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unfortunately I work shifts and every sunday so am not free for most audaxes
You could look into doing permanents instead. You choose your time, and you can still get your brevet card stamped and your AAA points at your own convenience. Means there's fewer friendly faces, but it gets you out on your bike at least.
http://www.aukweb.net/events/diy/index.htm
Edit: just realised I am replying to a post from months ago, like a wanker. Soz. Basically I have only just followed this thread a few minutes ago so that I can keep up on the latest news from hippy's 2017 ultracycling season and I have no idea what I am doing. #hippofanclub
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Still useful, thank you! I looked at doing perms a bit, but I think if I'm riding on my own I'll just not bother getting it certified, as nice as it may be I can see it being a wee bit of a faff.
I've entered TCR so in anticipation of finding out whether I will get in I am upping my mileage by 10% a week. May do the Torino-Nice rally and some long audaxes if I don't get in... -
2017's getting a bit ahead of the game isn't it? But flattery will get you everywhere so I'll keep you posted..
First good news is I survived another trip to the Ghent 6. Just. Not sure what I'll do in the off season (other than drink too much) but I'm still looking towards TransAm as my A race. Almost certainly won't race another 24hr and probably no 12hr either but I will probably keep testing at shorter distances and try and get a few more club records. Need to get rid of the post-US trip bulge as a first action.
zooeyzooey
hippy
@skinny my low gear will be 36x34 and my stomach is of biblical proportions so hopefully I'll be fine. Thank you for the advice. Hope to do a 600 in march-ish.
@hippy cheers. Yeah I did Greenwich Mean Climb last month and I developed some knee pain which has been niggling so need to alter set up for that. Also made me realise how deadly stopping is. TiTS and all that. I have a habit of overfuelling and getting sluggish cause I'm so terrified of bonking. Maybe I need to just eat bananas instead of donuts. Wanna work on the long rides too. And yeah, basically ride a bit more, and then ride a bit more again I guess.
@Greenbank Wow that's loads of great info! Thank you! Yeah I did my first audax last month and really enjoyed it, friendly faces and other people who like riding long distance being around was nice, unfortunately I work shifts and every sunday so am not free for most audaxes. May try to make a few more next year. I like watching numbers go up somewhat arbitrarily (I guess I'm from a generation steeped in the gameification of things) so am tempted by the AAA awards and stuff.