London2Brighton MTB 75 miles Off road - AGAIN!
Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
Thanks AlAMCQ46 wrote:That looks steep in the middle section... Good work
It was a bitch. The second climb was bloody hard due to the fact its after the first fooker. I got halfway up, changed to an easier gear and "crunch" didn't change right so I lost momentum and stopped. Tried to pedal and the rear wheel just spun. When I did get traction, due to the incline and low gear, it just wanted to wheelie. Once I got momentum, it was ok. Really pleased that out of the 5 of us, only me an a mate completed it. Wasn't feeling to bad today which is good. Lots of ice on me legs last nite seems to have done the trick. It certainly put 75 miles into perspective. Back to cycling to work tomorrow. Need to build up the miles.
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good effort Geo - bloke at work and his mates are doing this I found out yesterday. His problem is his practice route is small so he has to go round it about 50 times!
Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
48.9 miles, 4 punctures, muddy energy sapping tracks and saving the hilly bits to the end.
My legs are in turmoil this morning and I have volleybal, 14 miles on the MTB and a 7 mile walk to do tomorrow
Who's idea was it to sign up to this anyways?
http://app.strava.com/activities/60566840
My legs are in turmoil this morning and I have volleybal, 14 miles on the MTB and a 7 mile walk to do tomorrow
Who's idea was it to sign up to this anyways?
http://app.strava.com/activities/60566840
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Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
Well done, you will look back on it fondly.......eventually, but not for the next few days
AMcQ
Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
Thanks Al. Ice packs on the quads are doing the trickAMCQ46 wrote:Well done, you will look back on it fondly.......eventually, but not for the next few days
I just hope I can jump tomorrow. A short butt like me needs to be able to jump in volleyball. lol
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- Whoa Nelly
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Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
Good work Geo - that's a fair old mileage!
I'm heading out to the alps to ride this week - we've been planning to ride the Tour de Mont Blanc for ages, training for some back to back long days (not as long as yours) and big climbs & descents. However, the unusually late winter means the high cols are still completely snowed in, so we're scuppered for this trip. Plan B will be days riding local singletrack & too much beer in Chamonix. Oh well.
Hope the recovery goes well for you!
I'm heading out to the alps to ride this week - we've been planning to ride the Tour de Mont Blanc for ages, training for some back to back long days (not as long as yours) and big climbs & descents. However, the unusually late winter means the high cols are still completely snowed in, so we're scuppered for this trip. Plan B will be days riding local singletrack & too much beer in Chamonix. Oh well.
Hope the recovery goes well for you!
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Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
Thanks Nelly.
The tough bit was a section where it was deep mud. I had changed tyres to a more track biased pair and had zero grip in the muddy stuff. As you probably know, that saps energy big time. Also, the hilly bits were towards the end which didn't help. lol
Have fun in the alps. Plan B sounds great.
As for the recovery, not too bad. Still feeling it in the quads a bit. Lets see how I get on with the 4 miles to work, hour of volleyball and the cycle home.
The tough bit was a section where it was deep mud. I had changed tyres to a more track biased pair and had zero grip in the muddy stuff. As you probably know, that saps energy big time. Also, the hilly bits were towards the end which didn't help. lol
Have fun in the alps. Plan B sounds great.
As for the recovery, not too bad. Still feeling it in the quads a bit. Lets see how I get on with the 4 miles to work, hour of volleyball and the cycle home.
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Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
good going Geo, tough to I bet - mind if I follow you on Strava?? Thinking of doing the strava climbing challenge, although it would mean going up and down a steep sh1t of a hill about 500 times in 8 days or so
and Whoa - bit jealous here, went out at the weekend looking for hills round here, few and far between mind you, been going out to get the miles up and did an 85 miler with stops and a 65 without over the past few weeks. Bring on Le Tour
if it helps I do this to help core strength (important as I'm >50!!) and it made a big diff http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/P ... d_Core.htm - pooped it into a google doc here https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzIwLVc ... sp=sharing
and Whoa - bit jealous here, went out at the weekend looking for hills round here, few and far between mind you, been going out to get the miles up and did an 85 miler with stops and a 65 without over the past few weeks. Bring on Le Tour
if it helps I do this to help core strength (important as I'm >50!!) and it made a big diff http://www.prudentialridelondon.co.uk/P ... d_Core.htm - pooped it into a google doc here https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzIwLVc ... sp=sharing
Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
No problem BVG.
Impressive mileage I take it your on a road bike? If it's MTB off road then
In addition to that document, have a go at this. Do it 3 times a week for a couple of weeks and see how you get on.
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Edit: Do your best and forget the rest
Impressive mileage I take it your on a road bike? If it's MTB off road then
In addition to that document, have a go at this. Do it 3 times a week for a couple of weeks and see how you get on.
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Edit: Do your best and forget the rest
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Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
request sent - will look at that later, although the evils face makes me worried!! ambulance please
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If you are doing 40-80 miles you shouldn't find it to demanding. It's useful though. I have found pedalling from the core a great helpBigVeeGrin wrote:request sent - will look at that later, although the evils face makes me worried!! ambulance please
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Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
Updated first post with donation information. If you can spare a few quid, it will be great.
This is a huge challenge for me, even though we did 49 miles a few weeks ago, it was flat compared to the North and South Downs.
Here is the route
This is a huge challenge for me, even though we did 49 miles a few weeks ago, it was flat compared to the North and South Downs.
Here is the route
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Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
Don't worry Geo I have not forgotten about the donation I promised. I shall send it tomorrow if I remember as I will have been paid. If I have not done it by Sat PM me just to re-jog my memory
Re: London to Brighton - MTB - Off road :o
Thanks matey. I'm sure there will be a few bumps between now and SeptemberCkennedy wrote:Don't worry Geo I have not forgotten about the donation I promised. I shall send it tomorrow if I remember as I will have been paid. If I have not done it by Sat PM me just to re-jog my memory
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