210k Around the Bay

On 2005-09-20, Euan (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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I must need my head testing. One of my colleagues at work's persuaded
me to do the 210km ATB this year. OK, it didn't take _much_ persuading
I suppose :-)

Yay! The big boss came by my desk a week ago, and exclaimed "it's
closed!". Upon further eloboration, I found out the way the rest of
the university team was going, was closed (indeed, I knew it had been
for at least a month). But he just found out that the other way was
still open, and signed up.

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About the only thing that concerns me a bit is the hill climbing
component. The only hills I do on a regular basis are the little humps
on Blackburn Road between Wellington Road and Burwood Highway. Oh that
and what nutrition I should take with me.

Come to BR on Sunday! 7:20, doncaster shopping center.

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TimC
We would be called technicians, not researchers, if we knew
what we were doing

"TimC" wrote in message ...

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About the only thing that concerns me a bit is the hill climbing
component. The only hills I do on a regular basis are the little humps
on Blackburn Road between Wellington Road and Burwood Highway. Oh that
and what nutrition I should take with me.

Come to BR on Sunday! 7:20, doncaster shopping center.

Euan, watch out what the guys pass off as 'nutrition' on a BR ride.. those
Smiths Gully muffins are a product of the devil I says!!

cheers,
GPL

Euan said:

About the only thing that concerns me a bit is the hill climbing
component.

It would. I've heard that you Melburnians don't tackle hills very
often :-)

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Euan said:

I must need my head testing. One of my colleagues at work's persuaded
me to do the 210km ATB this year. OK, it didn't take _much_ persuading
I suppose :-)

About the only thing that concerns me a bit is the hill climbing
component. The only hills I do on a regular basis are the little humps
on Blackburn Road between Wellington Road and Burwood Highway. Oh that
and what nutrition I should take with me.

Think I'll pop down to see my coach tomorrow :-D
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Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

what HILLS !?!?!

its the Around the Bay.... about the biggest climb is the westgate 🙂 Do a few BR's though, that will give ya some good hill training if you are that worried... there are so many people on the day... you just follow people up the hills.

On 2005-09-20, GPLama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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"TimC" wrote in message ...

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About the only thing that concerns me a bit is the hill climbing
component. The only hills I do on a regular basis are the little humps
on Blackburn Road between Wellington Road and Burwood Highway. Oh that
and what nutrition I should take with me.

Come to BR on Sunday! 7:20, doncaster shopping center.

Euan, watch out what the guys pass off as 'nutrition' on a BR ride.. those
Smiths Gully muffins are a product of the devil I says!!

I say, I think I just found out how GPL is so much faster than us. He
cheats.

How dare you go on a Bunch Ride, and not pig yourself full of muffins
and other bakery goods.

--
TimC
Just because they are called 'forbidden' transitions does not mean
that they are forbidden. They are less allowed than allowed
transitions, if you see what I mean. --unknown

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>> "TimC" == TimC <[email hidden]> writes:

TimC> Come to BR on Sunday! 7:20, doncaster shopping center.

sorely tempted however I estimate that it'd take me at least 100 minutes
to get to the start point. That means getting up at about five in the
morning..on the sodding weekend!

Hmmmmmm.....
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Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

On 2005-09-20, Euan (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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>>> "TimC" == TimC <[email hidden]> writes:

TimC> Come to BR on Sunday! 7:20, doncaster shopping center.

sorely tempted however I estimate that it'd take me at least 100 minutes
to get to the start point. That means getting up at about five in the
morning..on the sodding weekend!

Feh. I get up at 5:50 (and my usual wake time is 9:00, so you should
feel sorry for me 🙂, and I got up at 5:00 on saturday for the MBTC
ride (ooh boy, how the heck am I going to get up early enough to start
the ATB at 5:00am?).

And it's only 3 times as far as I ride to get to the start. Consider
it good practice 🙂

--
TimC
It's written GNU/Linux, and pronounced "Linux". Or, "Linux, with a
silent GNU/" -- Kubric on /.

Euan said:

I must need my head testing. One of my colleagues at work's persuaded
me to do the 210km ATB this year. OK, it didn't take _much_ persuading
I suppose :-)

About the only thing that concerns me a bit is the hill climbing
component. The only hills I do on a regular basis are the little humps
on Blackburn Road between Wellington Road and Burwood Highway. Oh that
and what nutrition I should take with me.

Think I'll pop down to see my coach tomorrow :-D
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Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

Hills? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

Forget about the hills and worry instead about the chance of wicked headwinds, rain and sleet! Of course, that might not happen... but you never know...

Nutrition? You're not racing - if you don't mind carrying a backpack or saddlebag, you can pack whatever you like for a picnic. As long as it's shelf-stable, try a couple of jam sandwiches, some powerbars, snakes, jelly beans, whatever you like. Just remember that it's a long time in the saddle and you can take regular rest stops to refuel. OTOH, if you're looking to break the record, you can look forward to taping some energy gels to the frame, energy bars in your pockets and some jelly beans.

Ritch

TimC said:

On 2005-09-20, Euan (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

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>>> "TimC" == TimC <[email hidden]> writes:

TimC> Come to BR on Sunday! 7:20, doncaster shopping center.

sorely tempted however I estimate that it'd take me at least 100 minutes
to get to the start point. That means getting up at about five in the
morning..on the sodding weekend!

Feh. I get up at 5:50 (and my usual wake time is 9:00, so you should
feel sorry for me 🙂, and I got up at 5:00 on saturday for the MBTC
ride (ooh boy, how the heck am I going to get up early enough to start
the ATB at 5:00am?).

And it's only 3 times as far as I ride to get to the start. Consider
it good practice 🙂

--
TimC
It's written GNU/Linux, and pronounced "Linux". Or, "Linux, with a
silent GNU/" -- Kubric on /.

IIRC (which could be a stretch), there isn't a 'start' as such. Back in 199? when I did ATB, people just milled about around 0530 and then gradually people decided to head off... no gun, no banner, just bunches taking off (for the clockwise direction). Keeping this in mind, if you live in the eastern suburbs and are taking on the clockwise route, just ride direct towards Frankston and join the route somewhere along the bay. The ride is long enough without tacking on extra distance!

Ritch

ritcho said:

Keeping this in mind, if you live in the eastern suburbs and are taking on the clockwise route, just ride direct towards Frankston and join the route somewhere along the bay. The ride is long enough without tacking on extra distance!

Ritch

Thats not a bad idea, it's put new light on my negative thoughts about this ride.

It would probably be longer in distance actually riding from the eastern suburbs but I would not have to fight the crowds which would make it safer. I could start a bit earlier to catch the first ferry over and maybe draft the faster riders or join a pack on the way home.

In article <[email hidden]>,

ritcho said:

IIRC (which could be a stretch), there isn't a 'start' as such.

FYI, there was last year.

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Shane Stanley

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In article <[email hidden]>,

ritcho said:

IIRC (which could be a stretch), there isn't a 'start' as such.

FYI, there was last year.

Yep, JayWoo and I ware stuck in the middle of it.. it took us about 5mins
to get enough forward momentum to clip in...

cheers,
GPL

"Euan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I must need my head testing. One of my colleagues at work's persuaded
me to do the 210km ATB this year. OK, it didn't take _much_ persuading
I suppose :-)

About the only thing that concerns me a bit is the hill climbing
component. The only hills I do on a regular basis are the little humps
on Blackburn Road between Wellington Road and Burwood Highway.

Those are bigger and steeper than just about anything you'll encounter on
Around the Bay. A bigger concern should be dealing with the inevitable
headwinds for 80-90kms. Oh joy!

Cheers
Peter

Euan said:

I must need my head testing. One of my colleagues at work's persuaded
me to do the 210km ATB this year. OK, it didn't take _much_ persuading
I suppose :-)

About the only thing that concerns me a bit is the hill climbing
component. The only hills I do on a regular basis are the little humps
on Blackburn Road between Wellington Road and Burwood Highway. Oh that
and what nutrition I should take with me.

They're baby hills - no more than the blackburn Rd hills.

My advice, eat early, eat often, eat lots, and don't
start from the start, start somewhere else along the way -
the start is a huge disaster area.

"Euan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

I must need my head testing. One of my colleagues at work's persuaded
me to do the 210km ATB this year. OK, it didn't take _much_ persuading
I suppose :-)

About the only thing that concerns me a bit is the hill climbing
component. The only hills I do on a regular basis are the little humps
on Blackburn Road between Wellington Road and Burwood Highway. Oh that
and what nutrition I should take with me.

Think I'll pop down to see my coach tomorrow :-D
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Cheers | ~~ __@
Euan | ~~ _-\<,
Melbourne, Australia | ~ (*)/ (*)

Speaking of hillclimbing, check this out:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/angliru/

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Speaking of hillclimbing, check this out:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/angliru/

wholly [censored].. strap on that 27.. time for a holiday!...

cheers,
GPL

There's a good article on the Angliru in the latest bicycling australia.

RE: ATB, there are NO hills, worry about more important things such as spending 6-12 hours in the saddle, along the flat flat road.

Jono L said:

There's a good article on the Angliru in the latest bicycling australia.

RE: ATB, there are NO hills, worry about more important things such as
spending 6-12 hours in the saddle, along the flat flat road.

Do the warny as a training ride 🙂

Jono L said:

There's a good article on the Angliru in the latest bicycling australia.

RE: ATB, there are NO hills, worry about more important things such as spending 6-12 hours in the saddle, along the flat flat road.

Good point. Any advice on mitigating sweat rash in the delicate region?