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a tune to remember when you get that call from the London Dyna-rods

the reason the tour de trigs was cancelled with due to ice on roads, so it was pulled by the emergency services.. not because of the walkers.. in 43 years the tour has had two outbreaks of foot and mouth, and only one extreme weather. never lost anyone... well i say that apparently one lad did disappear, amost created a massive search (60 square miles) only to be found at home in bed.. he'd forgotten to tell anyone, he'd quit..

would have done tour de trigs last year but the weather took its toll.. [sighs with relief]

i used to do this year's ago.. scouts, school, now the cyclists are into it..

one of the best event's in the UK is in banbury, oxfordshire called the tour de trigs.. fabulous history, very tough walking competition, hopefully the banbury scouts can keep it going.. i have never done it, but helped out on check points, my missus has done it three times, reckons i'm not mentally strong enough to finish it, i'll keep her thinking that for a little while longer..

when people endlessly complain about the youth today, i remember this and smile thinking if only they knew how brilliant some kids can be..

www.tourdetrigs.org.uk/

also check out .. http://www.bmbo.org.uk/

No Im doing this;- http://www.scottish6days.com/
Hoping to lead week 7 of this through Wales though http://www.thegreattour.org/

excellent stuff mf..

i always fancied doing this.. http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/ringofsteall.shtml
i'll try and persuade the kids to do it also, if weather is good

nothing like the three peaks 24hr challenge in 2005
ben nevis (5hours),
scafell pike (6hrs in the dark!!),
snowdon (4 hours),
too much driving in between though..

also i want to see sylvain chomet's latest 'The Illusionist' now that my kids can go to the cinema alone.. i can see other films on the big screen again, might even take my missus.. oo-er

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHVG1JmbU30

Tomorrow evening showing for me, Coens' films are in the main sublime.

actually 'no country for old men' was a decent crime thriller, can't wait to see true grit btw

i enjoyed 'the man who wasn't there' with billy bob thornton

the big lebowski is just aload of pulp granted.. it's what i need at the mo..

If Bertie doesn't ride Le Tour sll the big boys will be saving themselves for France.

My prediction - Giro 2011 will be a non-event for anyone but the Italians

i hope not, we'll see.. hoping a few brits and aussies will spank the italians this year..

http://www.steephill.tv/giro-d-italia/

what do you like TS

i need to see the big lebowski again soon.. like tonight on DVD..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPo9OBrIOi4&feature=related

coen brothers finest / cracks me up everytime,
apologies for the language

+1

so your quote above from Jon Ackland has a lot of utility for me.

this book is well presented i think as a training guide, when my HR monitor ruled my life and explained how, why and when, loading, tapering, seasons, dealing with injuries etc...

no substitute for a good coach though, but a good start

thanks mf.. i haven't really thought about austria fully yet, more details please.. but am planning a family trip to highlands 28 may-4 june kids haven't been to scotland.. this is a stunning part of the world.. and boasts that epic hill listed 11/10 Bealach na Ba!!

i have to find a way of sneeking the bike onto the caledonia sleeper..

al

valid point cliveo.. i started cycling in earnest in 2003 at the tender age of 35!! and my cycle training includes 7 hours per week commuting, throw in the odd detour to swains lane and long rides at weekends and consider myself mentally strong and reasonably fit.. alas this all unravels with the junk that i eat and late nights on this forum.. [thoughts of snackerjacks and more sleep]

is there not an holistic approach to better cycling, which shouldn't focus on one aspect. legro's article defines one point about having mental strength, i shouldn't be dismissive as any coach would qualify there are always plenty of areas for improvement,

Even the most talented have their weaknesses, but they stay on top not because they know it all, but because they constantly ask that question of themselves..

i'm no expert on this matter, this is just how i see it..

there is some good points made in Jon Ackland's Complete Guide to Endurance Training, which i bought in 2003 principally for triathlon training
Re-creation - the final word, apologies for the paraphrasing..

A good training programme, must afford you the opportunity to occasionally throw the rule book away..

It must give you the freedom to just 'move about the planet a bit'

Training should be an antidote to drudgery, not a prescribed poison!

Enjoyment also comes under the guise of success..

Striving can be play. Endurance training after all is an experiment in which you get to be the 'guinea pig' and the 'scientist'..

Enjoy the physical, emotional and intellectual challenges..

Enjoy trying to be the best athlete you can be..

of course he mentions usual stuff like
setting goals, achieving them, overcoming fear, exploring new boundaries..

this has me now thinking about Ironman Austria, damn..

i have read countless endurance training guides, diet plans, psycho-analysis tips.. the point is i'm not a cat4 rider.. all the events i compete in is only justification for my training, i enjoy the suffering too, especially those dark moments.

i'm not a machine, i feel most alive when i am 'je suis cuit'..
example day 7, 4 cols, 180km, 35 deg C no water, no shade, no support.. just me and my mate Olly cursing our plight climbing col du st martin..

i guess that is why i love cycling.. i didn't quit beer for 12 weeks to ride 260km in belgium for a log of stats, HR readings to prove anything, in fact not riding with all that data was/is a relief to be honest. i do it to give myself half a chance to complete the tour of flanders.. then go and recover somewhere big time with plenty of booze, fags, chips, and laugh at spartacus et al..

i don't want to be better at cycling.. i escape work by cycling.. i don't need a lecture on looking after myself.. my wife does that already. (the lecturing that is)

If you see me stacking it all around town over the next few weeks of learning curve, feel free to say yo (and laugh a little bit).

go forth and break some face Stonehedge, but do it with style and hopefully not too hard.. see you on the road soon

al

having a team shower after paris-roubaix.. playing hide the soap..

not as gay as rugby..

'beating their personal best time on their commute or getting leaner by a particular date'
explain what this means..

look i have overcome alot worse in my life than a few phobias, competed in mountain marathons, triathlons, alpine cycle tours doesn't mean i have to beat myself up about not reaching my goals and ambitions.. i see every result as learning and experience (good and bad).. nuturing that in my life, not telling everyone how to be more positive..

what legro has written here is worthless to me..
sure as hell wouldn't want to pay for it..
sorry if this sounds blunt, for another audience perhaps

be brave yes, be strong yes, have conviction yes.. be a crusader for sports science, sorry i don't buy it.. much prefer the mysteries of life than be told stuff like this..

just been sent this, apologies if you've seen it already

Australian Letter of the Year....

This is an actual letter sent to the DFAT (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) Immigration Minister. The Commonwealth Government tried desperately to censure the author, but got nowhere because every legal person who read it nearly wet themselves laughing!

***Dear Mr. Minister, ***
***I'm in the process of renewing my passport, and still cannot believe this. How is it that K-Mart has my address and telephone number, and knows that I bought a television set and golf clubs from them back in 1997, and yet the Federal Government is still asking me where I was born and on what date? For Christ sakes, do you guys do this by hand? My birth date you have in my Medicare information, and it is on all the income tax forms I've filed for the past 40 years. It is also on my driver's licence, on the last eight passports I've ever had, on all those stupid customs declaration forms I've had to fill out before being allowed off planes over the past 30 years. It’s also on all those insufferable census forms that I've filled out every 5 years since 1966. ***

***Also... would somebody please take note, once and for all, that my mother's name is Audrey, my father's name is Jack, and I'd be absolutely fucking astounded if that ever changed between now and when I drop dead!!!... SHIT! ***

***What do you people do with all this information we keep having to provide?? I apologise, Mr. Minister. But I ' m really pissed off this morning. Between you and me, I've had enough of all this bullshit! You send the application to my house, then you ask me for my fucking address!! What the hell is going on with your mob? Have you got a gang of mindless Neanderthal arseholes working there! And another thing, look at my damn picture... Do I look like Bin Laden? I just want to go to New Zealand and see my new granddaughter. (Yes, my son interbred with a Kiwi girl). And would someone please tell me, why would you give a shit whether or not I plan on visiting a farm in the next 15 days? In the unlikely event I ever got the urge to do something weird to a sheep or a horse, believe you me, I'd sure as hell not want to tell anyone! Well, I have to go now, ' cause I have to go to the other end of the city, and get another fucking copy of my birth certificate - and to part with another $80 for the privilege of accessing MY OWN INFORMATION! Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot, to assist in the issuance of a new passport on the same day?? Nooooo.. that'd be too fucking easy and makes far too much sense. You would much prefer to have us running all over the place like chickens with our fucking heads cut off, and then having to find some ' high-society 'wanker' to confirm You know the photo... the one where we're not allowed to smile?! .... You fucking morons. ***

***Signed - An Irate Australian Citizen. ***

P.S. Remember what I said above about the picture, and getting well, my family has been in this country since before 1850! In 1856, one of my forefathers took up arms with Peter Lalor. (You do remember the Eureka Stockade!!) I have also served in both the CMF and regular Army for something over 30 years (I went to Vietnam in 1967), and still have high security clearances. I ' m also a personal friend of the president of the RSL... and Lt General Peter Cosgrove sends me a Christmas card each year. However, your rules require that I have to get someone "important" to verify who I am; you know... someone like my doctor - WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN FUCKING PAKISTAN!!!..... a country where they either assassinate or hang their ex-Prime Ministers - and are suspended from the Commonwealth for not having the "right sort of government". You are all fucking idiots!
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so glad he managed to get all that off his chest..

i think i'm bi-radical
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Kekul%C3%A9_molecule

http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/article/training-retrain-your-brain-to-improve-your-cycling-29165

http://twitter.com/LEGRO

what aload of bow-larks..

stonehedge, i think sharing your experience is important. the fact that condor apologised and rectified the situation is equally good..

i am currently building a carbon bike, planet x frame and forks has arrived came with the headset bearings and nothing else, but i was advised to purchase a fork bung.. okay so i had the stem and spacers but needed a stem cap.. after about fifteen attempts and arrangements i have solved the assembly/build up. and no where to put a star nut so just assumed not required.

i think you post and subsequent replies has qualified my assessment.. no doubt i will be keeping one eye on it during very fast descents...

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