Two Tommy's Year Cycling Challenge
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May 2018
7:43pm, 26 May 2018
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LindsD
Yes. Take care. What a pain!
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May 2018
8:39pm, 26 May 2018
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alpenrose
Grrr! There's always something to set you back - hope it's not so bad in the morning.
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May 2018
8:58pm, 26 May 2018
6,271 posts
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kwala
Hope it's feeling better in the morning
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May 2018
11:47pm, 26 May 2018
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.B.
I hope it feels better by the morning tiamo and you have a good ride 
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May 2018
7:49am, 27 May 2018
6,575 posts
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Mandymoo
Good luck today
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May 2018
8:27am, 28 May 2018
600 posts
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tiamo69
Cyclists Fighting Cancer Sportive - 27/05/18 So, had a long soak in hot bath Sat Evg & then applied cold compress to left calf muscle (used 2 over an hour); went to bed & was up at 05:20 - 130ml route start time was 07:30. Did my Pre ride admin & sorted food/Gels & drinks out (including the all important Protein Recovery Drink!); calf still very sore, as I applied Sun screen... Because of the forecast (thunderstorms & lightning - very, very frightening!) I took my Winter Road Bike, complete with full length SKS blades... Drove to Stratford, arriving at 07:45 & by time I’d signed in, visited toilet & sorted myself out, it was after 08:10; so, I set off at the back of a wave of 100ml riders... Gave legs a test & quickly distanced everyone who was ahead in the wave: easily got above 20mph on the Flat & to my pleasant surprise; the calf muscle was giving me no discomfort... 👍 Maintained a steady 20-22mph for 1st 50 minutes; quickly catching & passing the riders from the wave ahead of my departure & I was easily on course for a +20mph avg Spd first hour... 👍 Quick aside: as I prefer riding solo & not drafting (it’s just the weird way I am on a bike; think it comes from my running days, it’s just me & my bike V the terrain & clock) I actually prefer starting my Rides late! It means that I will spend most of my ride on my own (no riders in front or behind), once I’ve passed all who started with me & it decreases the chances of some lazy arsed wheel sucker, trying to jump on my rear wheel, to grab a free ride! I detest wheel suckers with a passion!!! My tactics worked perfectly; even in the later stages of the Sportive, as I approached & passed other solo riders, as I was always the stronger rider! I didn’t have a single rider attempt to grab my wheel during the entire ride - Result! 😎👍 Anyway, back to the ride: so, just over 50mls in & maintaining a nice +20mph avg - happy days! Then, the course took us up Saintbury Hill; which is a 1,000ft bitch of a climb: it’s very steep & practically straight up - it appears as a massive spike on This was my 3rd encounter with Saintbury: the 1st encounter (a very cold & wet Mad March Hare in 2017) saw my snap the Rear Derailleur 2/3rds Up; when I finally realised & appreciated that I needed the granny cog! That was a very expensive error of judgement! During last year’s CFC ride I hadn’t realised that we went up Saintbury Hill; however, as I saw the approach, I went straight down to granny cog & rode up, steadily, in the 2nd Rear gear. I did exactly the same this year - think it took me about 15 minutes to climb!!! However, going up steadily, as I do on all hills; kept my HR steady at around 110-120: who wants to ride up like an idiot & blow a gasket!? Continued to ride well within myself; stopped at 28, 56 & 90 to refuel (stuffing my face & refilling water bottles) & I made the sensible decision to just do the 100, rather than the 130; after about 30 Miles - stupid to risk aggravating injury on 2nd week of a 52 week challenge! 🤔 So did the 💯 (101.2 to be precise) which included 3 big, steep climbs that went on & on (total Elevation was over 5,500 feet Or 6,300 if you believe Strava!🤔😳😱😂) & I passed the 100 mile point at 5:59:30 (Ride Time); so, I was pretty chuffed to get my target of a sub 6 hour 100 on Open Roads. Avg Spd was 16.7mph & Avg HR was 129. Had post ride massage on my shoulders; masseur, as I suspected, advised against massaging my legs, as muscle bruising was far too fresh! Had a good conversation with masseur, as she was going deep (my kind of girl!) & she was very interested in my challenge; so, have another potential contact / sponsor 😎👍 Annoyingly, chosing to just do the 💯; left me on 369 Miles for the week: which I knew would happen & as I’m a numbers person, it’s really annoying, not rounding it up to 400! However, the plan was to just test my body, for a fortnight & then, if all was well & good; commit to the Year Challenge... |
May 2018
8:32am, 28 May 2018
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Serendippily
Excellent stuff Tiamo and well ridden 
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May 2018
8:43am, 28 May 2018
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alpenrose
Great day out, well done! Nice you had a good massage person there after.
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May 2018
8:48am, 28 May 2018
1,717 posts
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ThorntonRunner
Sounds excellent - good call on doing the 100 and glad calf held up.
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May 2018
11:03am, 28 May 2018
6,578 posts
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Mandymoo
Welll done 👏👏👏
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