RR: Audax Lancefield 28-08-05

TimC wrote:
On 2005-08-28, DaveB (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

TimC wrote:

On 2005-08-28, DaveB (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:


So was anyone out BR'ing this week?

Yes, yes we were. Certain lazy people weren't though.

Three PBs for me -- 15:30 up the climb (5:30 to first checkpoint), a

Oh crap, I knew TimC on a "real" bike would be a problem.


What's your PB DaveB? I have to try to beat it in 2 weeks time


Mate you've already gone past it, 15:40. And I won't be getting close to
that again till after the running training eases off after half marathon
in October. By then you'll probably be down to 13 mins

DaveB

Blah wrote:
nuetral rolling start zone. Looks like the team bit may have it's days
numbered and we may say hello to the 'solo breakaway' section.


Oh great, just when I was managing to hold on to a few wheels along that
secton.

DaveB

On 2005-08-28, DaveB (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
TimC wrote:
On 2005-08-28, DaveB (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

TimC wrote:
Three PBs for me -- 15:30 up the climb (5:30 to first checkpoint), a

Oh crap, I knew TimC on a "real" bike would be a problem.

What's your PB DaveB? I have to try to beat it in 2 weeks time

Mate you've already gone past it, 15:40. And I won't be getting close to
that again till after the running training eases off after half marathon
in October. By then you'll probably be down to 13 mins

You'll just have to do more hill climb training up Clinton's road
then, won't you?

Oh, I think we might have forgotten to tell DaveB that Clinton's road
is now compulsory for everyone but people who blah on top of the
timing hill.

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GPLama wrote:
This was my first 'Audax'.. The route was 103kms from Lancefield around Mt
Macedon (up Mt Eliza) and back... From what I am told, Audax are not races,
they are 'rides'.. heh



[ good story chomped ]

Aparently there was someone on this ride in an aboc jersey,
but I don't know who it was?!

Anyone want to confess?

"Bleve" wrote in message ...


Aparently there was someone on this ride in an aboc jersey,
but I don't know who it was?!

Anyone want to confess?


Cam W.... though he was the one who pulled up with knee trouble about 10kms
home .. Great guy and he had nothing but praise for your services when I
asked


cheers,
GPL

GPLama wrote:
"Bleve" wrote in message ...


Aparently there was someone on this ride in an aboc jersey,
but I don't know who it was?!

Anyone want to confess?


Cam W.... though he was the one who pulled up with knee trouble about 10kms
home .. Great guy and he had nothing but praise for your services when I
asked

Ahha, I see the bribes and threats are working

I never figured Cam for an AUDAX ride though.

On 2005-08-28, GPLama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
This was my first 'Audax'.. The route was 103kms from Lancefield around Mt
Macedon (up Mt Eliza) and back... From what I am told, Audax are not races,
they are 'rides'.. heh

I went on my first not-a-race today. 150km from Parkdale down to
Portsea and back. Race report? Ouch.

OK, maybe I should write more

Left Parkdale at ~8:00am. Early on, the main bunch was just a little
too relaxed, so I decided to catch the breakaway. It broke up and
there were maybe 8 of us arrived together at the first control point,
50km in (65km in for myself -- I saved an *hour* by riding to the
start point instead of catching 2 trains. Sigh, Smelbourne's radial
pubic transport system). We got there 2 minutes after the control
point officially opened at 9:40.

I spent a bit longer wolfing down food there than the rest, and so
when I left, there was just me and another guy. We picked up someone
else, and worked together, although I think a tad slower than the
first leg. Picked up other bunches up the hills to Sorento, and
dropped em. Turned around at Portsea, but spent too much time fiddling
about to leave with another bunch. Somewhere along the way, someone
overtook me, and I held on, and we slowly accreted passengers.

I was hurting by this stage, with 90km on the clock, with an average
still of 30.8km/h. That's about 3-4km/h better than my 10km commute.
Geez, bitch road is far too easy. Should hold Audax rides out in
Warrandyte; that'll sort them out.

A significant way back (maybe 20mins from the turning point, maybe
more -- time flies on a arrow^Wbike), we finally see the main bunch
still coming.

Got back to the first control point, 115km in (for me), down to
29.7km/h, and legs only just keeping up, with me not being able to
take my share of turns on the front. Seems fine, no one is
complaining

Big lunch, left by myself, but not before someone discovered I lived
near him, and he offered me a lift when we finished (we both decided
riding back home was a silly idea). I let one rider catch up, because
my legs were killing me. We helped each other out, but there are
roadworks on a deep tunnel, and the road out of that tunnel (don't
know where, sorry) was a killer. Was doing 20km/h most of the way
back to ... maybe Frankston? There were about 4 of us working
together, at points me getting dropped by them, and other times, me
leaping out in front of them (legs selectively taking in the supply of
snakes?), two of which were going on at the end to do another 50 to
get their 200km. Average crept up a bit again when we came back down
from Frankston.

One guy said that there was a black Merc next to him down the big
hill (why can't I remember it's name?), with the woman looking at him,
then alternatly, her speedo. Eh? 'ow's he doing 65km/h?

Got back to Parkdale at 14:05; there were about 15 or 20 people
already there, and probably another 40 behind us. Didn't see most of
them by the time I left.

All up -- 165km, 29.48 km/h avg, 66.5 km/h max (it's all flat --
boooring!), 5:40:51h spent moving.

Not bad, beat my best avg (for a decent sized ride, i.e BR($last)) by
about 2 or 3km/h, beat my dinky little commute by 2 or 3km/h, and did
it for a ride that is 40km more than I have ever done in a day.

All up a great event by Audax with an excellent course and great catering.
Was great to finally get out there with other HCC members and have a chat
too.. stamping some authority on the hills didn't hurt either

Seconded.


Apart from the "respect my authorateeeh" part

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