Dun Running? Try Dun Run II - 1st October 2010

[martint235]

You are!
Buy a ticket Martin - go for a return next time - it is a wearing ride. Not hard, but the uppy, downy nature will take its toll of your delicate physique

Where's the fun in cycling somewhere then getting the train back??

 

[stevevw]

Sort of planning on riding back home to north Herts, but that does depend if

1. I am allowed out in the dark (the wife does not like me doing night rides)

2. How fast the pace is during the night. Went to Hustanton the other week with the speedy boys intending on riding home but the 18+mph average in to a head wind nearly killed me so had to get the train back.

 

[Andrij]

Sort of planning on riding back home to north Herts, but that does depend if

1. I am allowed out in the dark (the wife does not like me doing night rides)

Tell her it won't be dark. Plenty of us have very powerful lights.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Sort of planning on riding back home to north Herts, but that does depend if

1. I am allowed out in the dark (the wife does not like me doing night rides)

2. How fast the pace is during the night. Went to Hustanton the other week with the speedy boys intending on riding home but the 18+mph average in to a head wind nearly killed me so had to get the train back.

I can assure you that we'll be slower than your speedy pals.

 

[zigzag]

Where's the fun in cycling somewhere then getting the train back??

well, from my experience this year i must agree with aperitif. i've done a warm-up fnrttc ride to brighton the night before - felt good after that. dunrun itself was quite easy as well, just needed some sleep in the middle and after the ride (thanks to stevevw for providing all the luxuries). ride to dunwich was with the tailwind and in a very suitable weather, warm night, no rain.
the ride back to london however was a struggle. headwind, rolling terrain, tiredness, lack of sleep and riding solo made it much more less enjoyable than i thought it would be. left dunwich at 10am, was home at 7:30pm, had two food stops on the way.
so.. would i be up for another dunrun? - mmm.. possibly. would i ride back? - most definitely.

 

[iLB]

rimas! how was your italian adventure? molto bene i hope...

 

[zigzag]

rimas! how was your italian adventure? molto bene i hope...

hi Andy it went very well indeed - one of the most impressive and exciting holidays i've had. my short post can be found here, and photos (most taken by the lady in pic 116) here.

Some of you have met my friend Manis on a fnrttc to whitstable earlier this year, we've ridden all 1000 miles together. He's done extremely well, considering that he didn't train much (one 400 and one 600km rides this summer), and he's only 20!

p.s. photos are a bit mixed up, but you should get the idea what's after what

 

[Aperitif]

Pretty impressive photos - giving an excellent 'mis en scene' Rimas - luckily it doesn't include the sound effects of all the climbing! Well done.
As for Manis - 20? "One 600km and one 400km" - what a wimp!

Great stuff!

 

[Tynan]

christ, it's suddenly soon!

I want to ride back via a pub lunch or two, my tentative plans to ride back in the summer were spoiled by a major technical

 

[StuAff]

You can book bike spaces if you go to http://tickets.eastcoast.co.uk/ - but I bet there are max. two of them, if any at all. I'm just going to book that train, too. I've seen LOADS of bikes cram into that train in the past.

Hope so, just booked the 1338.

 

[Aperitif]

Hope so, just booked the 1338.

I booked it a couple of weeks ago Stu - '...no spaces sir - check with the guard.'

 

[StuAff]

I booked it a couple of weeks ago Stu - '...no spaces sir - check with the guard.'

Hopefully, it'll be OK on the day......!

 

[TimO]

I could have sworn that I posted in this thread, but couldn't find an entry. After some head scratching I eventually realised that I had posted in the yacf equivalent. Doh!

 

[Flying Dodo]

For anyone currently looking at trains, the National Rail database currently has a problem, so it makes out there aren't any trains back to London. I've spoken to a human at NEAA, who's confirmed trains are running, although there is an amended timetable due to them having to juggle trains around.

For some services, a change will have to be made at Ipswich. However, the 13.38 service which I and a few others have already bought tickets for, is still running through to London.

Weather-wise, it could be wet, although we might be lucky, as Friday during the day currently looks like it'll be dry with rain moving slowly from the west.

 

[frank9755]

I am afraid I am going to have to cry off, having managed to double book myself for this weekend.

Best of luck to all riders, hope you get the same tailwind we had back in July, and look forward to reading about it.

Frank