[HAMR] Tarzan (Kurt Searvogel)

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Yes, people forget that Godwin came from behind.

[Ivo]

From Wikipedia

For the first two months Godwin's mileage lagged 922 mi (1,484 km) behind Nicholson's schedule.

Does the Nicholson schedule exist somewhere?

[sg37409]

Tarzan said he was doing a 12 Hr TT for the HAM'R day later this month so where is that?
FB comment does state  "Beginning the trip back toward to Arkansas", look forward to seeing where he goes.

I make it that he is now over 770 miles ahead of TG on days elapsed 

Did he tell his maw ?
(i'll get my coat)

[geraldc]

Latest fb video shows Tarzan needing a hug, wishing he was doing something else other than riding a bike.

[Wobbly]

Is it possible to post links directly to this stuff rather than us having to actually go onto Facebook to find it?

[Wowbagger]

That's pretty telling. He's got more than 10 months still to go. Over 300 days of doing something he's already fed up with. This is where the test of character really begins. How much does he want this?

[mcshroom]

Does this work?
https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-2/10991711_1583199435255097_1170706513_n.mp4?rl=541&vabr=301&oh=584465fb56bec425abd2477e18a07b7a&oe=54F8C6CD

[Tim Hall]

Is it possible to post links directly to this stuff rather than us having to actually go onto Facebook to find it?

This should link to his FB picture page (which you don't need to sign in to FB to see)

https://www.facebook.com/tarzanrides/videos?fref=photo

[red marley]

That's pretty telling. He's got more than 10 months still to go. Over 300 days of doing something he's already fed up with. This is where the test of character really begins. How much does he want this?

Not telling at all. I am certain all previous and current OYTT riders will have had and will have periods of feeling fed up with the endeavour. It's what comes with devoting almost all of your waking hours to such a physically and mentally gruelling task. St Steve will have similar feelings at times, but will probably not video it and post to FB.

Good luck to both riders and hoping they can climb out of the low points.

[andyoxon]

From the background noise on that day55 video, the traffic conditions don't seem too good.

[LMT]

That's pretty telling. He's got more than 10 months still to go. Over 300 days of doing something he's already fed up with. This is where the test of character really begins. How much does he want this?

Not telling at all. I am certain all previous and current OYTT riders will have had and will have periods of feeling fed up with the endeavour. It's what comes with devoting almost all of your waking hours to such a physically and mentally gruelling task. St Steve will have similar feelings at times, but will probably not video it and post to FB.

Good luck to both riders and hoping they can climb out of the low points.

Agreed, and never mind the OYTT I'm certain there are a lot of us on these boards that sometimes wonder what is the point when you are out on a long bike ride - I know I have.

I don't know if heading back to Arkansas has triggered being with his family and ex-wife is more fun then riding his bike. What Kurt needs to do is to close his eyes and think back to the very moment that he decided that the OYTT is what he wanted to do.

[mattc]

Is it possible to post links directly to this stuff rather than us having to actually go onto Facebook to find it?

This should link to his FB picture page (which you don't need to sign in to FB to see)

https://www.facebook.com/tarzanrides/videos?fref=photo

Didnt work for me - but I'm proably logged into FB already! I doubt that broke the link, but you never know with FB ...

ED: but mcshroom's works fine 

[Wobbly]

Does this work?
https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-2/10991711_1583199435255097_1170706513_n.mp4?rl=541&vabr=301&oh=584465fb56bec425abd2477e18a07b7a&oe=54F8C6CD

Thanks McShroom - it worked fine. First time I've heard his voice!

The video quality was a bit crappy, or maybe that's just my steam-powered PC.

[Jaded]

Does this work?
https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-2/10991711_1583199435255097_1170706513_n.mp4?rl=541&vabr=301&oh=584465fb56bec425abd2477e18a07b7a&oe=54F8C6CD

Yes. Worked well, although was very small in the middle of my large monitor 

[Von Broad]

I be tempted to question somebody's sanity if they didn't entertain all kinds of questioning, doubtful thoughts and feelings doing something so ludicrously unbalanced as HAMR [and I don't mean that in a critical way at all]. Something can never ever be good all the time. Life is never like that. The question is: how do you deal with those kind of states when they come up. That's the psychological test, and it's as big, if not bigger than the physical one. I remember Steve writing a post somewhere on yacf last year where he expressed an uncertainty about how he might cope with some of the psychological aspects of it all. Neither of them have ever been here before. You're bound to be uncertain about it.
If we know anything at all about Teethgrinder, it's the fact that he can endure some pretty extreme situations out there on the road, where most of us, certainly me most definitely, would be long, long gone before it ever got to that.
That's why he's doing this and we're not

[Exit Stage Left]

Does this work?
https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-2/10991711_1583199435255097_1170706513_n.mp4?rl=541&vabr=301&oh=584465fb56bec425abd2477e18a07b7a&oe=54F8C6CD

Thanks McShroom - it worked fine. First time I've heard his voice!

The video quality was a bit crappy, or maybe that's just my steam-powered PC.

That effect comes from Youtube's stabilisation process, it takes out the shakes, and renders them as wobbles.
'Your rider appears to be shaky, would you like us to stabilise him?'

[duncan]

I'm not surprised Kurt is getting a bit bored of this. He's spending a lot of time repeating fairly featureless roads with heavy traffic on a thin hard shoulder. I hope a change of scenery as he heads out of Florida perks him up a bit.

[Kim]

I reckon it's rather brave of him to have an existential moment on video with the world watching, rather than somewhere more traditional like halfway up a Welsh mountain in the rain.


GO KURT!

[Polar Bear]

Cold be a bit of devious reverse psychology. 

[mrcharly-YHT]

I reckon it's rather brave of him to have an existential moment on video with the world watching, rather than somewhere more traditional like halfway up a Welsh mountain in the rain.


GO KURT!

It is.

He has a rather nasty looking bruise to his left forearm

[mcshroom]

Or a reaction to seeing how far Steve had ridden when he woke up this morning. I'm guessing it's temporary anyway, you don't ride 12hr TTs and RAAM without quite a lot of mental resolve.

[Exit Stage Left]

There's a tradition of this sort of thing in US long distance cycling. A bit of an audition piece.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10151142316291006

[Von Broad]

I may have heard it wrong, but didn't he say something about pulling his kids around on his 4 wheel trailer in the snow?

Thing is, with the best will in the world, riding your bike around for 200 miles a day, day after day, come what may, could easily wear a bit thin and start to feel a bit meaningless if you love your kids, begin to miss them and fancy spending time with them. He also does a lot for work for a local charity to help orphaned children.
As they say over there - go figure.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Kurt won't be working much for a charity (or much else) this year if he intends to take the record.

[Wobbly]

Does this work?
https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-2/10991711_1583199435255097_1170706513_n.mp4?rl=541&vabr=301&oh=584465fb56bec425abd2477e18a07b7a&oe=54F8C6CD

Thanks McShroom - it worked fine. First time I've heard his voice!

The video quality was a bit crappy, or maybe that's just my steam-powered PC.

That effect comes from Youtube's stabilisation process, it takes out the shakes, and renders them as wobbles.
'Your rider appears to be shaky, would you like us to stabilise him?'

It wasn't a wobbly effect (and what's wrong with being wobbly, eh? Eh??) it more like random vertical lines and/or smudges ever few seconds.