Kajsa Tylen: The Billie Dovey 81 miles a day progress thread

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Dogtrousers

Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
Her tracker's active today, which is good news.

Her accumulated elevation is now 161,765 metres. That's 100 miles. So maybe she should bank that 100 miles for yesterday.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
It is a very cruel record really, isn't it ... The huge effort involved in undertaking it yet someone else can effectively trash your record before you even achieve it! It must be one of the few records where this kind of thing can happen.

As for losing time due to illness or injury ... it takes a lot of effort to build up a decent buffer, but that can be eaten up by just a few days of problems.
 
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Cracking a solo.
A Year in the Saddle - Kajsa Tylen's 2016 Cycling WR Attempt
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Back on the bike in the sunshine. Not feeling great and under fuelled due to hardly any food yesterday, but I'm taking it easy. And no more cramps! Thanks for all the well wishes!!
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Dogtrousers

Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
On a more practical front, Kajsa is doing a ride from Harpenden on Nov 5th
https://www.facebook.com/events/1637817849843566/

Saturday, November 5 at 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Costa Coffee Station Road
Station Road, AL5 4 Harpenden
Distance: 85-100 miles
Terrain: Rolling
Speed: 13mph approx
Pace: Steady, Kajsa‘s pace
Rules: Kajsa is not allowed to draft (follow a wheel), but we can draft her. Here are the guidelines in full: www.ayearinthesaddle.com/the-guinness-guidelines
Cake? Of course!!
Who: Men and women who are already capable of riding 100 miles (with c.4000ft* climbing, 13-15mph)
Bring: Lights, arm/knee/leg warmers, extra thin layer(s)

*4,000 ft is about 1,200m
Just tagging @CharlieB in case he hasn't seen this.

I've got my pass all sorted, but I may need to head home pronto afterwards to be sociable* at post fireworks thingy.

* Insofar as I am ever sociable.
 

Aravis

Putrid Donut
Location
Gloucester
I might have hoped to join the Harpenden ride, as my late mother's surviving brother lives there and I haven't visited this year. Until very recently he and his wife were leading figures in the local tandemming scene, with their handsome green Mercian, and it might be worth tipping them off anyway.

But that day is also my wife's 50th birthday. If I were to ask, I'm sure she'd be fine with it, but I don't think I'd ever forgive myself.
 

Dogtrousers

Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
But that day is also my wife's 50th birthday. If I were to ask, I'm sure she'd be fine with it, but I don't think I'd ever forgive myself.
Obviously, with the caveat that I don't know your wife ... She might say that she's fine with it ... but it's not a risk I'd take!!
 

Scoosh

Velocouchiste
Moderator
Location
Edinburgh
But that day is also my wife's 50th birthday. If I were to ask, I'm sure she'd be fine with it, but I don't think I'd ever forgive myself.
Invite her along - it's a very significant ride and she'll be able to look back and say "I was there!" :thumbsup: :laugh:
 

Dogtrousers

Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
I haven't done a graph for a while, so here's one. Her lead over an imaginary rider doing exactly the rate required for 50,000km (85.1 mpd)

She's certainly got the hang of churning out 100 mile days since the start of September! The asking rate should drop under 70mpd sometime in the next few days.

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