I think Jenns talent is writing.Its always been my view that people like Cracknell and Fogle make good tv because they have well lubed tear ducts and are drama queens.It makes for good viewing.I always wonder how much is staged or true.Following Jenn woulds be like watching paint dry because she gets the job done,no drama.Quite a few in the ultra endurance self support world very similiar.
Good luck to them.Emailed a few bookies today to see if they will entertain a wager on them failing.
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They'll push themselves too hard too early on, then fail spectacularly in sea of moaning and sulking from that cracknell. Fogle will stick out his big nose and posh it up to the camera about how extreme it is. The general punters will love it, but I'd prefer to see a film about Matt Lee who is storming this year's race. and Aidan Harding's doing damn well as well.
Which brings me to a point why aren't fogle and cracknell on the start line with this year's racers?
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It's biking ont' box wtf is bad about that?
I hope they give it a good go and I hope they make a half decent program, it got to be better than XcntunigFactor.
No they won't beat the record but there's no harm in aiming high and failing spectacularly [code]
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It's biking ont' box wtf is bad about that?
My only reservation is one that presents riding bikes as a weird, separatist sporting activity only, and not something that regular people can do to go to the shops or get to work.
But, then, we all like drama. So, I don't mind that. And perhaps people might see that riding bikes is more than just pumping the tyres up once a year and wobbling to the pub.
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160 miles a day in the rockies - not a chance of doing that myself - altitude is a killer even without kit.
I just finished the antartic book which I enjoy. I like the fact that they do something very challenging so good luck to 'em
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Which brings me to a point why aren't fogle and cracknell on the start line with this year's racers?
You can race the TD at any time of year as an ITT, as well as the mass start race.
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Junkyard - Member
TJ the tandem record is only 18:13:50 not tempted? You and sfb could do this surely
I am not getting on a tandem with SFB. We would never be able to agree which way to go, who gets the front seat, what cadence to pedal at or anything else. I predict dummies out of prams very quickly.
Good luck to the boys for having a go I say
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Craknell has some form on a bike. He made the GB age group team for the European Triathlon Champs and came 8th I believe (I was there, but can't remember exactly - top 10 certainly). He is a pants runner but does well by pushing on the bike. He also showed he was pretty handy on a bike in 2008 when he rode the 1300 road miles in 7 days in his Row the channel; bike to Gibraltar; swim to Africa challenge. Big step up to this though...
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i read (i think in john metcalfs training book but it may have been elsewhre) that in endurance sport and particulary cycling you need a career to build up rather than a season of hard training.
i think that most people, who are inclined, and with professional support could train to finish the divide, but to aim to break the record first time out is optimistic, arrogant and imo misinformed, you only have to look at this years leaderboard to see the number of people who have gone lost and had to backtrack already!!
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Have you seen what James is doing as a 'warm up' for it?
The Discovery Channel have commissioned him to do a triathlon – and what a triathlon it will be. Forget Ironman or even double Ironman. He will ride from LA to Death Valley, run across Death Valley (approx. 105miles), get back on his bike to ride to Lake Eire where he will row approx 250 miles before riding to New York before a final 10 mile swim to the Statue of Liberty!! Not a bad training session for his Great Divide attempt.
http://www.merida-bikes.com/en_gb/blog/611/2229/en_gb-merida/UK_news_2010_fogle_cracknell
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I hate these sort of useless and ego chasing stunts. I wish people would put this much physical effort into something useful, like digging X number of water wells in 3rd world countries in X number of weeks.
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allthepies - Member
I predict that they will fail
allthepies was correct
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Shame that, I was looking forward to the Great Divide stuff.
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I came to this late, but just for the record it looks like samurai spelt it correct..if said with your head between them.
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In this situation I don't gain any satisfaction from my prophecy coming true
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