well with what must have been a logistical nightmare.

 

[format]

That's an excellent time. I was 6:25 moving but with an elapsed time of 7:10.

Had been feeling good until I got cramp (not something I generally suffer from) on the Lecht. It was damage limitation after that. Seemed to spend a fair amount of time leaping off my bike to stretch.
A genuinely tough route. Fair enjoyed the descents of glenshee and the lecht though.

Thought the organisers did well with what must have been a logistical nightmare.

Sorry I should have been clearer - elapsed time was 6.50, moving time 6.05. That's Strava's time - I haven't seen my 'official' time from the organisers. Still reasonably happy with that though, considering relative lack of fitness.

Sorry to hear about your cramp - I used to get it quite badly but seem to have gotten lucky in the last 6 months. Developed a strange knee problem before the Lecht but it seemed to work itself out before the final climb, which I was grateful for.


Any idea when the photos are available? Pretty sure they caught a few of me struggling big time!

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

The Lecht.........

Sweet Moses that climb sucks. Bridge of brown.......sucks! Bonking big time at Bridge of brown then doing all you can to finish - sucked!

And yes......Cairngorm after 95 miles, in a bonked state, sucked! A bad day on the bike for me. Not my usual self.

That being said my elapsed time was around 5 hours 50 something. My moving time was 10 or 15 minutes quicker, but that one doesn't really count.

Would love to have had good legs for this today but it just felt like a complete grind from the Lecht and not really enjoyable as a result. The route itself is amazing and the weather was fantastic (my bad sunburn proves this!) but the suffering involved is quite sadistic. After doing the Fred Whitton i sometimes wonder why i sign up for these things.

Well at the finish i checked my placing and think i came 40th of 700-750 starters. Considering the bonk, i am happy enough with that.

Will i do it next year? Answer now - no. Answer tomorrow onwards - probably. I'm daft that way.

Well done to ALL who took part. It was bloody hard.

 

[tug benson]

I was standing at the finish line enjoying a bowl of pasta in front if your club pedro, in fact I had to move so you could all get in the photo...



I'll post pictures of me before the ride and after the ride when I get home to alloa tomorrow, what a mess I was


From what a can remember my garmin was saying 6 hours 45 minutes, i was feeling good until the the lecht and that climb before the lecht destroyed my legs.. The timing segment was a waste of time no need for that

 

[sazzaa]

Massive well done to all of you, the road to the Lecht alone is enough to give me the fear, and that's when I'm in my car!

 

[Waspie]

The timing segment was a waste of time no need for that

Tell me about it. That's the fourth time I've climbed Cairngorm since I've got a garmin and the only time I've been slower was when I did it on a full sus mountain bike with knobbly tyres.

 

[Waspie]

Any idea when the photos are available? Pretty sure they caught a few of me struggling big time!

A few were posted up on the website yesterday. Provisional times are also up.