Time Trial / Time Trialling / TT

Sorry Soul, Ricky from Grupetto already beat you to it..

It's all good... I was never really after a career in graphic design anyway.

it's over now hippy, deep breaths ... and relax

you are national champion
just don't forget that bit

It's all good... I was never really after a career in graphic design anyway.

"I don't do graphics" is a stock line from me at work.

You should see some of my awesome MS Paint logos though on the odd occasion when I change my mind. Wow! Look out Picasso.

it's over now hippy, deep breaths ... and relax
you are national champion
just don't forget that bit

I can't forget yet. I'm still in constant pain!
I've got some trapped nerve thing going on in my hip and one in my neck and my legs are swollen so I'm trying some compression socks today whilst trying to kick the brain into actually working.

You're not still doing that 12 hour one in a couple of weeks are you?

slvlss socks Hippy? I am disappoint.

You're not still doing that 12 hour one in a couple of weeks are you?

Hopefully.

slvlss socks Hippy? I am disappoint.

Yeah, I knew I'd get shit for those but you sit down for 24 hours and see how fat your ankles are. They're supposed to help venous return and possibly aerodynamics but I've not tested that. They didn't seem to do any harm though so I'll probably use them again.

Hopefully.

Amazing. Remind me to buy you a nice bottle of bourbon when that's all over.

I don't stand much chance at the 12hr as the BBAR lot will be racing and some of those blokes have done over 300mi rides in 12s before and I will just be getting back on the bike again. But I should be able to take the club 12hr record pretty handily. I was only 9miles off it in the first 12hrs of the 24.

Very very impressive.

Is there anywhere you log your training that I can have a peek, or is that one of your marginal gains? (Bear in mind I won't have the faintest idea what I'm looking at).

^ starting to sound like The Clinic in here.

Very very impressive.
Is there anywhere you log your training that I can have a peek, or is that one of your marginal gains? (Bear in mind I won't have the faintest idea what I'm looking at).

Not really publicly, no. Sorry. There's the odd ride on Strava but I got bored uploading them. If you want to compete in a 24hr I might be able to give you some advice though. I helped another rider out with some advice this year and he broke his club record doing what I would consider very minimal training. ie. 4hr rides. He was very determined though and did a lot of preparation with pacing analysis and kit choice.

^ starting to sound like The Clinic in here.

<<< WADA legal, I've sent my power files to L'Quipe... :P

If you want to compete in a 24hr

Seriously tempted but not any time soon I fear. I'm trying to reduce my levels of stupidity rather than raise them!!

12s are much simpler logistically and almost as feckin' daft.

Does anyone know the rules about the maximum distance between start and finish locations on a TT course?

Regulation 35:

10&15mile courses 1.5miles
25,30&50mile courses 2.5miles
100mile courses 5miles
12&24h courses 25miles

all as the crow flies

Thank you! In which case I will head off and update the forum BAR.

That's not a race face, that's my "this is fucked, why did I do this? why won't that other bastard just quit, i want to stop, this fucking hurts, i hate this, maybe I should just wobble in front of a truck, just keep riding you useless fuck, god this sucks, everything hurts, i wonder if I can win this? i wonder if my team will come and get me when i quit? ow, moan, sook, whinge, victory shall be mine, moan, ow" face.

Haha. I used to pull that face in a 10! I don't TT anymore :-)

courtesy of Zed form another forum

"That's not a race face, that's my "this is fucked, why did I do this? why won't that other bastard just quit, i want to stop, this fucking hurts, i hate this, maybe I should just wobble in front of a truck, just keep riding you useless fuck, god this sucks, everything hurts, i wonder if I can win this? i wonder if my team will come and get me when i quit? ow, moan, sook, whinge, victory shall be mine, moan, ow" face."

"Haha. I used to pull that face in a 10! I don't TT anymore :-) "

Mentally there's no comparison and obviously you will restitute much quicker, but really the pain you're experiencing on a 10mi TT is the same or you're simply not committed ;)

10m Vs 24hr

Pain Vs Suffering

Just trying to get my head around the magnitude of the achievement of doing 518 miles in 24 hrs without the use of a car or airplane. That's like 26 RP three lap challenges at 56 mins each. Even allowing for my dodgy maths I'm speechless with admiration.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npCXDeORNHg&feature=youtu.be