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I'd like to see more pictures of Object. Those are of interest to me.

page one of google image search for 'object' has one

Combine the facts that I go up there maybe once a month usually at weekends, and that I work between 8am and 7pm and primary schools are open from what, 8.30 till 4.. I don't think it's really going to cause a problem.

Regardless of all that I know I haven't got a bats chance in hell of topping 19+mph up there, so I'm not going to risk it / waste my time

interesting that you got your best result there on a Monday early evening, do they have afterschool clubs?

interesting that you got your best result there on a Monday early evening, do they have afterschool clubs?

I had no idea 7.55pm was early evening. Must have missed that memo

Just rediscovered my old workmates best ride from RAAM

http://app.strava.com/rides/9157960

Half way across Kansas in 7hrs 20. Thread endz ;)

It's all down hill. Tell him to go back and do it properly.

what a fucking ride that must have been :) down hill for 200 miles!

Boring?

down hill with a tailwind for 200 miles. my kind of riding, that.

Fun!

Impressive effort though.

1800miles.... in a WEEK! Can't even begin to imagine the pain he must have been in afterwards..

What's the RAAM solo record? 8 days something?

You're basically riding ~21 or more hours a day for 8 days straight. Proper Ultra endurance. I do wonder what their drug testing is like though...

What's the RAAM solo record? 8 days something?

You're basically riding ~21 or more hours a day for 8 days straight. Proper Ultra endurance. I do wonder what their drug testing is like though...
performance enhancing (epo / steroids) or amphetamines and shit to stay awake?

It's the sleep deprivation I'm wondering how they handle. Performance isn't so important as just being able to carry on without stopping. I was falling asleep during the 24 hour. How they can go for 8 days is beyond me and I'm not someone who gets lots of sleep or anything. Two all-nighters in a row at work in Melb and I was destroyed.

"no RAAM rider has failed a drug test" but how effective are their tests?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/sports/cycling/in-cycling-race-across-america-sleep-is-shunned.html

"Strasser did it in 8 days 8 hours 6 minutes, averaging nearly 400 miles a day."

That's 50mi less than I did on a set course riding a TT bike during the 24hr.. for 8 fucking days!

i am guessing the testing ain't too stringent...

it must be mental. with that level of sleep deprivation, you get hallucinations and shit...

I've been hallucinating a little on night rides lately as it is :/ saw an alligator in sussex the other night...

Friends you've done the Paris-Brest-Paris quickly say the challenge is primarily physiological, and about staying organised with the fundamentals (including sleep) whilst you slowly go a bit mental.

When I worked with this guy his training before and after work involved 8-10 laps of richmond park every day for 6 months, usually setting off at 5am most mornings. Somehow he had the energy inbetween for a 7 or 8 mile jog most lunches....

Bloody super-human if you ask me, however he was constantly taking 1/2 days off either because of being 'unwell' or needing emergency physio. I think his body must have been close to breaking before he started the RAAM

just noticed I'm ahead of 6pt on a segment...

nice

he was walking

with a broken leg

Who's broken leg?

and carrying his bike.

6pt can't walk. Once he unclips he's like a newborn fawn.

"put me back on my bike"

:)

Hahaha. Alligators eat fawns don't they? Stay on the bike Tom, stay on the bike ;)