It was a tough track. I rode the first 17 hours until an inner ear problem gave me vertigo. I thought about how hard it would be to do 20-30 laps of just bluetongue and little seymour, or the downhill track, or "that bastard hill" while out riding and it didn't sound appealing.Wow that would have been a tough 6 hr track let alone a 24hr track.
Quiggs
It sure was a bastard of a hill!! which bastard was it again that included that into the course especially after blue tongue and little seymour. But then again we are nuts for doing it. Congrats to Jas super nice guy always having a chat everytime he passed me which was alot even in the heat of racing with Ed on his tail.It was a tough track. I rode the first 17 hours until an inner ear problem gave me vertigo. I thought about how hard it would be to do 20-30 laps of just bluetongue and little seymour, or the downhill track, or "that bastard hill" while out riding and it didn't sound appealing.
Well done Mike, bad luck about the vertigo. You had every reason to get a bit giddy and that climb out the back was just merciless.How long was that track? I had it at 13kms, but others had it at less.
Awesome effort mate - was following the race online and was very excited to see you move up the field and win your age category!Wow that would have been a tough 6 hr track let alone a 24hr track. In true stromlo style over the 24hrs the peddles became rocks and the rocks became boulders, really tough on the whole body especially the downhill track section
Quiggs
Just downloaded my garmin and laps were around the 12.80kms and 300mts elevation give or take a meter or two here and thereWell done Mike, bad luck about the vertigo. You had every reason to get a bit giddy and that climb out the back was just merciless.
Looking at the times, those that went within a few seconds of 1:00hr on a lap had an avg speed of 11.03kph. If you were knocking out 13k laps you must have been 'telemarking' uphill and downhill!
Which leads to the staggering statistic: 10,000vm. Ouch!Just downloaded my garmin and laps were around the 12.80kms and 300mts elevation give or take a meter or two here and there
bummer the Garmin didn't quite last the distance?Just downloaded my garmin and laps were around the 12.80kms and 300mts elevation give or take a meter or two here and there
You're a machine.Which leads to the staggering statistic: 10,000vm. Ouch!
My write up is here for anyone interested:
http://edridesbikes.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/2013-solo-24-hour-nationals/
Thanks to everyone for the conversations out there
Great read and congrats on an amazing ride.Which leads to the staggering statistic: 10,000vm. Ouch!
My write up is here for anyone interested:
http://edridesbikes.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/2013-solo-24-hour-nationals/
Thanks to everyone for the conversations out there
your still in trouble.........................for not telling me you were going...would have been on your pit crew for the experience....ummah...Just downloaded my garmin and laps were around the 12.80kms and 300mts elevation give or take a meter or two here and there
Hang no more ...I'm hanging for the graph that indicates how close everyone was during that race!