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Hah, Bill, I knew you'd do it again and give me a proper thumping ...

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What's Col du Telegraphe like?

It is going to be hard fitting them all in if the weather stays nice.

Geoff

No chance of beating that. Might 'plod' up there later, see how I feel.

 

[gbrown]

Interestingly, Bkool appear to have got the Test Session facility working for uploaded videos.

I uploaded a video of Burrington Combe last night and it is awaiting review, but I can click on Test Session and ride it while it is waiting. Neat.

Geoff

 

[RickB]

It's only 15-20 minutes in the Velodrome. Draft Bill all the way and you'll be as fresh as a daisy!

Ah, I'm sure I can manage that (20 minutes that is - no chance drafting bill!!)

Hah, Bill, I knew you'd do it again and give me a proper thumping ...

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Geoff

Fully expected that to be honest. I knew Bill would thrash me before the stage closed. No way am I trying it again

 

[BILL S]

No chance of beating that

You'll have a bloody good go though won't you Adam.

 

[kipster]

Just done d'Izoard, actually really enjoyed it, some guy joined the session with me and flew off at the beginning, then his legs must have given out as I beat him by about 12 minutes. A few others joined but didn't stay the distance.

I'm going to struggle with the live Thursday rides towards the end of the month as they'll clash with the club evening rides. Trying to plan out my training, I think it's going to look something like:
Monday, goat stage
Tuesday, quick 20 mile loop (1000+ft), aim to get sub 1 hour by the end of the summer
Wednesday, recovery ride with teenage son number 1 (recovery for me, i'll be pushing him)
Thursday, evening club ride
Friday - Rest and fish and chips
Saturday - Club ride
Sunday - rest and roast dinner (maybe the occasional Sunday club breakfast ride or again out with teenage son number 1, depends how the legs feel).

As you can see it's about as scientific as a not very scientific thing, but hopefully it'll get me near my target times for Velothon Wales (5 and a half hours) and the Pru Ride 100 (again about 5 and a half hours).

 

[BILL S]

Guess it's going to get quiet on here now that we're all getting outside a bit now.

Hope it doesn't get too quiet. I just paid bkool their yearly subscription. After todays ride, it makes me think I'll need to invest in an air conditioning unit for my loft or I'll struggle to keep going throughout the summer.

 

[kipster]

Hope it doesn't get too quiet. I just paid bkool their yearly subscription. After todays ride, it makes me think I'll need to invest in an air conditioning unit for my loft or I'll struggle to keep going throughout the summer.

My sub runs until October so i'll be using it through the summer. My garage also got toasty this evening with the fan on full blast, I might need a bigger fan.
thinking along these lines as it'll fit on top of the workbench

 

[BILL S]

My sub runs until October so i'll be using it through the summer. My garage also got toasty this evening with the fan on full blast, I might need a bigger fan.
thinking along these lines as it'll fit on top of the workbench

That is a nice fan. Unfortunately mine just seemed to blow warm air tonight and I suffered big time. I think it's going to have to be a £200 air con unit, which is always handy to have anyway during the heat of summer.

 

[BILL S]

Just done d'Izoard, actually really enjoyed it, some guy joined the session with me and flew off at the beginning, then his legs must have given out as I beat him by about 12 minutes. A few others joined but didn't stay the distance.

I'm going to struggle with the live Thursday rides towards the end of the month as they'll clash with the club evening rides. Trying to plan out my training, I think it's going to look something like:
Monday, goat stage
Tuesday, quick 20 mile loop (1000+ft), aim to get sub 1 hour by the end of the summer
Wednesday, recovery ride with teenage son number 1 (recovery for me, i'll be pushing him)
Thursday, evening club ride
Friday - Rest and fish and chips
Saturday - Club ride
Sunday - rest and roast dinner (maybe the occasional Sunday club breakfast ride or again out with teenage son number 1, depends how the legs feel).

As you can see it's about as scientific as a not very scientific thing, but hopefully it'll get me near my target times for Velothon Wales (5 and a half hours) and the Pru Ride 100 (again about 5 and a half hours).

That's a pretty nice schedule you have there but I think it could be improved. For example, Friday could become Chain Gang Chase re-run night instead, with fish & chips afterwards if you finish in the top 5.

 

[BILL S]

Ah, I'm sure I can manage that (20 minutes that is - no chance drafting bill!!)

Fully expected that to be honest. I knew Bill would thrash me before the stage closed. No way am I trying it again

Apologies for that Rick. I was tempted to go with my first result but changed my mind when I saw how competitive some of the guys were in Col duTelegraphe.

As for drafting me, I bet you can. I'll be trying to draft Monte and Kip

 

[gbrown]

I shouldn't worry guys, it's a British Summer, I expect it'll be grey and pouring down quite a lot of the time!

 

[BILL S]

Hah, Bill, I knew you'd do it again and give me a proper thumping ...

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What's Col du Telegraphe like?

It is going to be hard fitting them all in if the weather stays nice.

Geoff

I am too predictable it would seem . It was too tempting for me to resist no matter how hard I tried. I even wanted to do Telegraphe instead but something was bugging me about Izoard so had to do it.

I seem to remember that Telegraphe is a decent little ride, shorter and less intimidating. Doesn't feel like it goes on forever. I'm looking forward to it but Lars has bettered my quickest time by a few minutes so will have to try and get locked onto his ghost.

 

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Didn't think I would get anywhere near your time Bill, so I challenged Kipster, who I knew I could easily whup...(joke)!
Knew you had about a 7 minute lead on Kip, so when it started looking feasible, I put my foot down and tried to get 8 minutes on him. Which I did, but he must have had a strong finish or something because it wasn't enough.
But I pushed that hard, (HR 191 twice) I started getting cold and shivering....which I took to be a bad thing, since I was pouring with sweat!
Basically I think my body said f**k this you're just being a dick now. Felt quite ill when I finished, and to top it all, Bill still beat me!
When the cold sweats pass, and I feel less nauseous, I might have another go.....NOT.
I think I need a rest day tbh, might be pushing a bit hard.

 

[gbrown]

But I pushed that hard, (HR 191 twice) I started getting cold and shivering....which I took to be a bad thing, since I was pouring with sweat!
Basically I think my body said f**k this you're just being a dick now. Felt quite ill when I finished, and to top it all, Bill still beat me!
When the cold sweats pass, and I feel less nauseous, I might have another go.....NOT.
I think I need a rest day tbh, might be pushing a bit hard.

Hmmm, you may just be a tadge too competitive!

You've got to remember that Bill could be a teenage girl on an e-bike just winding you up ...

Or Bradley Wiggins having a laugh!

Geoff (or perhaps Steph?)

 

[gbrown]

Talking about girls, I spent the whole afternoon in a sewing machine shop looking at buying an embroidery machine for my daughter for a crazy sum of money.

Right next door was a bicycle shop and I kept trying not to think what the same money would buy in there ...