Anyone here doing the Malvern Spring Classic this weekend ?

VTech
VTech Posts: 4,736
edited May 2013 in Road general
Anyone here doing the Malvern Spring this weekend ?
Im off and will be on the startline at 8am all willing :)
Living MY dream.

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  • supermurph09
    supermurph09 Posts: 2,471
    All the best for this, you'll be just fine. I think completing will give you the confidence you need.
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  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    Supermurph09 wrote:
    All the best for this, you'll be just fine. I think completing will give you the confidence you need.

    Says the guy who knocks out 50k's for fun :)

    I wont give up, if the bike stays in one piece and I dont get hit by someone or something else hideous I will get round.
    Im not saying I wont cringe but ill give it my best.
    One concern is the 3000ft of climb, by far the biggest I will have ever done on a ride.
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  • supermurph09
    supermurph09 Posts: 2,471
    Re: the climbing. Just be aware of the route and knowing when to push and when to hold something back for what's coming. The climbs look pretty tame and straight forward, biggest one looks to be at the start, take comfort in knowing you will have done the hard bit early on. :)
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  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    Im not sure "tame" is the right word for me but I kind of get your meaning ;)
    I was hoping to get back home for 1pm, that would give me 3 hours to cover 50k which I reckon should be doable for me.
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  • ednino
    ednino Posts: 684
    I only found out about it today. I've emailed in to ask if I can join because the website entry closed on Thursday.

    The rider limit is 400 and only 176 signed up so hopefully I can join in
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    Let me know if your in :)
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  • canny_lad
    canny_lad Posts: 329
    Good luck. That's a sensible target time you've set so should be fine :D
  • ednino
    ednino Posts: 684
    No reply from the organisers :(

    can't find a phone number either
  • ednino
    ednino Posts: 684
    edited May 2013
    Found a phone number & called up.

    They said turn up & pay cash, no problem :lol:

    Will be doing the 100k (that's about 62 miles right??). Should be 4 hours for me
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    07971190494 it had suggested that you could register at 7am on the morning of the event, are you local ?
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  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    ednino wrote:
    Found a phone number & called up.

    They said turn up & pay cash, no problem :lol:

    Will be doing the 100k (that's about 62 miles right??). Should be abit over 4 hours for me

    Great news, well done.
    Im only doing the 50k as this is my longest road ride and dont want to push beyond my limits.
    Good luck for tomorrow, what time you arriving ?
    Living MY dream.
  • ednino
    ednino Posts: 684
    Photo12-05-2013141143.png

    :shock: that hurt

    4:30 seems so slow for 64 miles but it was literally all up hill lol. Every corner I went round I was at the bottom of another hill :roll:
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    Well done, I was almost crying at the first set of hills, Ive flown lower than that !!!
    I really need to go to bed but ive got to go out later. Legs, back, neck all gone to pot :)
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  • ednino
    ednino Posts: 684
    I wasn't warmed up at all then was faced with climb after climb straight from the car park. Whoever planned out that route is a horrible horrible man lol
  • VTech
    VTech Posts: 4,736
    Is it normal to have such a huge climb right at the start of an event ? I would have thought the norm would have been to have 5-10km before something so brutal ? It really split the pack up.
    What was your top speed on the way down ? I was sitting bolt upright to use my body as a brake I was going so quick !
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    ednino wrote:

    :shock: that hurt

    4:30 seems so slow for 64 miles but it was literally all up hill lol. Every corner I went round I was at the bottom of another hill :roll:

    Half of it must have been downhill surely :lol:

    Not knocking you though. I did a flat (about 2000 ft of climbing) 64 in 3:30 today and I felt beat up at the end.
    Not sure I would have even finished a hilly one today :(
  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    Surely the title of the event was a clue? Malvern is well known for hills.

    Well done Vtec for completing it, carry on like that and you will be leading the ride at the Bar-B-Q.
    Yellow is the new Black.
  • ednino
    ednino Posts: 684
    38mph clocked

    did you see the 2nd feed station? I only saw 1 :?
  • supermurph09
    supermurph09 Posts: 2,471
    VTech wrote:
    Is it normal to have such a huge climb right at the start of an event ? I would have thought the norm would have been to have 5-10km before something so brutal ? It really split the pack up.
    What was your top speed on the way down ? I was sitting bolt upright to use my body as a brake I was going so quick !

    Well done!! I think the hills are thrown in at the start to potentially slim down the peloton.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Supermurph09 wrote:
    VTech wrote:
    Is it normal to have such a huge climb right at the start of an event ? I would have thought the norm would have been to have 5-10km before something so brutal ? It really split the pack up.
    What was your top speed on the way down ? I was sitting bolt upright to use my body as a brake I was going so quick !

    Well done!! I think the hills are thrown in at the start to potentially slim down the peloton.

    In more ways than one I would think :lol:

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