Our Dummer time trial in conjunction with North Hants RC. An 18.2 mile circuit with some undulations.
Club Time Trial this Saturday
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Club meeting this Friday 2 Sept
Just a reminder that we have a club meeting this Friday at the Bounty Cricket Club 8pm. Please see ‘meet us’ for location.
Come along, meet other triathletes and see what we’re all up to! Plus winter training plans and turbo.
Sometimes you have to rely on your family
This is my favourite photo of today’s social ride to The Pub With No Name for lunch. We did around 56 miles in the end and towards the end of it one of the hills got a little tough for an old man and so he had to rely on his young daughter to help him up the hill. Daryl has asked that he do not include his name in the caption and so we haven’t…
Here are some more photos…
Henley Bridge to Marlow Bridge – DK’s 14k swim report
After my long run, I thought I’d do a long swim – 14k – here is a link to my report.
Bank Holiday Tri Club Ride – all are welcome
Hi all,
The regular bank holiday social will be to the usual pub nicknamed ”The Pub with no Name” it is in fact called White Horse Inn. Located at 51 03′ 21.04 N 0 58′ 55.63 W. http://www.pubwithnoname.co.uk/
The ride will be of a social pace (14-15 mph) through the Hampshire country lanes starting at the lower Swimming Pool Car Park (Fire Station) in Basingstoke. Meet at 9:30 for a 09:45 Start (sharp) Aiming to arrive at the pub for 12:30ish Distance round trip 70 miles +/- a few! Longer route out short trip back. Will endeavour to find a different route back
Weather looks good so far but come prepared for the usual BH rain/sleet/snow
Regards.
Steve Allen
Tuesday Winter Turbo Sessions!
The following is booked:
11th October – 20th March (may be possible to extend if desired)
Christmas break: 20th December – booked. 27th December – NOT Booked. 3rd January – Booked.
The Chute Pavillion is an ideal location for Basingstoke and the surrounding area, and there are shower facilities for those that would like to use them too. They even have a reasonable sound system (don’t worry Marianne we don’t have it so loud that you can’t have a chat J )
All you need is your bike, turbo/rollers, heart rate monitor and cadence monitor (but it is possible to do without this and copy someone who has
one!)
Thanks all
Daryl
Outlaw Triathlon Race Report
Last month I took part in the Outlaw triathlon is a long distance triathlon which is 2.4 miles (3.8km) Swim, 112 miles (180km) Cycle followed by a marathon (26.2 miles 42.2km). The race is based at Holme Pierpoint in Nottingham and the surrounding countryside.
The swim is just 2 lengths in an international rowing lake. This did not stop the kicking and hits I was getting for the first few hundred meters or at the turning buoys. On the way back section of the swim I had to slow down a bit to let a flock of geese swim across the lake about 10m ahead of me. I was then able to pick up my pace at this point of the swim and felt really good at the end, perhaps I could have pushed a bit harder earlier. For the swim I completed it in 1:23:19 which was 32 seconds quicker than the previous year.
In T1 I saw my brother who was still getting his wet suit off, we were both in shock as I am normally not that close to him on the swim. He then got a few minutes on me as I took a bit longer to prepare for the cycle.
On the cycle I had left the mount point when I realised I had not fully tightened my handlebars after transporting it to the race. Strange I did not notice this pushing the bike to transition but was only apparent when riding the bike putting some pressure on them. This took me a few seconds to correct and head out on the bike.
The first section was a loop around the lake on the footpath before heading out on the roads for a mile U turn to get the distance up. At this point I saw my brother who was about half a mile ahead of me but this took me to about 13 miles to catch him up and over take him.
There was about a 20 mile out section to the start of the 3 laps. I was able to use the aero bars a lot which helped my speed in this section. Within the first mile of the loop there was a nice 12% incline luckily there was an aid station half mile from the top. The next few miles were fast on the way in and through Southwell apart from one sharp 90 degree bend. This reached the top section of the course which seemed to be a lot more undulating and in to a headwind, this was starting to get tough on the first lap. Once of this section I was able to speed up again before starting the next lap and the hill.
When I got to the top section of the course I stopped for part of my special needs bag for some of the stuff (sports drink powder, gels and coke) I had left there. That gave me a bit of a boast on the tough section of the course. A bit further along the road I saw my brother who had pulled out of the race there 3/4 way round the first cycle lap (about 40 miles), that meant I had lapped him a lot earlier than planned.
I kept up my pace until the hill on the third lap which was not pleasant but I was able to cycle up it others were walking there bike up at this point. The top section of the course was really tough at this point but I had my last bits on my special needs bag to look forward to. I then knew there was not far left on the bike with the 20 miles back to the T2, however the last 10 miles seemed to be mostly uphill and in to a headwind but I made it back in a time of 7:05:04 which an average of 15.8 mph.
T2 I think I must have had a powernap as it took me twice as long as last year which was already fairly long time. However after finally leaving T2 I got some sun cream applied by a marshal as the sun had came out plus it was getting hot, ideal weather to run a marathon in!!
The course is flat which is basically 4 loops of the lake and 3 out and backs along river footpath. I started of at my marathon pace and was walking through the aid stations about every 1.2 miles and was trying to be careful which things I had. There was a selection of water, High5 drink, cola, gels, jaffa cakes, crisps, banana, pieces of orange. I was alternating the gels/high5 and having water/cola with the occasional few crisps and odd jaffa cakes (as chocolate was melting).
This worked until about 17 miles when muscle fatigue and over nutrition caught up with me. This meant I was walking virtually all the way from then apart from the only downhill on the course underneath a bridge and in the final 1km I managed a slow jog. I was so glad when I crossed finished line and got my medal and finishers t-shirt.
A more detailed race report can be seen on my blog, including more photos and review of my GPS data.
Mark
Lowestoft Pier to Pier Swim
On Sunday I took part in the Lowestoft Pier to Pier swim which is a 1,000 meter swim in the North Sea.
It was actually quite warm air temperature at 9am and waited until a few minutes before the start to fully put on the wet suit in the heat, even so I was glad to get in the cold north sea. It was ideal swim conditions with only small waves and it was sunny.
It started from the beach which for some reason I started near the right side which was the shortest distance to get past the end of the groyne. There was quite a few lifeguards on patrol on various canoes and surfboards in case anybody got into trouble.
When running in to the sea I was surprised there was not that many fast people on this side so I was able to get in to my swim rhythm quickly with only getting hit a few times. Once I reached the end of the gryone it was almost a 90 degree turn to the right to head towards the other pier, luckily this was easy to sight.
I was going at a good pace for me and was surprised how quickly I had got to the pier, there was a person in a canoe there to prevent you swimming in to the pier which I managed to avoid. At this point I knew there was somebody close to me as I was getting hit a bit as we turned round the pier. At this point I kicked a bit more to get some separation until I could not swim any further on to the shoreline. I then started to run up the beach about 20m to the finish. I was concentrating on the finish line and nearly fell over down a dip in the sand but I could hear the person behind me was close so I took the racing line, looking at the results he was given the same time as me.
I finished this in 19:41 and was 19th out of 41 who entered and was 7th in my age category. I enjoyed this low key sea swim/race and will do this again.
Mark
“No, I am only doing the half” – Dead Keen’s 50 mile North Downs Way race report
What a great day! I did the North Downs Way 50 mile run yesterday in 10:31. My first ultra.
The organisation was great, marshals and people at the aid stations were very friendly and the route was well marked. A great set-up.
Physically, I found it quite tough. Mentally, I found it easy. My favourite line when people asked me if I was doing the 100 miles was, “No, I am just doing the half”. What a profoundly stupid thing to say. But I liked saying it.
I also worked out that madness is a matter of degree. Some people at work think I am mad using the stairs to go up one floor, let alone two. I think that the people who ran to my finish, and then turned around to go back to the start are mad. And I am glad they are. It made me feel normal.
So 50.3 miles in 10:31. I was impressed how I did. I finished each of the legs of to the aid stations strongly and confidently. Then I walked slowly, out of the aid station, eating something, letting it go down before starting to run slowly, before getting quicker and quicker (but quicker is a very relative term).
I found the bit either side of the Box Hill aid station to be hard. My tummy felt a bit upset in the few miles coming up to Box Hill. Then after the aid station there is Box Hill itself. It is high and steep. And there are lots of steps to climb. Lots.
My calves cramped a little every now and then on the run. This was normally after climbing up a steep bit (like Box Hill) and then starting running again. It was not the whole muscle but, I imagined, more an area the size of a ten pence piece. Normally, I could refocus on my running style and it went away. A couple of times I stopped and lent against a tree to stretch it out.
I got lost twice. Once going through some woods where a path forked. I chose up hill but after 50m I didn’t see any of the red and white tape and so I turned back and chose the other path. Once I went on the wrong side of a field boundary (took the wrong gate) and had to climb over a couple of barbed wire fences to get back.
It was really nice running with other people. Everyone was very friendly. Running with someone else at one stage was really helpful. I was feeling tired after about 55k and I ran with him at a pace faster than I thought I was capable of at that stage. That gave me a lot of confidence. However, it made it harder on my mind as sometimes I thought I was slowing him down. And other times I wanted to walk. After I decided to let him go ahead, I stopped and put some tape on the back of my heels. The shoes were great to run in but power walking up hill meant that the back of the shoes dug into my heels.
I guess I was a bit disappointed with the scenery. Sometimes it was great. I remember looking down at a sheep-dog trial from the top of a hill. Great. Sometimes, the low cloud stopped the views being as good as they could be. But often we were running in woods and so you didn’t have much of a view. On the last half, you always heard the traffic on the motorways but that’s more a function of the North Downs Way than anything else though.
Mentally I found the run easy. Not simple. I think the thing that helped me most was to think about the next aid station in terms of time. It’s 18k away. 18 x 8 mins per k is 144 mins. It’s now 12:15 so that gets me at the next aid station at 2:40. 9 mins per k means I’ll be there at 3:00. So I just new I had to run until 3pm. That was so much easier than thinking in terms of distance.
The last 5k turned into a bit of a sprint. After losing quite a bit of time trying to get back on course with the barbed wire, I saw two people about 600m behind me. So I walked less, ran more. About 2k out one of them was a few hundred metres behind me and it turned into a bit of sprint! I was probably running under 9 mins per mile and he was still catching. Then he ran behind me for a bit and wouldn’t overtake. I couldn’t keep the pace up and so when we got to the next gate, I opened it for him, let him through and walked a bit. This was about 300m from the end of the path, 800m from the end.
At the end I got my T-shirt (a nice technical one that for some reason says “2012″ rather than “2011″), went to the pub over the road bought a drink and then had a proper wash in their toilets.
One intriguing question I had was could I run back? I think the answer is no. Running through the night on that course would be too hard for me. Could I have gone another 20k? Yes.
Club Time Trial this Thursday 11 August 2011
A reminder that we have the first of our 2011 time trials this Thursday – organised by NHRC. 10.9 miles on the Mortimer course for a 7pm start. Please see the NH website for more details http://www.nhrc.co.uk/Club_TTs.html
We have in the past arranged to have a sociable end to our club Time Trials, and it would be good to continue this tradition even though we are not arranging our own series this year. Suggestion is to finish up in the Turners Arms http://www.theturnersarms.co.uk/
Please email or comment if you are intending to join us 