vEveresting… hmm..thinking thinking…. Also – you be the DJ!

kirky – might it be your saddle rather than your bibs ?

I did 2hr today “near to” DrP’s ride and ma ass is fine; legs are utterly **** though as I normally never get above an hour on the turbo or 90ish outside (if i can remember outside)

outside (if i can remember outside)

It’s a flavour of chocolate bar isn’t it?

Congrats @DrP

A job well done!

Smashing effort @DrP

Twice up was enough to convince me I won’t ever be trying that!

Kirky…
I only wore one pair of bibs!
Some DHB ones… nothing fancy, but they work well for me…
Askari, I’ve spent a fortune of saddles and have settled on a specialized power saddle…

This was a long effort, granted, but about 70% of it was spent out of the saddle so soreness want really an issue…

On the question of riding for proper long distances/times… my tip would be to ride at a pace where you don’t feel tired or get worn out… then as long as you keep eating amd drinking, you can just go on..
Now, for me, that pace is a pretty reasonable one, but still….if I were to push past it, I’d suffer…
So even if your ‘steady pace’ is slow… that’s fine.. stick with it and you’ll get there. Albeit slower!

Once you get to ‘know yourself’ you can work out if you can maybe push yourself a BIT past that pace for a short time… as long as you can recover (I.e hard up a hill.. but rest and recover coming down..)..

Endurance stuff is about getting fit, but also a strategy amd personal ‘awareness ‘ of what you can do/how you feel…

DrP

Well done @DrP – a fantastic effort, you should be really proud.

Was strangely compelling watching your avatar climb – it helped to be able to see you (seamingly not) suffering as you went. Couldn’t believe all those gloves though!

Wow! Super Effort DrP! Well Done!

No point me joining in for any support miles. I’d have manage about 400yds 😆

How was sushi? Oh and how are the legs this morning, are you considering buying a bungalow?

Congrats, great effort!

How was it with the trainer on 100%? Or do you run like that anyhow. I guess you’re just utilising higher up the cassette.

@dangeourbrain …

Me and the GF opted for this instead!!

Tok a leaf from your book of suggestion and had a dirty birger and fries!!
was yummy!!

RE the legs – thighs are a tiny bit sore… and the tendon below my kneecap is a bit tender..probably grinding low cadences for 10 hours!!

How was it with the trainer on 100%? Or do you run like that anyhow. I guess you’re just utilising higher up the cassette.

It was hard, but helped to get my arse out the saddle! and NOPE..I normally run it at 50% difficulty.. I actually bought a new cassette for this challenge so at least I had a 30 tooth sprocket on the cassette!

DrP

Tok a leaf from your book of suggestion and had a dirty birger and fries!!
was yummy!!

Good choice. I mean, sushi is lovely, but it’s not exactly “I’ve done a metric ****ton of exercise here’s my reward” food.

Keep an eye on that knee, tendons can be a nuisance – though as only one of the two of us is any sort of Dr I imagine you’re at least as capable of issuing that advice as I am!

So here’s a little breakdown of the Alpe Du Zwift climb times:
1: 62.37 215w
2: 62.30 216w
3: 61.25 219w
4: 62.10 217w
5: 60.54 220w
6: 61.15 218w
7: 60.47 221w
8: 61.17 220w

Just call me mister consistent!!!

DrP

It’s so terrible that you crumbled towards the end.😀

A lot of folks would be happy with any of those times for their one lap best.

😀

It’s so terrible that you crumbled towards the end.😀

I know right!!

But… this vEveresting DID get me thinking…
And the Hells 500 website has got a great calculator on there…
which came up with this…

A lovely short, fairly easy climb/descent local to me… could hapily park the car at the top, snacks and fuel/fluid in there….

Hmm… food for thought eh….

DrP

You could have rounded it up to 10! Well done @DrP. Some good advice up there^

It was a fantastic effort, very well done DrP!

That is not my idea of a nice climb DrP. That’s the broadly same as “2 stoops” near here which is really not a nice climb at all.

Now you are intimate with the climb, the corners, the distance etc
Can you video yourself doing a banzai all out, i can taste tin foil, i might be sick in a bucket, i have fallen off,
attempt
Some of the fast boys off here could pace/race you up as an incentive
I would love to see the numbers, and watch the ‘ race’

Well done! I did try to join you for a bit to say hi and cheer you on.

What an arse on an Apple TV, managed to click on your name eventually, joined was about to say Hi, tried to use the dictate function on the Apple TV, that didn’t work, deleted, then found you had disappeared, probably at 100km hr back down the Alps, wife shouted (I’d just done 3 sisters route) and had to go.

I recall saying “hi nick” into the ether! Aw well.. thanks for trying dude!

Let’s rather sore today! 😬😲😫

DrP

Let’s rather sore today! 😬😲😫

And on race day too. My sympathy runneth over