2016 MFP Grand Tour Challenge - Vuelta Now Up and Rolling...
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Jakess1971 wrote: »I'm in, I had planned on doing 100 miles a day for 10 days during this but having got this in already last week the mileage will be a little more sensible, but so you can plan the teams here is my plan:
Imperials+ will be saved for days off (I have three day weekends during this tour with Fridays off) and may well be getting in the odd metric during the week BUT I will not be riding every day of the tour so the mileage will be high but not the same as last year in the interest of good training but not relentless to avoid injury etc, additional rest days are likely to be Thursday.
That's cool Jas, If it's okay, I'm going to move you over to Team Lotta Jumbo to help balance things up - swap you for one of the no-show's that they had, and the balance of things should improve a bit...
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steffenson wrote: »Jakess1971 wrote: »I'm in, I had planned on doing 100 miles a day for 10 days during this but having got this in already last week the mileage will be a little more sensible, but so you can plan the teams here is my plan:
Imperials+ will be saved for days off (I have three day weekends during this tour with Fridays off) and may well be getting in the odd metric during the week BUT I will not be riding every day of the tour so the mileage will be high but not the same as last year in the interest of good training but not relentless to avoid injury etc, additional rest days are likely to be Thursday.
That's cool Jas, If it's okay, I'm going to move you over to Team Lotta Jumbo to help balance things up - swap you for one of the no-show's that they had, and the balance of things should improve a bit...
Did Team Lotta Jumbo just 'lose' Jakess1971?
I considered the transfer, and then Dave was a no-show for this challenge - which would have left pastana over 2,600km or more down based on the Giro riding, and simply moved the imbalance from one team to another... It's a juggling act, thankless, and actually pretty much impossible to get anywhere right - but I do TRY...
Of course, as I always say - if anyone thinks they can do a better job of organising something like this, they're welcome to do so - I think I've done my share already if I'm honest.
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steffenson wrote: »Jakess1971 wrote: »I'm in, I had planned on doing 100 miles a day for 10 days during this but having got this in already last week the mileage will be a little more sensible, but so you can plan the teams here is my plan:
Imperials+ will be saved for days off (I have three day weekends during this tour with Fridays off) and may well be getting in the odd metric during the week BUT I will not be riding every day of the tour so the mileage will be high but not the same as last year in the interest of good training but not relentless to avoid injury etc, additional rest days are likely to be Thursday.
That's cool Jas, If it's okay, I'm going to move you over to Team Lotta Jumbo to help balance things up - swap you for one of the no-show's that they had, and the balance of things should improve a bit...
Did Team Lotta Jumbo just 'lose' Jakess1971?
I considered the transfer, and then Dave was a no-show for this challenge - which would have left pastana over 2,600km or more down based on the Giro riding, and simply moved the imbalance from one team to another... It's a juggling act, thankless, and actually pretty much impossible to get anywhere right - but I do TRY...
Of course, as I always say - if anyone thinks they can do a better job of organising something like this, they're welcome to do so - I think I've done my share already if I'm honest.
Oh, okay. I did not notice that Dave was a no show this go around...0 -
Saw the spreadsheet. Looks like our all girl team is together again. We are gonna kick some boy butt! What is the name of our team anyway?0
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anaconda469 wrote: »Saw the spreadsheet. Looks like our all girl team is together again. We are gonna kick some boy butt! What is the name of our team anyway?
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anaconda469 wrote: »Saw the spreadsheet. Looks like our all girl team is together again. We are gonna kick some boy butt! What is the name of our team anyway?
Woohoo! WOMEN ROCK! GO Pro Team Twinkie Scoff!
We are missing at least one person in the Strava club here:
https://www.strava.com/clubs/MFP-TwinkieScoff
If you are on our team and not in this Strava club, please join us there!
I'm not sure who is missing since I don't know all the connections between MFP monikers and Strava names but there are only eight women there...1 -
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nerdieprofessor wrote: »I'm not sure who is missing since I don't know all the connections between MFP monikers and Strava names but there are only eight women there...
Look in the Spreadsheet - on the "Rosta" tab, there's a cross-reference list,
Dossard #, MFP Name, Strava name, URL, Ref. No.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GFwKYoQS5OffYby42Az52HbFjhhpORZXDXOjgblu04o/edit?usp=sharing
best of all, the strava URL's are "live links" so you can click them and open up the rider profile direct... so if they're not already "friends" of yours, you can remedy that, and then just go into the team on strava and click "invite athletes"...
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I think we have all nine now! WOOHOO!0
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nerdieprofessor wrote: »I think we have all nine now! WOOHOO!
I spoke typed too soon. We have a couple of extras (Phytogurl? Nikki M?) which confused me. Are they not in the Tour challenge at all?
We are currently missing Hawkeyegal. I sent her a Strava club invite. Please join us Hawkeyegal!0 -
nerdieprofessor wrote: »nerdieprofessor wrote: »I think we have all nine now! WOOHOO!
I spoke typed too soon. We have a couple of extras (Phytogurl? Nikki M?) which confused me. Are they not in the Tour challenge at all?
We are currently missing Hawkeyegal. I sent her a Strava club invite. Please join us Hawkeyegal!
they were in the team for the Giro, and need to be removed for this challenge, as they're not riding
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nerdieprofessor wrote: »nerdieprofessor wrote: »I think we have all nine now! WOOHOO!
I spoke typed too soon. We have a couple of extras (Phytogurl? Nikki M?) which confused me. Are they not in the Tour challenge at all?
We are currently missing Hawkeyegal. I sent her a Strava club invite. Please join us Hawkeyegal!
they were in the team for the Giro, and need to be removed for this challenge, as they're not riding
Will do. Any chance you can change the blue on our emblem to hot pink or magenta?
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OK Team LottaJumbos - Time to redeem ourselves2
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Are we getting new race numbers for the Tour, oh great swami?0
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nerdieprofessor wrote: »Are we getting new race numbers for the Tour, oh great swami?
We should, my last years number is in the 337 :-)0 -
nerdieprofessor wrote: »Are we getting new race numbers for the Tour, oh great swami?anaconda469 wrote: »nerdieprofessor wrote: »Are we getting new race numbers for the Tour, oh great swami?
We should, my last years number is in the 337 :-)
Yeah - they'll be coming "off the press" sometime soon - I was a bit preoccupied on Friday watching the financial markets going into free-fall, trying to ensure that my own largely EU Trade based company didn't immediately do likewise, and taking calls from my friends over in various European cities asking me "So, Why do the English Hate Us ??" (Answer was "We don't. Well, apart from the French of course, but that's historic for us" (apart from the French guys obviously, where I substituted Germany))
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Dossards Time...
Dossard_301 by The Big Yin, on Flickr
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SWEET, I love Dossards :-)0
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Yipee dossards!0
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anviljenkins wrote: »SWEET, I love Dossards :-)anaconda469 wrote: »Yipee dossards!
glad you like them
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If possible I'd like in!!!!!0
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Thank you for the lovely dossard...1
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Awesome, with the AZ flag and everything. You rock!2
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Thank you for the lovely dossard...Spatialized wrote: »Awesome, with the AZ flag and everything. You rock!
Cheers Guys... We try
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If possible I'd like in!!!!!
You're in luck - we basically had one place left - Jason's other half was added in there as a "placeholder" in case nobody else wished to join, but seeing as you've asked (just in time, I was about to announce the cut-off tomorrow, as we've been open for signups since the 13th of June...) I'll drop you in there and sort out a Dossard for you later today when I'm at my main computer where all the templates are stored...
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CycLeagues TdF Teams updated, we are ready to roll.3
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