Author Topic: [HAMR] Feb 23rd (Read 4550 times)

Nuncio · « **on:** 23 February, 2015, 05:42:49 am »

Off 15 minutes ago.

Approaching 10,000 miles.

Go Steve go.

Jabba · « **Reply #1 on:** 23 February, 2015, 06:33:12 am »

Looking like the 10,000 will come up going through Marsh Gibbon.......

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2 on:** 23 February, 2015, 07:20:10 am »

I reckon he's nailed that. Time for a press release?

Oaky · « **Reply #3 on:** 23 February, 2015, 07:21:55 am »

Yep - tracker showing 25.3 between Aynho and Fritwell which I believe brings up the 10,000.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #4 on:** 23 February, 2015, 07:23:05 am »

But he turned off before MG, the big tease!

Hummers · « **Reply #5 on:** 23 February, 2015, 07:46:41 am »

10,000 miles in less than 2 months. Wow.

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clarion · « **Reply #6 on:** 23 February, 2015, 08:25:02 am »

Chapeau!

Morrisette · « **Reply #7 on:** 23 February, 2015, 09:05:22 am »

Incredible

More than twice my annual target.
Wussing out of riding for all sorts of reasons, mainly weather-related, and every time I do so, I think, But Steve's out in it, has been since 5.30, and he'll do 200 miles today. Doesn't make me any less wussy though!
Amazing stuff, go Steve!!

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #8 on:** 23 February, 2015, 09:28:23 am »

Quote from: Hummers on 23 February, 2015, 07:46:41 am

10,000 miles in less than 2 months. Wow.

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Hat!

Climberruss · « **Reply #9 on:** 23 February, 2015, 10:27:31 am »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 23 February, 2015, 07:23:05 am

But he turned off before MG, the big tease!

Maybe we should refer to this as "Teasing the Gibbon"..as in "Today Steve will be teasing the Gibbon"

Canardly · « **Reply #10 on:** 23 February, 2015, 10:44:49 am »

Quote from: Hummers on 23 February, 2015, 07:46:41 am

10,000 miles in less than 2 months. Wow.

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Incroyable!

vindec · « **Reply #11 on:** 23 February, 2015, 11:10:03 am »

Incredible performance. Go Steve!

CrazyEnglishTriathlete · « **Reply #12 on:** 23 February, 2015, 11:18:27 am »

And the scary bit is that, if things go to plan, this will be the slowest 10,000. In the summer he plans to knock them out every 40 days or less.

Judging by the flag on top of the building near my office, there's a brisk wind out there so the miles out to Cirencester will have been hard won. Fingers crossed that it stays in the west and blows him home.

Nuncio · « **Reply #13 on:** 23 February, 2015, 12:42:53 pm »

On his way back now and, judging by the speeds on the trackleaders site, taking full advantage of the tailwind.

Climberruss · « **Reply #14 on:** 23 February, 2015, 12:46:29 pm »

Tarzan is off and ~~running~~ cycling.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #15 on:** 23 February, 2015, 01:04:04 pm »

Steve has chosen Chipping Norton as one of his "vias". That is a bit steep, being the highest point in Oxfordshire. From memory, every road has a chevron.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #16 on:** 23 February, 2015, 01:18:28 pm »

My fading memory-branes recall the A361 between Banbury and Chippy as not being outrageously scenic though it is oft-times frequented by Clarksonalikes.

Sunny, windy and raining in E17

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #17 on:** 23 February, 2015, 01:27:32 pm »

10,000 miles demands that we hang out more ~~flags~~ Marsh Gibbon tea towels, surely?

andrew_s · « **Reply #18 on:** 23 February, 2015, 01:51:40 pm »

The A361 through Chipping Norton is about 500m at 5% on the north side of town, and ~~100m at 19%~~ 450m at 4.5% on the south side, the centre of town being at the bottom.

T42 · « **Reply #19 on:** 23 February, 2015, 02:08:39 pm »

19 perfuckingcent??? My ligaments crack in sympathy. Once did thank on a cycle path in Austria, but I was young then.

Titfer!

Climberruss · « **Reply #20 on:** 23 February, 2015, 04:08:16 pm »

Looks likehe might be heading for a Gibbon.

andrew_s · « **Reply #21 on:** 23 February, 2015, 05:47:35 pm »

Quote from: T42 on 23 February, 2015, 02:08:39 pm

19 perfuckingcent??? My ligaments crack in sympathy.

Sorry, measured wrongly, using the distance for last leg rather than the total distance.
The south side is about 4.5% at 450m

Vince · « **Reply #22 on:** 23 February, 2015, 06:10:22 pm »

I think a Gibbon is now unavoidable!

CrazyEnglishTriathlete · « **Reply #23 on:** 23 February, 2015, 06:23:16 pm »

Quote from: Vince on 23 February, 2015, 06:10:22 pm

I think a Gibbon is now unavoidable!

Although the tracker cuts the corner, I think there has indeed been a Gibbon.

You can see Steve's mind at work in these days of uncertain weather. Have a proven route of a certain mileage and then, if there is time and the conditions are not too foul, add extra distance on familiar roads. That level of focus and concentration is almost as admirable as the physical resilience of riding the distance day in day out.

Climberruss · « **Reply #24 on:** 23 February, 2015, 07:58:16 pm »

Quote from: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 23 February, 2015, 06:23:16 pm

Quote from: Vince on 23 February, 2015, 06:10:22 pm
I think a Gibbon is now unavoidable!

Although the tracker cuts the corner, I think there has indeed been a Gibbon.

You can see Steve's mind at work in these days of uncertain weather. Have a proven route of a certain mileage and then, if there is time and the conditions are not too foul, add extra distance on familiar roads. That level of focus and concentration is almost as admirable as the physical resilience of riding the distance day in day out.

Indeed. The more I have watched this epic playing out, the more I am thinking that the mental approach is arguably more important than the physical side. If you are mega fit (as we know Steve & Kurt are), then it becomes a war of mental aggression - not with each other, but with the soul destroyimg boredom of riding day after day after day after day...you get the picture!