Kajsa Tylen: The Billie Dovey 81 miles a day progress thread

[goody]

Funny that form says circle one.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Funny that form says circle one.

Just what I was about to say. What goes on there then?

 

[mcshroom]

I think the form is generic and doesn't fully cover the rules that the UMCA set up for the HAM'R where they allowed the riders to ride both uprights and non-fared recumbents.

 

[Dogtrousers]

When is Alicia proposing to start?

 

[Arrowfoot]

I think Guinness did the right thing as it would be unfair to change conditions after someone has started and covered over 1/12 of the race. Guinness will probably have 2 sets of records - one for standard bike and another mixed cycling or similar. I don't see how how they can have one record when the conditions differ (re recumbent and drafting). It will be good for Kajsa.

 

[Aravis]

It's a good job she didn't set off drafting immediately because Guinness have changed their minds again, done the hokey cokey, turned about, and rescinded the rule change, so she's back to the original rules.

Kajsa implied in tonight's vlog that there's been quite a bit of dialogue between herself and Guinness since last week. Reading between the lines, I wouldn't be surprised if Guinness interpreted Kajsa's original request for clarification as something like "If the Searvogels can do this, why can't I?". If so, in making the hurried rule change they might have thought they were being helpful.

Anyway, it's great that Kajsa can once again be fully committed to the task she set out on.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Here's a summary of the last 30 days

Kajsa managed her first 100 mile plus ride for a while on Saturday. Here's hoping she has her problems with her sore legs under control. It was a ferociously windy weekend - largely Westerlies which will have helped on Saturday, but not so much on her 100k ride today.

 

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Day 50, the cliffhanger reveal


View: https://youtu.be/V3_72NT930I

 

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Day 51


View: https://youtu.be/bwPkdoxcAG0

 

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A Year in the Saddle - Kajsa Tylen's 2016 Cycling WR Attempt
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Today's ride - another hilly one, joined by Steve Abraham again, thanks Steve, for being awesome!


Day 52 - Reliability Ride with Yaxley Riders, a lovely, but hilly and windy, day. - Kajsa...
https://www.strava.com/activities/498986457
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Some pics from Day 52, which are HUGE!!!!

 

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Jacket potatoes and The Teethgrinder


View: https://youtu.be/ljP1SnAHrw8

 

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Day 53 Kajsa enjoys the better weather with an 86 miler

 

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A long and rather moving vlog for day 53, it just goes to show you never know what you could face on these massive challenges,


View: https://youtu.be/RBym2RXcOew

 

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Continued good weather and Kasja knocks out a century;