Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Yep; it's still an average of 13.5 mph over the 81 mile (??) course! That is not far off my normal average speed and I am a mere pup of 50 years. Well done that woman
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Scotland : Perthshire Etape Caledonia 2013
- Thread starter zizou
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Yep; it's still an average of 13.5 mph over the 81 mile (??) course! That is not far off my normal average speed and I am a mere pup of 50 years. Well done that woman
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Angus444
Senior Member
Brilliant!!One of my club mates took his mum around, she is 65 and not a bike rider at all. They took around 6 hours but he managed to get her round. For you Scoosh, a walk in the park.
That's what this event is all about.... For the people chasing a personal best, for people wanting to take it easy and admire the scenery, for those just wanting to say 'I did it'.......Some great times posted here.....agree with you re the wheelsuckers, Pedro. At 4.43.10, I'm still chasing the sub-4.30 time, so I'm definitely not one of the fast guys by any means, yet I had blokes so close to my back wheel at times, refusing to work together, that I actually cracked and let loose with some basic Anglo Saxon at one point....
A good day, though......here's to next year, and here's to the next event on the calendar.....
Col5632
Guru
- Location
- Cowdenbeath
Well done to all who done it, some super quick times there, i've yet to do that kinda distance so as yet i have no idea how long that would take me
tug benson
Survived the Tour O the borders 2013
- Location
- Alloa
My strava from the day
http://app.strava.com/activities/53972246
what garmin has to say about the day
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/312214129
http://app.strava.com/activities/53972246
what garmin has to say about the day
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/312214129
Strathlubnaig
Guru
- Location
- Alberta
Were you one the COG squad on page 10 of The Courier today ? Good efforts all round.
Strathlubnaig
Guru
- Location
- Alberta
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
If you look closely you can see me on the front page (white gilet) and on page 10 i am kneeling down on the left. My hair has grown a bit. Not aerodynamically clever i am sure.
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
Ah nice one. I am on the last pic (team photo).
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zizou
Veteran
The guy that won it (i realise its not a race, but you know what i mean) is a decent track rider, he is often getting wins and top 3s in the A group at the Scottish track league and he will sometimes be up against domestic pros to do that. Not bad going for a young amateur who (as far as im aware) hasnt been part of any development programme - actually he probably gets more publicity for doing this than he would winning most 'proper' races!
It is hard to compare with other rides, but most people riding yesterday likely wont have been close to what they managed yesterday on any of their training rides leading up to it. Not just by a couple of minutes either but by a fairly large chunk.
It is hard to compare with other rides, but most people riding yesterday likely wont have been close to what they managed yesterday on any of their training rides leading up to it. Not just by a couple of minutes either but by a fairly large chunk.
tug benson
Survived the Tour O the borders 2013
- Location
- Alloa
Being my first time doing it i didn`t really know what to expect with my time, but am happy with my time, and i did push it a little bit, think i lost time coming down the othe side of schiehallion, the wind and rain in my face took it out me a bit.....i was in a good goup up until the food stop before schiehallion, we were really going fast at time and it was great fun, ended up on my own for a little bit, joined up with a good group at about the 60 mile mark....it was actually 2 women who went flying by me, just thought to myself i`ll have some of that, they were going at a good pace for me, so a few of us where taking our turns at pulling others along, stuck with them for a bit, then they dropped me at the wee bit where you take a sharp left and there is a bitch of a wee sharp climb climb, it had a a lot of folk cheering on so i thought to myself i need to push it here, well doing that took it out my legs...then you hit a wee climb just along from that, it had the last climb written on the road well that really done me in and that was that last i seen of my final group...
Great weekend we had, weather was rubbish for me at schiehallion but that was about it..
Me crossing the finish line
Great weekend we had, weather was rubbish for me at schiehallion but that was about it..
Me crossing the finish line
Last year i did 5hrs 50 mins this year 4hr 24mins.
Why?
Last year I just plodded along stopping too often and never pushed myself hard enough and the weather was rotten.
Trained hard all winter getting my average speed up , lost over a stone but I'm still 17stone +, never going to be a racing snake but managed to take a 1.5 minutes off my KOTM time and a minute of the timed Kilometer.
Why?
Last year I just plodded along stopping too often and never pushed myself hard enough and the weather was rotten.
Trained hard all winter getting my average speed up , lost over a stone but I'm still 17stone +, never going to be a racing snake but managed to take a 1.5 minutes off my KOTM time and a minute of the timed Kilometer.
tug benson
Survived the Tour O the borders 2013
- Location
- Alloa
I only stopped at one food stop, think it ws the 4th one....was a bit late in getting up so i only had time for a cup of coffee before doing the ride, so i started the ride on just a belly fully of coffee, took a gatorade pre work out drink, and i had 4 SIS energy gel....so i stoped only for a minute to grab 2 bananas, a couple of flap jacks and i topped up one of my water bottles.....i think for me to improve my time i would need to drop a bit of weight, am pleased with my time..
Pedrosanchezo
Veteran
- Location
- Perthshire, scotland
Food is key buddy. I was up at 3:15am as i had to drive to Pitlochry and was starting first. Wasn't hungry but ate 3 weetabix and two bananas before the start. Every 45 mins from there i had a flap jack or a gel. Can't stress the importance of fuel enough if you are going to be giving it some! Also hydrate as much as possible and then make sure go to the toilet. Myself and a few club mates hurdled the rails at the start to take a leak in the bushes, all with about 5 mins to go.
I actually nearly got wiped out at that last food stop. Missed the barrier by the skin of my teeth, during which i was signalling those behind me to move over right. I heard shouts of "f*ck me that was close" so i wasn't the only one to nearly become road grime.
tug benson
Survived the Tour O the borders 2013
- Location
- Alloa
I would usually have porridge before a ride, and i always have bananas with me, i just guess i wasn`t prepared as i thought i was... we were just a bit late in getting up, we were staying at blair atholl, so we were worried about getting in on time, plus with it being my first Etape, i didn`t know how the bloody timing chip attached to the wheel,
