bikingdad90
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Not sure I understand that fully. It is 8km an hour over 24hrs so a min speed of roughly 5mph??
Amy Hudson does the Tour de France
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Not sure I understand that fully. It is 8km an hour over 24hrs so a min speed of roughly 5mph??
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
No, I think* what @Ian H means is that an overall speed of 200km/day is the minimum for very long AUK events. That's speed expressed in km/day - which is an entirely valid set of units for speed.
So if you had an event that was 2,000km the cutoff time would be 10 days (ie going at the minimum speed of 200km/day)
It's up to you to figure out an appropriate road speed that also allows you adequate rest. If you went at 8.3 km/h you'd have zero rest time. And you don't have to do 200km every day. You could do a couple of 300km days and have a day off and still be within the cutoff.
Point being that 200km/day isn't necessarily a very high bar in the world of super-duper long endurance riding. (Yes I know the TdF route will have some big hilly bits)
* Obviously there's a high chance that I'm wrong.
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Ah fair do's, I thought I had seen her mention in a previous video that she would be handling that as well, but likely since then they have revisited and realised it would be better for her to be sleeping!
Ian H
Ancient randonneur
Assuming she does a bit more than the minimum on the flat days, she'll have some time in hand. Worked for me over a mere 11 days.
Yes but... 2,000km is not greater than the 2,500km that Ian H mentioned. For a mere 2,000km event I believe the minimum daily distance is 240km.
Other than that I agree with what you said.
good luck to her but she has had mental issues and gets tearful when stuff occurs. happens to us all but you might need to think it out and blub later. 60 mile day out is enough for me unless someone is funding a holiday then I might manage 100 miles but I want a nice hotel/dinner and a good rest. No scorching heat/wet descents, cold descents in the wet and/or rain. low gears and steady pace along with the nutrition are the order of the day
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
My mistake.
I chose 2,000 km to make the maths easy. 2,000 / 200 = 10.
Obviously I dumbed it down a bit too far. I didn't realise there was a different minimum for such "short"
events.I should have said "If you had a 2,600 km event the cut off would be 13 days".
To be honest these distances make my head spin.
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Cathryn
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Nothing wrong with having a good cry whilst you continue to be incredible!
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figbat
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Exactly. One thing that someone suffering a mental health challenge usually doesn’t need to hear is “just pull yourself together”.
Ian H
Ancient randonneur
Cycling is her solution to mental health problems.
oxoman
Well-Known Member
She's not bad tbh, seen a few of her YT clips. I feel for her Kyle at times as he has to follow her lead. Some of her sayings and her accent can be a bit grating, but I won't hold that against her. Maddy Nutt is another one to follow but she's more touring and gravel. Given Amy's challenge its not that easy to keep going day after day, luckily she hasn't got to ride and pro pace.
N0bodyOfTheGoat
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Should she have got Canyon to let her do the route as a test ride review of their new sub 10Kg road ebike?
Alex321
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She is sponsored by Pinarello, and gets free bikes from them, so I don't think that would have gone down well
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figbat
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On the topic of long distance riders, I am also following the very engaging exploits of Annie Ford as she cycles from Scandinavia to Morocco. She has form in this area though having previously completed other extreme distances.
Back to Amy though. Having day 1 done must be a relief.
Back to Amy though. Having day 1 done must be a relief.
midlandsgrimpeur
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I like Amy, haven't watched her vids in a while but when she first started out I watched quite a lot of them. I suspect if she had started as a kid she probably had the physiological capacity to be a pro (I know it comes down to other things beside this). Huge ask but I think she will get through it. Two TT stages and the flats can be taken very easy and will help her recover. I was surprised looking at the route that some stages have 4500-5500m of climbing. That is massive even for a tour mountain stage, they will be the killer days.
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