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I was talking about the 2011 one. I'm not sure about a 12 this year. Support starts to become an issue.
Come and join me on the KCA 12 hour 5th September :) Q12/3 course Tenterden area
We have entered a Catford CC team
trouble is my longest ride this year has been 70 miles so I've got to do a few longer ones, I know it's going to be painful but have to have a go at it as one of our Catford riders Peter Stubbs was knocked off and killed in May this year and he wanted to get a team in last years, none of us could do it so we were going to ride this years together, as he won't be there I have co-ersed a few others to join me and ride in his honour.12 Hour TT for Demelza Childrens Hospice.
I think I have managed to erase the memories of pain from my mind of the 2007 24 hour, that was on 72" fixed and did 178 at the 12 hour point so that's a target as I'm older fatter less fitter.
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Thanks Hippy, I'd be interested to see your mates race report.
Competing will be the last thing on my mind, my only goal is to finish.I'm not sure he's put his report up but he's writing some stuff here.
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Fixedwheel, I might well be up for that, a twelve would be perfect after this weekend
I went out pretty quick (too quick it turns out) and posted 239 for my first 12, then cracked around 16 hours in. The next 7 hrs were absolute hell, having to dig the deepest I've ever gone, nothing left, no power, knowing I still had 8 hours and a target of 200 miles left. Fortunately the berserker spirit took over for the last hour and I gave it everything - blitzing through the HQ crowds at 27mph was f*cking amazing - until I passed my final timekeeper at 14.02 and had to call for a lift back...
Total distance 429miles, 9th place, with my teammate posting 434miles and 8th place - a massive thanks to the support crew for a stirling job.
Can't recommend this event highly enough, it's unique.
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I'll give you all the details at Wests at some point, to sum up, it was a series of epic fails preparation-wise on my part (not ridden off-road in 6 months, low tread tyres on a wet track, forgetting sporckets so had to ride on my road gear, gloves with not enough padding which resulted in losing skin on my hands by lap 3 etc.)
However, it was so much fucking fun, can't wait for the next one, which i'll most likely do in a team, which you're more than welcome to join.
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Only managed 5 laps before the boys started taking too much of a beating. Stopped for a bit, decided to take a nap, overslept, woke up and it was raining pretty heavily. I had enough trouble staying on the thing when it wasn't raining so decided not to risk it in the wet. Some bastard sections covered with roots. I know I know HTFU and all that. But like I said, it was the most fun bike ride i've ever had, can't wait for the next one. Hopefully get a few more laps done at least...
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sorry for the crossing over of events, but I guess it's all relevant to the topic title. Quick write up here of the weekends fun;
http://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/Home/tabid/36/itemid/2069/Default.aspx
the winner, John Warnock, hit 516miles, an incredible feat, even moreso when he had a puncture in the first half. Second furthest distance only to Andy Wilkinson's record of 525miles. I was in the showers when he was literally carried in and had to be propped up in a camping chair under the reviving waters. I was f*cked, but it puts in perspective what you have to do to yourself to win these bloody things. Chapeau to the man.
Hippy, are you thinking about a 12? KCA 12, 5th September, I think I'll be there, could try to share support crew if you need?
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A different 24hr..
http://www.coolrunning.com.au/ultra/1997026.shtml"Kouros ran the equivalent of seven successive marathons in a single day, covering 303.5 kilometres or 188 miles, 103 yards. The exact distance, which may change by a few metres/yards, has not yet been reported by The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, which organized the race."
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A different 24hr..
http://www.coolrunning.com.au/ultra/1997026.shtml"Kouros ran the equivalent of seven successive marathons in a single day, covering 303.5 kilometres or 188 miles, 103 yards. The exact distance, which may change by a few metres/yards, has not yet been reported by The Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team, which organized the race."
I'd run away from that aroma too...
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Come and join me on the KCA 12 hour 5th September :) Q12/3 course Tenterden area
We have entered a Catford CC team
trouble is my longest ride this year has been 70 miles so I've got to do a few longer ones, I know it's going to be painful but have to have a go at it as one of our Catford riders Peter Stubbs was knocked off and killed in May this year and he wanted to get a team in last years, none of us could do it so we were going to ride this years together, as he won't be there I have co-ersed a few others to join me and ride in his honour.
12 Hour TT for Demelza Childrens Hospice.
I think I have managed to erase the memories of pain from my mind of the 2007 24 hour, that was on 72" fixed and did 178 at the 12 hour point so that's a target as I'm older fatter less fitter.Didn't see this FWN. Yeah, thinking about it.
There only seems to be some kind of tourist train to Tenterden though.
These TT people think everyone has a car or rides to races? Tut Tut -
ha ha, yeah, well, I think the origins of tt in the UK meant it happened in out-the-way-places at obscure times, gotta love it. B&B's for the win! I'll pm you if I hatch a plan...
In the meantime, check out the fun from the weekend in this video from Damon Peacock. You get a good idea of the passage of time (I love the birdsong in the morning), and the different characters at the event, and check out the winner (John Warnock, 516.11miles) finish. Jaw dropping.
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Didn't see this FWN. Yeah, thinking about it.
There only seems to be some kind of tourist train to Tenterden though.
These TT people think everyone has a car or rides to races? Tut TutI'll probably drive there if you need a lift, might even check for a Travel Lodge and maybe go the night before.
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There's an initial run out from the HQ of about 15 miles (I think) Prees Island roundabout, which serves as the hub for the next 22hours, and you alternate between the Quina Brook circuit which is about 13 miles, and a 20mile out and back (ie 40 total) down SE to Telford - the Quina Brook is used in the evening and after dawn, so the 40 miler gets pretty bleak in the middle of the night.
After 21+ hours they run you back towards the HQ, and onto a ten mile(?) finishing circuit, with a series of timekeepers on so they can calculate your exact distance once your time limit has elapsed.
The change of scenery and loops is very welcome, not sure how I'd cope on one of those motor-circuit 24hrs.
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Possibly that would be simpler and just as good.
The main thing is to get those entries in, and to enter the longer events while they are still there to be entered.