The Hour Record

Storey 0.023s up at 10km, somebody please tell the commentator that the lap number on the screen is the one she's on, not the number completed.

20s behind at 120 laps?

I think she's done.

Over 30s behind now, no coming back from that.

Is it over now? Youtube not showing anything.

I had a crack out at Hillingdon today.
TT bike, windy as fuck, winter kit, somewhere between 100 and 12hr power.

37.2k

https://www.strava.com/activities/261037088

563m short according to cycling weekly write up. Sounds like she did her best has no regrets.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/sarah-storey-misses-hour-record-by-563m-160160

Sounds so damn close. Poor girl looked totally fucked at the end so wasn't holding back.

I wonder if she would've got it if she also rode in Mexico?

I wonder if she would've got it if she also rode in Mexico?

Maybe, but probably not if she'd ridden the 'Athlete's Hour' regulations that van Moorsel used to set her 46km record.

She was amazing. Slipped out of her chair when she was sat down. Almost as spent as Andy Wilkinson after 541 for the Mersey Roads 24. There may well be quite a few people on here who may not be able to achieve a flying lap of 28-28.5 mph. Well she did an hour of them!

Andy Wilkinson after 541 for the Mersey Roads ESCA 24

ftfy

I may tell him that ! And see what he thinks of Sarah's achievement.

I sometimes manage it downhill with a fair wind. An hour of it under own steam... Amazing. Apart from the speed, I just find their ability to control the effort and pain for that long astonishing.

I thought hippy hippy must have been you! They need to get some kind of leaderboard up, that comments section is gonna get very busy. How long is the challenge even running?

I reckon I'm just gonna go to the LV track every Wednesday and try and add on meters. My brother is pissed off now, TTs have always been his thing. I reckon we've got a bit of a Boardman v Obree thing on the go this season.

@hippy @mdcc_tester
Any advice from the experts for free speed? (Apart from loosing the mudguards of course).

Any advice from the experts for free speed? (Apart from loosing the mudguards of course).

Don't loose the mudguards, they will rattle and make you even slower.

Badoom-tsch

I'd say 'buy a purpose-built TT bike' but you're already faster than me :)

How to pace an hour record!

https://twitter.com/xavierdisley/status/573889713884561408

@dbr I'm happy to come and aggressively shout lap splits at you? - bar Hippy's advice, losing the mudguards and perhaps swapping for clip pedals, I can't think of much else that might help.

Hah nice one - might take you up on that.

The photo's a bit misleading, I swap the pedals for Wednesday night attacks on the record. Added 300m on this week, but my bastard brother got 500m on that so he's ahead just now. Need discs...

#pfftnegsplits24hr #rookie

Nah, you just need focus. I'm all busted up now so if you want to excel I can totally recommened the "oh shit, if I fail that psycho antipode fucker will kill me" method..

I love that you've got a family hour record going now the world record is back in the news.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gustav-larsson-to-attempt-hour-record-at-revolution-series

Bring it home Larsson!

Anywhere I can watch that on a stream?