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I'll be honest Bill, as far as moral support goes..."it's like being in the Everest death zone", leaves room for improvement! Ever thought of being a motivational speaker? This is my first day at work for a long time, where I genuinely don't want to go home! I have got butterflies... and I'm not joking! But I love it!

 

[kipster]

I'll be honest Bill, as far as moral support goes..."it's like being in the Everest death zone", leaves room for improvement! Ever thought of being a motivational speaker? This is my first day at work for a long time, where I genuinely don't want to go home! I have got butterflies... and I'm not joking! But I love it!

I seriously thought about joining you tonight, but my cold has resurfaced and I think being able to breath properly would be a prerequisite for the climb. I'll try and drop by to give you some Bill like motivational comments

 

[Runexeter]

Going to have a crack at Colle del Moncinesio, the Goat's stage 3 run. I'll be logging on around 6:30pm if anyone wants to come and watch me die on my arse. I'll do a 5 minute warm up in case there are any other nutters out there that want some company whilst they suffer death by BKool! Feel free to join me, but it could get messy. I will be turning my mike off as I'm quite sure no one here wishes to hear the raw expletives I will be gasping after an hour and a half. And as for you Bill, I just hope we can still be friends after this, but I'll be honest, I'm going to find that difficult.

I just did it, didn't go all out but make sure you pace yourself there's some nice 10%'s near the end and erm I doubt i'll be running tomorrow.

 

[Randyberlin]

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I just did it, didn't go all out but make sure you pace yourself there's some nice 10%'s near the end and erm I doubt i'll be running tomorrow.

I'm working out of town this week and had to do Rundlestone early. It is as tough as I can manage at this point. I googled the goat climb and the image that pops up is 20 horses pulling a carriage up a million switch backs. You Goats are a strange breed. Rob those are great videos.

 

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I have a GArmin Virb Elite and cant fault it, on the road bike and CX bike i have Jb welded a mount to the base of my Garmin out front mount so it easily fits out the way and can be operated very easily (i just use the 180 flip falicity in the editor). On my MTB i use a standard bar mount and also a helmet, the geat thing with Virb is the versatility and also the ability to add the gps data. Heres a few vids:

Road Descent:


MTB Park:


Another MTB Local Strava Segment:


I like the fact the speedo doesnt lie so you cant be accused of 'tampering' with the video

That Ginge Drop ride looks good fun. Not much margin for error though? And god help the dog walker not paying attention!

 

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Looking forward to a barrage of encouraging abuse! And feel free to verbally abuse my wheezing, semi asthmatic carcase as much as you like, for if there's one thing us builders do well, it's taking and dishing out banter! Sat here now, staring at the Bkool, trying to get in the zone....and failing. Got my cup of tea in one hand and a snickers in the other. Something tells me, one snickers won't quite cut it!

 

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Right, sorry if anyone was planning on joining me at 6:30pm, I can't wait any longer, the suspense is killing me! Wish me luck, I'm going in!

 

[Runexeter]

Right, sorry if anyone was planning on joining me at 6:30pm, I can't wait any longer, the suspense is killing me! Wish me luck, I'm going in!

Cant find you in the live tab, or anywhere come to that.

 

[BILL S]

Cant find you in the live tab, or anywhere come to that.

He's there all right!! 0 seconds away from my ghost . I think he's going to kick my ass.

 

[BILL S]

 

[Runexeter]

Strange that, I even looked in the group tab but only the Thursday rides are in there, blimey he's going for it then!

 

[BILL S]

I always use the filter these days. Only way for me to find live rides. And yeah, he's going for it. Good strategy too.

 

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I bloody told her that defibrillator would come in handy........

 

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Ok...I think I'm going to live! That was tough....really tough! Well the last hour and a half was anyway. It is surprisingly motivational having you guys pop in and comment actually. I think it tends to bring my 'showing off' gene to the forefront. You could easily beat my time Bill. Got a 40 second lead on you earlier on, but was trying to keep my HR below 160, and you caught me up again. So had to reassess and try to keep it below 170. But that was draining, my legs were like jelly for the last 15 minutes. I was massively under Snickered.

But..... Loved it!

 

[BILL S]

LOL I did notice your power output shooting up to about 350 watts while I was visiting