Sport Relief End to End JOgtLE
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redvee wrote:JGSI wrote:Why arent they publicising the route better?
Are they being precious or summat?
Just at odds with its supposed public/global good to me.
I emailed SR and asked if it was OK to ride shotgun to Fearne and be ready to catch her when she falls off again but got a polite no reply. Very tempted to ride along tomorrow if they haven't already passed through Brizzle area as I have the morning off, only need to be home for 11:30 for the gasman then work in the pm.
Missed them, they came through Brizzle whilst I was asleep
No way am I riding down to Tiverton now. I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
I'm a bit of a Fearne fan, not only because I kind of grew up with her on TV but also because she likes kitties; that's always a plus to me. Anyone who likes cats can't be all bad, heck even Russell Brand likes cats, so he went up in my estimationy wationy.
Seems they went through Cheshire, the posh area I believe, would have loved to have ridden near them at least. I ain't a celeb watcher, have very little time for celebs to be frank but I may have got on TV again, YAY! 'Semi drunk cyclist crashes into Fearne Cotton whilst screaming "ur great u r i luv u!"...'http://www.youtube.com/user/Eurobunneh - My Youtube channel.0 -
I wouldn't be surprised if they are not publicising their route in order to prevent sections of the ride turning into critical mass.
I must admit that I was a bit dischuffed when I heard that they were not each riding all the way. Kind off lost interest after that. I agree with certain people on here that, with "support at any cost" and two hour stints, anyone can do Lejog. You should also note that celebs use this kind of stunt to publicise themselves and boost their careers so it is not all altruistic. I prefer those celebs that you don't hear about and find out when they are dead that they raised zillions for charity but kept it quite. That is, IMHO, more of a genuine committment.
Anyway, if we didn't ride in -10 up here in Aberdeen, we would be off the bike from October to March.
I have only two things to say to that; Bo***cks0 -
I'm a bit of a Fearne fan, not only because I kind of grew up with her on TV but also because she likes kitties; that's always a plus to me. Anyone who likes cats can't be all bad, heck even Russell Brand likes cats, so he went up in my estimationy wationy.
I believe that a certain A. Hitler, M Hindly and P Sutcliffe were cat lovers, as were most of the clientel of a couple of curry houses in South Shields (Tandouri cat anyone?)I have only two things to say to that; Bo***cks0 -
I quite like the general idea of it but I think they missed a few tricks (for which I shall elaborate on.....)
I think it would've been far more TV friendly to have had two teams - Going on two seperate routes or one starting at each end of the country.
Two team captains and say 3 or 4 more team members so that they do the 25-30 mile stints, but do 7-8 stages each with a short break inbetween for nutrition and a bit of rest.
Competition, good intensity, a challenge but still realistically possible to do.
Two teams could be:
Posh Celebs vs. Working Class Hero Celebs
Boys vs Girls
Comedy vs Drama
BBC vs ITV
orrrrrrrr local cycling clubs pace them through each stage to keep up the pace and get more people involved with more fundraising - much more community minded.
orrrrrrrr get which ever pro teams not competing at the moment to do a short stint with them for moral and a bit of training - their sponsors would kill for primetime audiences like that.What wheels...? Wheelsmith.co.uk!0 -
simonaspinall wrote:I quite like the general idea of it but I think they missed a few tricks (for which I shall elaborate on.....)
I think it would've been far more TV friendly to have had two teams - Going on two seperate routes or one starting at each end of the country.
Two team captains and say 3 or 4 more team members so that they do the 25-30 mile stints, but do 7-8 stages each with a short break inbetween for nutrition and a bit of rest.
Competition, good intensity, a challenge but still realistically possible to do.
Two teams could be:
Posh Celebs vs. Working Class Hero Celebs
Boys vs Girls
Comedy vs Drama
BBC vs ITV
orrrrrrrr local cycling clubs pace them through each stage to keep up the pace and get more people involved with more fundraising - much more community minded.
orrrrrrrr get which ever pro teams not competing at the moment to do a short stint with them for moral and a bit of training - their sponsors would kill for primetime audiences like that.
Some decent ideas there. 0 -
If the celebs doing this had actually put a bit of effort into training for it then it'd be different. They've had access to professional coaching I believe, but by the sounds of it (and the way they're struggling with 25 mile stints) they've only been preparing for a couple of months at most. Isn't Jimmy Carr claiming not to have trained at all?
It would be much more impressive if they were taking 10 days to cover the 1000 miles, but were all riding the whole way (i.e. doing something that requires a bit of dedication to prepare for).
As it is, it's just silly.
If ONE man can cycle LEJOG in ~44 hours then how can seven youngish, healthy people taking 4 days to do it as a relay ever be considered as any kind of worthy achievement???More problems but still living....0 -
Mike Healey wrote:What a miserable and nose in the air lot some of you are.
A bunch of unlikely people, Walliams excepted, take on something that's like nowt' they've done before, requiring skills we take for granted, riding through temps of -10C and, they hope, raise a decent wad for a charity.
And then there was Cotton's Kilimanjaro climb - not much actual rock climbing, from what I've seen, but the altitude makes it a fair old challenge and when I've read pieces about groups climbing it, there's nearly always someone who has to drop out because of altitude sickness.
Oh and let's sneer at Miranda Hart for falling over before the start - like none of us has ever been a complete prat on the bike - see any clipless pedal moments thread.
Just one point - how many of you would say what you've said to their faces?
I would.
I'm all for raising money for charity (I did London-Paris for charity) - but the way they go on and on and on about how hard it is, etc, etc. Honestly - they make it sound like they are riding the whole 1000 miles EACH.
It's the over-dramatization of the whole thing that I object to.
Eddie Izzard running all those marathons - now THAT was impressive.0 -
Pokerface wrote:Mike Healey wrote:What a miserable and nose in the air lot some of you are.
A bunch of unlikely people, Walliams excepted, take on something that's like nowt' they've done before, requiring skills we take for granted, riding through temps of -10C and, they hope, raise a decent wad for a charity.
And then there was Cotton's Kilimanjaro climb - not much actual rock climbing, from what I've seen, but the altitude makes it a fair old challenge and when I've read pieces about groups climbing it, there's nearly always someone who has to drop out because of altitude sickness.
Oh and let's sneer at Miranda Hart for falling over before the start - like none of us has ever been a complete prat on the bike - see any clipless pedal moments thread.
Just one point - how many of you would say what you've said to their faces?
I would.
I'm all for raising money for charity (I did London-Paris for charity) - but the way they go on and on and on about how hard it is, etc, etc. Honestly - they make it sound like they are riding the whole 1000 miles EACH.
It's the over-dramatization of the whole thing that I object to.
Eddie Izzard running all those marathons - now THAT was impressive.
+1 to all the Pokerface said.
This "challenge" of theirs is a load of ar$e. Cycle 2 hours and then retreat back to your pampered support van. Oxygen thieves! :roll:0 -
Its not a challenge for a cyclist - but they arent cyclists - so its a pretty sizeable achievement for them. I think theres only 6 of them doing it full time - Jimmy Carr could only do a day for whatever reason ? But given that a good stand up gets paid 10k for a corporate gig - they've given up some earning potential to do this.
Izzards achievements is just amazing though - I got to run with him for a few miles one night - theres no way I could have done that mileage and I've trained for marathons for years. He's the real hero here - and that Kayak girl too.0 -
Any idea why they did JOG>LE ? Is it prevailing winds or something ? I thought most people did it the other way round ?0
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Pokerface wrote:They were REALLY playing it up on the radio (Radio 1) this morning. So hard this and so tough that. Many people have a tougher commute to work on their bikes each day!
But maybe this is why they haven't raised that much money so far - people realise what a p!ss take this is.
The thing is, they have outriders and support vehicles with flashing lights so the average
angry motorist isn't going to get anywhere near them. :roll:0 -
Maybe we could get in cars and harrass them ourselves, to highight our plight with motorists ?
I just realised I rhymed highlight with plight un-knowingly. Smashing. 0 -
Too late now, they arrived at Lands End just before 19:00 and have reached the target of £1,000,000 sponsorship.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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They did make good progress..... hat's off to them.0
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cougie wrote:Izzards achievements is just amazing though - I got to run with him for a few miles one night - theres no way I could have done that mileage and I've trained for marathons for years. He's the real hero here - and that Kayak girl too.
There's a programme about it (Eddie Izzard) on BBC3 in about 7 minutes. It might be a series in fact. It'll be on iPlayer, I would think.Twitter: @RichN950 -
Thanks god it's over so I can now stop hearing them whinge about it on the radio every morning.
Well, maybe for a few more mornings, but soon it will be over.0 -
Website says "Watch their entire journey on Thursday 18th March on BBC One at 9pm". That will be a very boring 82 hour programme then.0
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Stop moaning you could always have changed the channel over.Pokerface wrote:Thanks god it's over so I can now stop hearing them whinge about it on the radio every morning.
Well, maybe for a few more mornings, but soon it will be over.0
