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IanDG

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Re: Christina Mackenzie - women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #25 on: 31 January, 2020, 11:11:55 pm »
 I've been in the same clubs and cycled with the current record holder and the (unsuccessful) Challenger.

Re: Christina Mackenzie - women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #26 on: 02 February, 2020, 01:16:31 pm »
I've been in the same clubs and cycled with the current record holder and the (unsuccessful) Challenger.

I'm in the same club as one of the 2020 challengers. Hoping to get out and cheer her on along the way at some point.

rogerzilla

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Re: Christina Mackenzie - women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #27 on: 02 February, 2020, 01:36:17 pm »
I've been in the same clubs and cycled with the current record holder and the (unsuccessful) Challenger.
I once spoke to Gethin Butler on the phone, so yah boo sucks  ;D
Hard work sometimes pays off in the end, but laziness ALWAYS pays off NOW.

IanDG

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Re: Christina Mackenzie - women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #28 on: 02 February, 2020, 05:49:41 pm »
I've been in the same clubs and cycled with the current record holder and the (unsuccessful) Challenger.
I once spoke to Gethin Butler on the phone, so yah boo sucks  ;D

 
Beats my sad claim to fame ;D

Phil W

Re: Christina Mackenzie - women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #29 on: 02 February, 2020, 06:02:49 pm »
I’ve been to both Lands End and John O’Groats. So there!

Re: Christina Mackenzie - women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #30 on: 02 February, 2020, 09:41:19 pm »
I've been in the same clubs and cycled with the current record holder and the (unsuccessful) Challenger.
I once spoke to Gethin Butler on the phone, so yah boo sucks  ;D
Me too  :)

Karla

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Re: Christina Mackenzie - women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #31 on: 02 February, 2020, 09:43:50 pm »
Next you'll say you spoke to Mike Broadwith too  :facepalm:

Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #32 on: 06 September, 2020, 02:48:53 pm »
I've been in the same clubs and cycled with the current record holder and the (unsuccessful) Challenger.

I'm in the same club as one of the 2020 challengers. Hoping to get out and cheer her on along the way at some point.

They're hoping for a decent weather window to get this attempt going soon.

https://twitter.com/2137Lejog

Karla

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Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #33 on: 06 September, 2020, 05:58:10 pm »
I'm very much looking forward to it.  She's a super-strong rider and should smash it  :thumbsup:

Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #34 on: 09 September, 2020, 08:40:55 pm »
Start date confirmed as 13th September, and the tracker is online ready for dotwatching:

https://frrt.org/lejog2020/?center=53.93345,-2.02148&zoom=7

Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #35 on: 13 September, 2020, 09:40:11 am »
Thanks for this - she is on her way!

Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #36 on: 14 September, 2020, 10:05:42 am »
Thanks for this - she is on her way!

She's had to abandon, unfortunately, around half way. :(

Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #37 on: 14 September, 2020, 10:19:02 am »
Gutted for her. Abandoning is a really hard choice, so must have been something that made it impossible to complete. Hope she recovers well.

Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
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Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #39 on: 29 July, 2021, 09:07:21 am »
Bounce!

Well underway, past  Shap  is this attempt #3?

Weather  not  favourable and not much  up on Schedule

https://mobile.twitter.com/Lejogmack


Karla

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Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #40 on: 29 July, 2021, 10:11:54 am »
This is attempt number 2 for Christina Mackenzie - not to be confused with Christina Murray.

(Mackenzie is the reigning RTTC 12 hour champ, Murray is the reigning 24 champ and they've both tried LEJOG once before.  Clear as mud?)

Conditions sound to have been fairly kind overall so far, with some rain overnight but a mostly favourable winds. 

She's through Penrith over an hour up on schedule, which is for a 15 minute beating of the old record.  She looked good in the video of her ascending Shap, and all in all she looks to have everything well under control.

Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #41 on: 29 July, 2021, 12:19:09 pm »
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Karla

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Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #42 on: 29 July, 2021, 01:30:09 pm »
https://twitter.com/24HourMaths/status/1420719983403937798?s=19

She's at Moffat and the weather is dry.  Looking good!

As usual with these things, Mike Broadwith's Twitter is one of the best places for updates.

John Stonebridge

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Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #43 on: 29 July, 2021, 03:00:51 pm »
Would have gone out to the south end of the Forth Rd Bridge to cheer her on but Im already committed to something else in Edinburgh City centre

Shes soon to leave the shitty surface that extends pretty much continuously from Moffat RAB to the Thankerton turn off - and still going strong!

Karla

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Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #44 on: 29 July, 2021, 03:42:18 pm »
She's through Thankerton and inside 300 miles to go.

She gained her hour over schedule on the first day, let half of it slip overnight and then gained that back by only stopping for half an hour instead of the planned hour this morning.  She's held that hour so far, so let's hope she keeps it through the Edinburgh traffic and the vagaries of the second night.

Teethgrinder thinks it's excellent pacing so I'll trust him on that one  :thumbsup:

Karla

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Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #45 on: 29 July, 2021, 04:56:51 pm »
Over the hills and 80 minutes up, with more descent yet to cover before the Forth Bridge.  Apparently the wind is forecast to drop by the time she turns into it again at Perth.  Excellent news!

Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #46 on: 29 July, 2021, 07:16:08 pm »
Still ahead of schedule, just south of Perth now. Wishing her well!

Feanor

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Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #47 on: 29 July, 2021, 07:29:47 pm »
Can someone please explain what I'm looking at on the tracker?

The red line is obv the proposed route.
The pin seems to move forwards fairly often.
The low-res blue line seems to follow later.

Is the low-res blue line where the tracker checks in, and the pin is an estimated position ahead of that?
Or what?


Karla

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Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #48 on: 29 July, 2021, 08:07:58 pm »
The tracker is meant to update every 3 minutes, which I'm fairly sure is where the marker is.  I don't know about the blue dotted line.

The latest graph is out and she's building up a strong lead.  She's now got a tough climbing section ahead of her but this is looking very achievable Indeed.

Re: Women's LEJOG record attempt
« Reply #49 on: 29 July, 2021, 11:20:17 pm »
Watched the tracker tonight Drumochter Summit Local Time 23:05  70 min up on Schedule