2015 MFP Grand Tour Challenge - SIgnup and Discussion Thread...
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steffenson wrote: »hawkeyegal1995 wrote: »A warning to team Pie-this will be a very light week for me as I gear up for RAGBRAI starting on 7/19. My logging will be sporadic that week as I don't take my computer along but I am back home on Wednesday night so depending on my energy will try and get caught up-if not everything will be posted on Saturday/Sunday when the ride wraps up. If all goes well, I should have about 700-800 km to add.
Hey Hawkeyegal I'm also doing RAGBRAI.... My first! Going with Brancel charter. How about you?
Unfortunately I have about 2k miles of driving round trip so will not be able to log any miles for nearly 10 days!
I club with a local group but rope my family into acting as my sag team. I don't camp so they are sweet enough to haul me to the closest hotels (which some years are not very close). This will be my 4th full and my 8th overall.0 -
A couple of questions.... If I ride today and log miles does it count? Second one if I dont ride a day thats not a rest day do I get a zero for speed bringing down my average speed?
Nope, doesn't count
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Nope, average speed is calculated on total time and total distance you've ridden, so blank rides have no effect.
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Sorry Team Pie. I'm usually good for some decent distance, but this TdF is not looking so hot for me. Weather has been atrocious here, Tim's been called into work more evenings than not and I'm running around like a chicken with its head cut off most days. i'm lucky to get 30km's in these days. That being said, if we are ever running short or need another rider for a TTT, send me a message on MFP (I get notifications for the messages, but not from the posts) and I'll try my best to pick up some of the slack. I feel better when I ride, but sometimes I need a little push to give myself priority.
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steffenson wrote: »hawkeyegal1995 wrote: »A warning to team Pie-this will be a very light week for me as I gear up for RAGBRAI starting on 7/19. My logging will be sporadic that week as I don't take my computer along but I am back home on Wednesday night so depending on my energy will try and get caught up-if not everything will be posted on Saturday/Sunday when the ride wraps up. If all goes well, I should have about 700-800 km to add.
Hey Hawkeyegal I'm also doing RAGBRAI.... My first! Going with Brancel charter. How about you?
Unfortunately I have about 2k miles of driving round trip so will not be able to log any miles for nearly 10 days!
I've dropped a note in the spreadsheet that you're both on the Route... Can I ask, as it's an organised trip, is there any "upload" facility for Garmin data, or are we going to have to resort to waiting for you both to get back from the ride ? (I know at some multi-day events the organisers put on "strava trucks" where you can basically "dump" your Garmin at the end of each day...)
Oh - and if anyone else is doing this event (or any other multi-day, away from home trip) can I ask if they can also let me know so I can make provisions - and, I'll be honest - when a "regular" doesn't log for a few days, I actually start to worry that something's gone wrong... I know it's daft, but I do actually feel slightly responsible for you all
As this will be my first RAGBRAI I don't know if there are upload facilities or not. I was thinking of running strava on my phone but I have heard cell reception is quite bad/spotty during the ride so I think it will have to be my Garmin for tracking.0 -
steffenson wrote: »steffenson wrote: »hawkeyegal1995 wrote: »A warning to team Pie-this will be a very light week for me as I gear up for RAGBRAI starting on 7/19. My logging will be sporadic that week as I don't take my computer along but I am back home on Wednesday night so depending on my energy will try and get caught up-if not everything will be posted on Saturday/Sunday when the ride wraps up. If all goes well, I should have about 700-800 km to add.
Hey Hawkeyegal I'm also doing RAGBRAI.... My first! Going with Brancel charter. How about you?
Unfortunately I have about 2k miles of driving round trip so will not be able to log any miles for nearly 10 days!
I've dropped a note in the spreadsheet that you're both on the Route... Can I ask, as it's an organised trip, is there any "upload" facility for Garmin data, or are we going to have to resort to waiting for you both to get back from the ride ? (I know at some multi-day events the organisers put on "strava trucks" where you can basically "dump" your Garmin at the end of each day...)
Oh - and if anyone else is doing this event (or any other multi-day, away from home trip) can I ask if they can also let me know so I can make provisions - and, I'll be honest - when a "regular" doesn't log for a few days, I actually start to worry that something's gone wrong... I know it's daft, but I do actually feel slightly responsible for you all
As this will be my first RAGBRAI I don't know if there are upload facilities or not. I was thinking of running strava on my phone but I have heard cell reception is quite bad/spotty during the ride so I think it will have to be my Garmin for tracking.
I am not aware of any uploading facilities but I am not usually in the overnight town. I will see if I spot anything at the expo on Saturday and can ask. The cell service has been improving in the last few years. They now bring in temporary towers and such to try and improve things in the overnight towns but it can still be spotty when you have over 20000 people coming in to some of these little towns. Hope you are ready for pure chaos at times!0 -
Feeling adventurous so booked a couple of nights hotel at the base of Snowdonia for a three day bit of touring, quite fancied a full tour of Wales but work n time off is a factor, so heads up that I won't be able to update the logging thread Thursday to Saturday due to no access to a PC, should be able to upload the rides though for those that want to Strava stalk. 0
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Can someone go tighten the rear brake on Jason's bike. We'll move to the front if that doesn't work. Oh and to David I would have gouged my eyes out with a dull spoon before riding the same 10-11KM for 15 hours. I would have fell over from boredom as well.
Sabotage!!! lol
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Forgot my bike computer on my bike. I'll have to log today's and yesterday's ride after my ride today. Ooops. 0
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sufferlandrian wrote: »Forgot my bike computer on my bike. I'll have to log today's and yesterday's ride after my ride today. Ooops.
no rush, just happy to hear you've got some distance to book... we need every metre at the moment
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Sorry Pastana teammates. Time got away from me yesterday and I ended up stuck on the trainer last night. I got some mileage in but none that will help the team.
I should be on the bike and outside the rest of the week though.0 -
I got good news today, and I got bad news. I lost my contract job, due to a paperwork sanfu on 7/1/2015. I started a temporary one month contract on 7/13/2015 to keep cash flow coming in for the food, bills, etc. Today, I got a call and they pushed through the 6 year renewal paperwork and I now start immediately working remotely on my old contract. I'm used to work 60 to 70 hours per week, which explains my limited riding. However, now, they are expecting me to work 80 hours per week (40 per client), until 8/15/2015.
What this means for my team (Pastana) is that my rides will be limited to 1 to 2 hours per day during the week, and 2 to 3 hours per day during the weekends. Since I am a slow rider still, due to my remainig 130 pounds to lose, this doesn't result in a lot of KM's for the team. I would bow out at this point, but no subs are allowed at this point, so I will continue to press on.
I'm glad that I've gotten the increased work load, as it helps with long term cash flow, but I'm disappointed that I won't be able to log as many kilometers.0 -
What this means for my team (Pastana) is that my rides will be limited to 1 to 2 hours per day during the week, and 2 to 3 hours per day during the weekends. Since I am a slow rider still, due to my remainig 130 pounds to lose, this doesn't result in a lot of KM's for the team. I would bow out at this point, but no subs are allowed at this point, so I will continue to press on.
Congrats on the new contract, and no way should you bow out. 1 to 2 per day and 2 to 3 per weekend is all I ever really manage and only work 40 hours per week!
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Just an aside folks...
Todays Stage crosses the Col de Portet d'Aspet, where Fabio Casartelli had his tragic fatal Accident 20 years ago.
VV # 114
Stay safe out there folks, we've had enough accidents in the run-up to this challenge, don't want to hear of any more.
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What this means for my team (Pastana) is that my rides will be limited to 1 to 2 hours per day during the week, and 2 to 3 hours per day during the weekends. Since I am a slow rider still, due to my remainig 130 pounds to lose, this doesn't result in a lot of KM's for the team. I would bow out at this point, but no subs are allowed at this point, so I will continue to press on.
I'm glad that I've gotten the increased work load, as it helps with long term cash flow, but I'm disappointed that I won't be able to log as many kilometers.
Hey! A job is a job. Glad you got the contract paperwork through. What ever you can log is just fine.
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Just an aside folks...
Todays Stage crosses the Col de Portet d'Aspet, where Fabio Casartelli had his tragic fatal Accident 20 years ago.
VV # 114
Stay safe out there folks, we've had enough accidents in the run-up to this challenge, don't want to hear of any more.
A moment of silence before a ride. ........ Then kick it! 0 -
Weather kept me from riding last night, and it probably will tonight as well. Just a heads up. If there is no lightening tonight, I'll still go...0
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Weather kept me from riding last night, and it probably will tonight as well. Just a heads up. If there is no lightening tonight, I'll still go...
Stay safe Tom, one of the good bits about the mountain stages, is they're normally a bit shorter distance... If you can't ride safely, don't sweat it, that's why we have 9 people in a team...
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I got good news today, and I got bad news. I lost my contract job, due to a paperwork sanfu on 7/1/2015. I started a temporary one month contract on 7/13/2015 to keep cash flow coming in for the food, bills, etc. Today, I got a call and they pushed through the 6 year renewal paperwork and I now start immediately working remotely on my old contract. I'm used to work 60 to 70 hours per week, which explains my limited riding. However, now, they are expecting me to work 80 hours per week (40 per client), until 8/15/2015.
Congrats on landing the contract. I don't know how people work 80 hours a week, so my hat off to you. I'm wiped out working 60 hours a week. Luckily, this summer has been a bit slower and that's allowed me to workout more and feel like a real person.0 -
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Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0
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7 days left and we have a rest day tomorrow, easy week eh
Lets hit it hard and then we can all sleep next week .... woot woot.0 -
In other TdF Challenge related news. I'm a bloody idiot, and forgot to open a "Graham Watson" thread. So it's here now - http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10214690/2015-mfp-tour-de-francechallenge-graham-watson-thread?new=1
It's open to submissions back-dated to the start of the TdF Challenge, all the way back to the 4th of July. Let's call it something to pass the void of the rest day - get digging through those instagram / flickr accounts folks and post up some of your LeTour related shots... I Still haven't seen any Cuddly Lions in any of the Shots - but please, no pictures of people at the roadside throwing cups of used bierre at you... I'm sure there are specialised websites for that sort of thing, but not here, please !0 -
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give me the right gearing and an entire afternoon at it, and you've got yourself a deal...
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Saw that yesterday and immediately added it to the "bucket list" especially as it is closed to anything but bikes.0
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I know this is going to sound stupid, but I think I'm out. I fell and smacked my head on the TV stand and now I can't get rid of my headache. If I can get rid of it I'll try and get in a ride but if I can't, I may be spending some time at the doctors getting checked.0
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sufferlandrian wrote: »I know this is going to sound stupid, but I think I'm out. I fell and smacked my head on the TV stand and now I can't get rid of my headache. If I can get rid of it I'll try and get in a ride but if I can't, I may be spending some time at the doctors getting checked.
Good luck! Hopefully recovery will be full and quick!
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