Author Topic: Transcontinental 2019 (Read 47312 times)

Jurek · « **Reply #125 on:** 28 July, 2019, 04:21:55 pm »

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 28 July, 2019, 04:17:55 pm

I'll give more info later. I've just had my first meal since the start, my body shut down in the heat. My wahoo recorded 43°C at one point. I'm in Sofia, tomorrow I'm hoping to head to Belgrade, then on Tuesday pick up my TCR route and head for Austria. Will give me some time to think about what I need to change for next year.

Thanks for the support.

J

Wishing you every strength.

Kim · « **Reply #126 on:** 28 July, 2019, 05:32:16 pm »

The weather, by the sound of it. These things happen.

Enjoy the ride home.

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #127 on:** 28 July, 2019, 05:46:33 pm »

QG, so sorry for you. Please take time to recover. We are here to empathise and rant at if you want.

StuAff · « **Reply #128 on:** 28 July, 2019, 05:48:03 pm »

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 28 July, 2019, 04:17:55 pm

I'll give more info later. I've just had my first meal since the start, my body shut down in the heat. My wahoo recorded 43°C at one point. I'm in Sofia, tomorrow I'm hoping to head to Belgrade, then on Tuesday pick up my TCR route and head for Austria. Will give me some time to think about what I need to change for next year.

Thanks for the support.

J

Sounds like the only thing you could do in the circumstances. There'll be a next time.

slugbait · « **Reply #129 on:** 28 July, 2019, 06:31:37 pm »

Bad luck, QG. I've been there myself as well. The combination of intense effort and heat can bring down anyone. Take it easy and try to enjoy yourself on the way back.

perpetual dan · « **Reply #130 on:** 28 July, 2019, 07:50:22 pm »

I hope your ride is enjoyable, even if it isn't the one you've been hoping for.

Phil W · « **Reply #131 on:** 28 July, 2019, 08:40:36 pm »

Safe journey hope and value your thinking time

D.A.L.E. · « **Reply #132 on:** 28 July, 2019, 10:54:12 pm »

Be interesting to see/hear why riders dropped out so soon into the race.

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #133 on:** 28 July, 2019, 10:59:24 pm »

Quote from: D.A.L.E. on 28 July, 2019, 10:54:12 pm

Be interesting to see/hear why riders dropped out so soon into the race.

The temperature seems to be the main complaint. Also the brutal parcours so near the start. Normally you get 500-600km of undulating ride through Belgium and France before you hit anything intentionally brutal. My route didn't have anything that would count as flat until ~200km after CP2. That's 1000km of up, down, gravel, pot holes, and heat in the high 30's, and if my wahoo is believed, into the 40's.

J

Kim · « **Reply #134 on:** 28 July, 2019, 11:57:33 pm »

IME temperature measured by bike gadgets in a readable position in sunlight (rather than, say, an Ant+ temperature sensor fitted to the underside of the seat, which tends to do somewhat better) is greatly exaggerated compared to the meteorological air temperature, but serves as a pretty good indication of the physiological effect on the rider. If my bike computer's reading in the mid 30s, I'm likely to be rather unwell if I keep going for more than a couple of hours.

Chapeau for even starting in those conditions.

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #135 on:** 29 July, 2019, 09:07:03 am »

Race control just announced that Bjorn has scratched at CP2.

J

bludger · « **Reply #136 on:** 29 July, 2019, 10:14:55 am »

Blimey this is a savage race.
Wonder if future tcrs might have to be delayed to September owing to climate change.

Ivo · « **Reply #137 on:** 29 July, 2019, 10:27:07 am »

Fiona (of LEL fame) is going very strong and overtaking many men up front.

zigzag · « **Reply #138 on:** 29 July, 2019, 10:43:12 am »

Quote from: Ivo on 29 July, 2019, 10:27:07 am

Fiona (of LEL fame) is going very strong and overtaking many men up front.

she was in the lead this morning (and still firmly in top three now) - i'm totally in awe!

Phil W · « **Reply #139 on:** 29 July, 2019, 11:50:05 am »

Fiona is on a more northerly and flatter line towards Belgrade and then the Croatia border. Jonathan and Ben are taking a more southerly mountainous route at the moment. Be interesting to see how their different route choices pan out over the next 24 hours.

Karla · « **Reply #140 on:** 29 July, 2019, 02:35:13 pm »

Quote from: bludger on 29 July, 2019, 10:14:55 am

Blimey this is a savage race.
Wonder if future tcrs might have to be delayed to September owing to climate change.

... or might need extra ferries when the seas rise to flood the continent!

morbihan · « **Reply #141 on:** 29 July, 2019, 03:02:05 pm »

Hard lines Steve. Chapeau for your efforts mate, looks pretty relentless out there. Enjoy your ride North.

rob · « **Reply #142 on:** 29 July, 2019, 03:56:33 pm »

Frank very close to CP2.

Ivo · « **Reply #143 on:** 29 July, 2019, 08:59:42 pm »

Jonathan is going straight through the hell holes while Fiona's more northerly route will stay clear of them. David Schuster takes the more sensible southern route via the Sava valley.

StuAff · « **Reply #144 on:** 29 July, 2019, 11:24:51 pm »

Frank and Ingrid both going well, through CP2.

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #145 on:** 30 July, 2019, 02:33:05 pm »

Am slowly riding home through Serbia. Sat at a bus stop eating chocolate, when Hippy turns up! His tracker has failed, so he's kinda in stealth mode.

It's hot!

J

bludger · « **Reply #146 on:** 30 July, 2019, 02:40:31 pm »

In these kinds of conditions I'd be tempted to try to sleep in the midday and ride at night. But easier said than done when you don't know when the shops are open etc I guess.

DuncanM · « **Reply #147 on:** 30 July, 2019, 02:44:13 pm »

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 30 July, 2019, 02:33:05 pm

Am slowly riding home through Serbia. Sat at a bus stop eating chocolate, when Hippy turns up! His tracker has failed, so he's kinda in stealth mode.
It's hot!

Sorry to hear you had to scratch - sounds like it was the right decision. Are you enjoying your gentle(!) ride home?

quixoticgeek · « **Reply #148 on:** 30 July, 2019, 10:16:35 pm »

Quote from: bludger on 30 July, 2019, 02:40:31 pm

In these kinds of conditions I'd be tempted to try to sleep in the midday and ride at night. But easier said than done when you don't know when the shops are open etc I guess.

I actually tried that. Which was why my time paused was so high. I found some trees, and slept for about 2 hours in the hottest part of the day. But by then it was already 8 hours since I last ate, and my body wasn't Liking it. By the time the big climb hit, even my 28:40 lowest gear wasn't low enough. I walked. Running on fumes.

Quote from: DuncanM on 30 July, 2019, 02:44:13 pm

Quote from: quixoticgeek on 30 July, 2019, 02:33:05 pm
Am slowly riding home through Serbia. Sat at a bus stop eating chocolate, when Hippy turns up! His tracker has failed, so he's kinda in stealth mode.
It's hot!
Sorry to hear you had to scratch - sounds like it was the right decision. Are you enjoying your gentle(!) ride home?

I'm enjoying the ride, but it has confirmed that I made the right decision. On a 35° day, in much lower humidity, I made slow progress today, and after 120km, I started to feel a bit off, so booked a hotel for 30km down the road. I've lost count of how much I've drunk, i did manage some food. But progress is really slow. I'm still feeling the effects.

Gonna try about 160-170 tomorrow, slowly plodding along. Rough plan is Zagred, Ljubljana, Villach, over the next 3 or so days.

I have a gpx, all programmed into my wahoo, but until Komoot work out what they have done to the android app, I can't actually see where I am along the route relative to a point other than the end... My wahoo says it's <700km to the start of the CP3 parcours, but I'm bailing before they... And I've no idea the exact distance...

Ah well, tis an adventure...

J

Phil W · « **Reply #149 on:** 30 July, 2019, 10:32:11 pm »

Lead riders now in Austria with Fiona in second.

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