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  • richara3
    richara3 Posts: 153
    ChrisSG wrote:
    grantus wrote:
    Hi Chris,

    Why not try a Sunday run?

    That way you don't have to cycle up Preston Road to the war memorial as we start from Linlithgow Cross.

    The usual distance is anywhere between 40 to 60 miles however if you don't feel comfortable attempting that distance yet just come along and I will be happy to do a shorter route with you, as I'm sure some others may. (I struggle to keep up with most of the guys anyway!)

    I'd be happy to head out with the bunch for 10-15 miles then turn back if you fancy it?

    Cheers,

    Grant

    Grantus,

    Thanks for your kind offer. I think I may take you up on that on my next available Sunday. What time do you meet at Linlithgow Cross? How do you prepare for a run of 30 miles? Should I have breakfast? Should I take any food with me etc?

    Thanks

    Chris

    Hi Chris,

    I am new to this cycling thing but found a couple of bananas and a half litre of sugary juice helped loads whilst under way and a big bowl of porride an hour before starting out helped too. I tend to skip breakfast on a daily basis but having eaten before heading out on the bike helped loads . just about everyone else here will know better than me though so I would go with what they say :)


    Andy
  • grantus
    grantus Posts: 690
    Chris,

    The Sunday run starts at 9am from the cross.

    I will have either a bowl of porridge or 4 weetabix for breakfast before heading out.

    I've went out a couple of times without eating but it's a recipe for disaster for me as I will really struggle within an hour or so.

    If you have a good breakfast and bring out a couple of bottles of water and a cereal bar or two or a couple of bananas that will be more than enough for 30 miles.

    Cheers,

    Grant
    www.westlothianclarion.co.uk
  • OS 65
    OS 65 Posts: 415
    Chris
    Here's a link about how to prepare for a longer ride, basically, it says the same as our resident nutritional experts :)

    http://www.bikeradar.com/road/fitness/a ... isis-17443

    os65
  • ElCampesino
    ElCampesino Posts: 146
    A bowl of good-quality organic porridge keeps you going for a couple of hours. Well, it keeps me going for a couple of hours, anyway.

    If you top up with an energy gel or a bar during the ride, you'll manage to do our Saturday ride without bonking. Mind you, even a bowl of porrige doesn't make up for a lack of fitness.

    As Grantus says, come out on a Sunday and we'll find someone who does a shorter ride with you if you want to take it easy.

    Cheers,

    EC
  • ChrisSG
    ChrisSG Posts: 6
    Grantus, OS65, EC,

    Thanks guys for your help and tips.

    I normally go out without breakfast and can only last an hour so will try the porridge route and bring some bananas etc. Who knows I may last a bit longer !!

    I will aim to meet up this Sunday (30th) at the Cross for 9.

    See you there?
  • SparkyP
    SparkyP Posts: 259
    Who's out Saturday-Hung over or not ? :wink:

    Mark.
    http://www.westlothianclarion.co.uk/
  • epo-aholic
    epo-aholic Posts: 1,414
    i'll be there (if its dry)!
    Winter/training bike build....
  • SparkyP
    SparkyP Posts: 259
    Evening All

    Anyone fancy doing one of the Bealach Challenges next year?
    Details here http://handsonevents.co.uk/handsonevents/index.htm

    If you do,register here https://www.sportident.co.uk/entries/index.php to get booked quickly.I am going to try and get on one of them when the entries open on Wednesday (the joys of working from home that day :D ) Not sure about the 90miler!!!!!!!

    Cheers

    Mark.
    http://www.westlothianclarion.co.uk/
  • grantus
    grantus Posts: 690
    forecast looks very good for both Saturday and Sunday.

    Starting off with fog tomorrow and perhaps some frost and supposedly clear and bright on Sunday and around 1 or 2 degrees.

    I won't be out tomorrow morning as I will be getting my car repaired however I will try and take advantage of the good forecast and come out on Sunday.

    Chris, if you're there on Sunday I'll do a shorter run with you if you want, depending on where the bunch decide to go.

    It's a nice flat ride out to the Forth Bridges and we could head back from there via Bo'Ness perhaps - probably be around 20-25 miles all-in from Linlithgow.
    www.westlothianclarion.co.uk
  • grantus
    grantus Posts: 690
    or the Sunday run could take a wee detour via Plean Park and cheer on Matt and Tobias in the WLC Cyclo-cross challenge! :D
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  • ElCampesino
    ElCampesino Posts: 146
    Thanks Grant, that's the last thing I need - spectators witnessing my embarrasing performance. I thought you are coming, too?
  • grantus
    grantus Posts: 690
    Ah, erm, :oops:

    I'll chicken out of this one Tobias and have a gentle 'pootle' round on Sunday with Chris if he comes out.

    If not I'll wing my way over to Plean Park to watch you and Matt 'take one for the team' against the crossers!
    www.westlothianclarion.co.uk
  • ElCampesino
    ElCampesino Posts: 146
    I completely understand Grant. I am beginning to regret having started this off. Not only do I lack the fitness at the moment but I have to strip down my Jamis incl. the dynamo lights, double stem and whatnot - something I don't have time to do, really. But we'll see.
  • grantus
    grantus Posts: 690
    Well Tobias, there'd be no harm in letting the Cyclocross wait for another day - it's not as though you'd lose any money as you were going to get an 'on the day' entry weren't you?

    Hats off, however, if you decide to go through with the race :)

    P.S. if you don't consider yourself fit enough then what chance do I have? I couldn't keep up with you the other week while you were riding that big touring tank of a bike and I was on my good bike :lol:
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  • ElCampesino
    ElCampesino Posts: 146
    That's why I was hoping you'd come along - to make me look faster :D

    The big touring tank is my cyclocross bike! That's the reason why it would take me so long to convert it back to its former glory (usually not a problem but I have to write three university assignments in the next three weeks).
  • grantus
    grantus Posts: 690
    ElCampesino wrote:
    That's why I was hoping you'd come along - to make me look faster :D

    HAH! It's all falling into place now!! :lol:
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  • OS 65
    OS 65 Posts: 415
    Herr Campesino

    You can't drop out now! I was only going to enter as your domestique. You're the man who has all the experience, the man who knows what he's doing, plus it's the only time you could get away with hairy legs in a race...

    C'mon fella, get that bike sorted....you'll also need to take the kitchen sink off it too.

    :shock:

    os 65
  • ElCampesino
    ElCampesino Posts: 146
    I'll need the sink to wash the mud off my hairy legs after the race.

    My domestique? Are you sure you can cycle slowly enough without falling off?
  • OS 65
    OS 65 Posts: 415
    Ok Campesino, I'll pick you up at 9.30 then... 8)
    OS 65
  • ElCampesino
    ElCampesino Posts: 146
    But they are forecasting arctic temperatures and snow :?

    Ok, then. We'll talk about the arrangements tonight.
  • grantus
    grantus Posts: 690
    Looks like the Sunday run may swing past Plean after all :wink:

    :idea: Shall I bring my camera in the interests of adding to the Flickr page :idea:
    :?:
    :D
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  • ElCampesino
    ElCampesino Posts: 146
    Yeah, come along ...

    ... I am sure I'll get an opportunity return your favour. :twisted:
  • grantus
    grantus Posts: 690
    he-he,

    Probably sooner than you think!

    I may be last man off on the boxing day time trial so you'll get to see me splutter over the line in a fashionably slow time :wink:
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  • ElCampesino
    ElCampesino Posts: 146
    Hm, unfortunalty I'll be in the old country at Christmas. But I have a very small camera and my time will come.

    Ah, I've just thought of a good excuse. Do I need to wear a helmet on Sunday? My haid isn't used to one. Like baseball caps they restrict blood flow to the brain ...
  • OS 65
    OS 65 Posts: 415
    ElCampesino wrote:
    Hm, unfortunalty I'll be in the old country at Christmas. But I have a very small camera and my time will come.

    Ah, I've just thought of a good excuse. Do I need to wear a helmet on Sunday? My haid isn't used to one. Like baseball caps they restrict blood flow to the brain ...

    Yeah you will need a helmet, luckily I've got some spares...

    By the way, its not the size of you camera that matters, its how you use it :P
  • ElCampesino
    ElCampesino Posts: 146
    Cheers, but I have my own helmet somewhere in my garage (last worn during the Etape Caledonia and I only just escaped a brain haemorrhage). Or I could get one of those embarrassing huge 1980s ones, with a WLC sticker on it.

    Fortunately, I know how to use my small, er, camera; years of practice.
  • ElCampesino
    ElCampesino Posts: 146
    Matt

    Do I need to bring a bag tonight? For my 'most improved foreign rider of the year' trophy?

    Anyone want to swap an almost brand new 10 speed Dura Ace band-on front mech for a brace-on of the same spec?


    EC
  • ChrisSG
    ChrisSG Posts: 6
    grantus wrote:
    Ah, erm, :oops:

    I'll chicken out of this one Tobias and have a gentle 'pootle' round on Sunday with Chris if he comes out.

    If not I'll wing my way over to Plean Park to watch you and Matt 'take one for the team' against the crossers!

    Thanks Grant. I will defo be out on Sunday for a "pootle". See you at 9am at the Cross.
  • Fat Head
    Fat Head Posts: 765
    sorry i had to cancel tonight, i got a call at the back of seven to pick someone up from the airport, then had to drop him in lanark...afer that and with icy roads just decided to head for home since i was passing

    hope you are having a good night and watch out for ice if you're out tomorrow
  • grantus
    grantus Posts: 690
    Nice one Chris,

    See you on Sunday at 9!

    P.S. Hope there are no spillages this morning - the roads looked quite icy through here in the West so I opted to drive to work rather than cycle.

    Very enjoyable night last night as well with good company and a good laugh.
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