Weird week. Expected to be very tired after last weekend - wasn't. Have had a few "short" but fast runs over 10km and with the weather hotting up it's been a great chance to test out my warmer weather kit for CCC in September. Tomorrow I've planned a Vk run on a local ascent to set a vague...

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Tailwinds to everyone.

I miss it out there.

What a weekend. Main highlight, was guiding a good friend towards finishing his "Twenty for 20 round" to celebrate 20 years working for the M3 project - a charity supporting young homeless people in Rossendale (Lancs). He completed 20 peaks with 20,000ft of climbing in 20 hours over 80km. ...

Out hiking and spectating in the Lakes today.

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Pretty sure I've got a SRAM Roam 30 wheelset sitting in the basement. 110x15 front, 142x12 rear.

90mins with the wife while child was in holiday club. Both of us are doing some BIG alpine races in September so it was great to run together and talk s**t. I showed her some new trails and dropped her on the downs, she made me work on the flats and gentle ups. In the sun, perfect run.

Nice 3 hours local in the sun yesterday. Surprisingly quiet on the trails. As if people have stopped going to Calderdale for a while and started exploring! Suits me just fine.

Bearlegged wrote: ↑Sun May 21, 2023 6:52 pm Heh! Nice one Greg.
What's the idea with the full leg cover rule? Gorse, thistles, ticks?

It's from the concept that it reduces the chance of passing blood borne infections onto others as you go through "sharp" undergrowth. On some races (sprint and urban) it is not required.

Duvel.

I have missed you old friend.

Orienteering and summer mean two things: 1) wearing tights and hating it beause it is too hot and "full leg cover" is a stupid rule but you get over it by wearing nearly see through nylon pants that no one wants to see on a mid 40's man. 2) Sprint racing, the finest form of orienteering. A...

Local, ish, orienteering race today. Brown course, 22 controls, 11km and 350m of climbing. Breathing not quite up to hurting myself standards yet. So took it somewhat easy on the climbs. Just powerhiked. Made one stupid error that lost me 4 mins or so...which turns out was the win. 3rd overall, 2nd ...

I too get the "do you need a lift home?" question when it is anything but dry outside. My usual response is "No thanks, I quite like weather." It beamuses people. Life has very much migrated towards people avoiding any sort of physical discomfort these days. It's not a healthy th...

^^^^ this - mine were charged off a dyno when needed to be at the TDR and other races. During 24s they get a piggy back battery. The whole beauty is that they don't need replaceable batteries. Shed load less waste and a lot less to go wrong. Though, I have had a Diablo die on me - which was fixed un...

*looks at Mk1 Joystick*

Still works fine.

*looks at Mk1 Race*

Still works fine..

There is a reason some of us have spent money on our Exposure lights.

Buy once. Buy well.

Sure, but if something goes wrong, it's a very good reason for my insurance to say no to paying for a helicopter ride in the French Alps. Not willing to take that chance. Already had one paid out by insurance years ago, I do not need a 25k hole in my pocket :)

I was told 6 weeks. I need it done in 4. So went and found a person to pay.

Will keep and amend in future if I need it again.

Felt perky when I woke up so decided to go have some fun.

3.5hrs, 28km, 880m with my kit for CCC. Felt great, met few people on the route I took, enjoyed some spectacular running on my local trails. Couldn't have been better.

FWIW, hammer + drift for me.

That was me being sensible :)

Feeling more or less ok now. Ran (Albeit at about 60% effort) an orienteering race today, 11km, felt fine, but frustrated at having to dial it back.

Was feeling off after TWA last weekend, legs were much worse than normal the day after but I put that down to being old and fat, then on Tuesday BOOM. Home from work early, couch, shivers, Covid negative. Stupidly went to work on Wednesday, left after I taught my Y12s, Covid positive. Probably shoul...

Looks like it works for you. Go have some adventures. That's what this lark is all about anyway.

Agreed.

My Cutty does have that extra special TDR bond that I have with it though.

Can't fault anything about the Warroad. 650b for fun, 700 for audaxing....kinda fun

voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2023 2:01 pm
There was a thread in this last year I think over at STW forum if you dare step that way…

I flounced from that hole many years ago.

We did it for the French Divide a few years ago. Seemingly has to be done for any organised activity in France. Our GP provided the letter (for £40!) that just said "I know of no reason why X cannot do this event". Didn't even need an appointment, we just turned up at the surgery, explain...