Kinross sportive 2011

[kfinlay]

If they are there then my ave speed will go up and a couple of mph

more likely to be the Red Bull Mini and the promotion lasses in racing overalls

Craig, sorry buddy, I'm better at remembering faces than names

 

[Halfmanhalfbike]

Is anyone else doing this ride worried about their lack of fitness. BECAUSE I AM !!!!!!!!

 

[kfinlay]

Me too as last weeks recce knackered me and that only had one long hill through Glendevon, no Lommond, Wicks o Baiglie or Knockhill!
Going out to Lommond hill to try some hill repeats tomorrow to gauge my fitness and plan for the last couple of weeks.

I see you live in Edinburgh, my mate is doing the black route with me and on his way home from work he does hill repeats on Kames Road up the side of the zoo to practice - 0.7km long and 70m ascent so a steady 10%. Good practice for ye if you worried about the hills at all.
The road up, Lommond hill to the big antennas averages 10% too but is 3 times longer! (figures from BikeHike).
Keep those legs spinning!

 

[Halfmanhalfbike]

To do some hill work I usually go west to the Bathgate hills. The road up to Cairnpapple/Beecraigs has some steep bits! The hill at Kingscavil is also a bugger.
I'm only ( only ) doing the Red route.
Good luck on the day

 

[kfinlay]

Any maps or route pics? I'm always on the look out for some good different routes to try and I could meet my mate at the Forth Bridge then head out that way.

 

[HonestMan1910]

Was too late to register for this but will be marshaling on the day so hope to see a few faces that i know

 

[HLaB]

Any maps or route pics? I'm always on the look out for some good different routes to try and I could meet my mate at the Forth Bridge then head out that way.

I did this ride a few years ago and have done a few other variations on the ride since you could easily join it at Kirkliston.

 

[kfinlay]

Looks like a good run there HLaB, Will add it to my 'library' to do in the coming weeks/months, just depends how much life gets in the way

 

[Halfmanhalfbike]

Don't know if this link works but here's one route I often do

http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=120204

 

[Halfmanhalfbike]

Don't know if this link works but here's one route I often do

http://www.bikeroute...x?course=120204

Bugger did'nt work

 

[Halfmanhalfbike]

This should work now

http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=224079

 

[kfinlay]

Hey cheers, I like choices

Went to try some hill repeats today and it didn't go well

so go more work to do than I hoped between now and 23rd. Plus the mate I was doing the sportive with has been floored with some weird virus and has little chance of making it. I tend to train to ensure I keep up with him but now it's taken the wind out my sails a wee bit as I know I can complete the route without any more major training. Still plan on trying some more hills next week but doing just the top 1Km and repeat from their instead of the full 2.2km each climb.
As for 23rd, I'll always find someone to tag along with even for a wee bit, did fine on the Etape Cal so will be fine on Kinross. Lets hope for some dry weather at least

 

[Seamab]

Me too as last weeks recce knackered me and that only had one long hill through Glendevon, no Lommond, Wicks o Baiglie or Knockhill!

I did the Wicks O'Baiglie to Yetts of Muckhart section of this route today and it was very hard. No comparison i'm afraid to the Red route and that was with several hills missing i believe.

I'm not sure how long it is until the big day but my advice is to pace yourself and try to get in the wheels to conserve energy if you can. Don't go off like the proverbial bat out of hell - rest assured the field will be going backwards long before the end.

Underestimate this route at your peril - it's very very hard.

Also, take care on the descents around Path of Condie and down to Dunning. There's a lot of mud and gravel on these narrow roads.

Best of luck!

 

[kfinlay]

Think I'll do a run out that way next weekend as thats the hardest section of the black run taking in about 1000m of climbing. Agree about pacing though as I can't see there being too many big groups going around - 600 spread out due to a 2 hr start window. Looking forward to it though, thanks for the heads up Seamab

 

[aberal]

Is anyone else doing this ride worried about their lack of fitness. BECAUSE I AM !!!!!!!!

Yup. Me too. I reckon I'm at least a month or two off being fit enough to feel confident. And that was before I developed the saddle sore in the last few days which put the kybosh on my training ride this weekend and will probably keep me off the bike for a week. Just hope it clears up in time. But I'm not sure I'm looking forward to this now...