I'm lucky in that my body hasn't betrayed me of late, so I've been able to keep the activity up.

I can't even begin to imagine what my calorie intake would need to be to lose weight without it. It wouldn't be pleasant.

I've been looking at reverse dieting for getting back up to maintenance Cal's when either I reach goals or decided to have a diet break to restore any metabolic loss. Some say just go back up to what you think your tdee should be (various calculators) and some have slower or faster calorie builds o...

01/01/21: 72.5kg ------------- 02/04/21: 62.6kg (-0.9kg) 09/04/21: 62.0kg (-0.6kg) 16/04/21: 61.5kg (-0.5kg) Target: 60kg by 12/06/21. ------------- Probably going to start increasing my calories a touch next week. I'm nearly at target, and some time to spare so I'd rather a bit more fuel for the tr...

htrider wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:09 pm

Doing endless repeats of a 9 mile lap for 24 hrs always seemed to me to be a hellish concept. Doing one lap of an ITT in 24 hrs?

This is where I am.

I don't mind pushing myself hard, but bollocks to doing it in laps.

Cheers.

I'm sure I should probably know (apologies, memory is going a bit!), but which Boner is this?

Teetosugars wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:15 pm

Are there still spaces Rich?

Eventbrite site says no. Don't know if he's doing reserves though.

01/01/21: 72.5kg ------------- 26/03/21: 63.5kg (-0.6kg) 02/04/21: 62.6kg (-0.9kg) 09/04/21: 62.0kg (-0.6kg) Target: 60kg by 12/06/21. ------------- That's over 10kg since January. Pretty pleased with that, and it's very obvious now too (nothing fits me and I look like I'm dying of a horrible diseas...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑

Tue Apr 06, 2021 12:01 pm

What's the newbie's name?

Ruby. Some will remember Roo - well, she was Roo(a) and this is Roo(b).

Thank you for the birthday wishes everyone. I've had a lovely morning exploring in the company of my official birthday present and this evening I'm going to Mach' for a special birthday kebab. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NFtj7MwDd7w/YGsNJy0j74I/AAAAAAAAH_E/vhlMxkBgMQM84pz8LLNYNGrgbfmLSc-4wCLcBGAsYHQ...

Looking like a good crowd. :)

01/01/21: 72.5kg ------------- 17/03/21: 64.1kg (-0.9kg) 26/03/21: 63.5kg (-0.6kg) 02/04/21: 62.6kg (-0.9kg) Target: 60kg by 12/06/21. ------------- Only ~2.5kg away but it feels like an age. I need to be careful I don't try to rush it as I've already had to tweak the training to account for the lac...

Also signed up to this. Looks like I'll be spending a decent amount of time up North this year.

Going to go up a few days early and have a bit of a pootle around.

Landslide wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 27, 2021 7:13 pm

Hmm, sorry if I came across as casting nasturtiums...
My thinking was that (at least one) previous editions of the YD200 were a) off road, and b) 200km.

Yeah, there was a YD200 that was off-road.

Realistically I'm mid to low teens at the moment, but I'm not going to pull out the calipers to check.

Some muscle striation here and there. Quads, upper chest, delts. Upper abs and obliques showing, lower ones never will due to loose skin.

Landslide wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:27 pm

I wanted to tour the route a couple of years back, but my riding buddy had a change of plans that meant we couldn't do the whole thing. I've just revisited the idea, but have tagged on riding to and from the start, which takes the total distance up to 535km.
I am a fool.

Meaty.

whitestone wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 26, 2021 2:19 pm

One of the parking areas is currently being built on so unlikely to be available!

Fair few spots up and down that road too. Not quite as choice as the little areas, but unlikely to be completely full.

Bunch North of the train line too (less than 5 min cycle to the start).

Ignore that, found and booked one As you say, can all be cancelled if needed There are loads available at the moment (Hotels Combined is good to check). I'm at The Railway. Just entered. Does anyone know if parking available for the duration at the start? I don't use FB so can't check there. Ta. Th...

01/01/21: 72.5kg ------------- 12/03/21: 65.0kg (-0.8kg) 17/03/21: 64.1 (-0.9kg) 26/03/21: 63.5 (-0.6kg) Target: 60kg by 12/06/21. ------------- That makes 9kg since January. Really rough week. My high end power is completely gone so I've ended up swapping a lot of my VO2max work to endurance. Defin...

whitestone wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:33 pm

The next 30 seconds are much steeper than it looks.

Aye, bits are a challenge to even walk (at least when you're guiding a bike).

5 minutes for my fastest time.

I'll be walking that completely this time. Not taking risks any more.

Other than that, there really isn't anything particularly gnarly that I recall.

Just booked my B&B for the night before. Screw it, it's cancellable if the world is against us.

Anyone planning on attending? I'm yet to have a proper shot at it (crashed badly first year, was sick the second year though I did manage to finish), but even so I really enjoyed the terrain... if not the insane wind! :???: https://riderscyclecentre.com/yd300-200-itt/ I know things could still go wr...

For what it's worth, that headline date just gives them flexibility. Without getting overly political, the odds that this government stops their core voter demographic from heading off to Spain / Greece / France come June... slim to none. I guess there is a possibility that they tie it to being full...