Tour of Sufferlandria 2014

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  • jotko
    jotko Posts: 457
    Great effort by all those still in - I was shelled out the back once it got steep :(

    This thread has been great motivation (and pretty funny) - misery loves company!!
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  • markp80
    markp80 Posts: 444
    dw300 wrote:
    Balls. Just about to do Stage 7 and realise the window is not just for start times, but for start and end times. :(

    I've f*cked it up. Won't be able to finish The Hunted in time if I start Angels now. :evil:
    Blummin' heck Dave! Thats a bummer after all the work!
    Boardman Road Comp - OK, I went to Halfords
    Tibia plateau fracture - the rehab continues!
  • markp80
    markp80 Posts: 444
    I managed to get through Blender but only with the help of my friend Mr Tramadol...
    Boardman Road Comp - OK, I went to Halfords
    Tibia plateau fracture - the rehab continues!
  • charliew87
    charliew87 Posts: 371
    God I'm hungover.

    So glad it's all over. Really enjoyed Violator, did it at 100% fairly comfortably.

    No longer live in fear of GvA.
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  • Lookyhere
    Lookyhere Posts: 987
    yes Violator was tough, the transition from 5/5sec to 10/10sec was brutal, I was on my knees at this point and it took until the 2nd or 3rd 10sec sprint before I could make any decent numbers.
    I ve really enjoyed this ToS, was advised against it but its been fun and im sure it will take a bit of RnR to recover :shock:
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    A windy 60 miles out on the bike today - one of those days were you have to lean the bike into the wind. I'm sure Grunter Von Agony would have made me do it twice - but I'd need lights.

    I'm pretty sure all that pain has been good for me - dropped my riding buddy on the hills a couple of times anyway.
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Good effort all those that completed it! Very disappointed I never got to finish.
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  • handful
    handful Posts: 920
    Did Blender this morning, mental torture. Not doing Violator until 6am tomorrow and can't wait to have finished! Very tough both physically and mentally. Well done to everyone already done, I wish I'd started on the Friday now and I would be done too!
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  • stucumber
    stucumber Posts: 7
    Violated.
  • jj911c2
    jj911c2 Posts: 7
    Just finished Violator and done with ToS! It was fun having this thread for a little motivation.

    Which stage was hardest for you? Stage 7 was the one that got me on the second session (Hunted). Blender and Violator were almost enjoyable by comparison ;)
  • michaelede
    michaelede Posts: 152
    FFS who put that at the end? Managed two PB's but that was horrible :evil: (although I suspect i'll quite enjoy it when well rested :) ) Actually feel quite proud that I managed to complete it when I only got back on a bike last June.

    Really enjoyed having something positive to focus on this last nine days. Don't think much left to scare me on the trainer now, really want to push on and move myself of the bottom of the power to weight chart!

    Really hated the two back to back sessions.

    KK didn't manage to get me a replacement frame by the end of the tour and even if they had should it really have broken in the first place? Whilst I am heavy I am well within the recommendations they give. Having said that I suspect I wouldn't have been able to complete the tour without the really crappy result from Rubber glove (which I now put down to the weld starting to fail)

    Think I managed 11 PB's along the way which I am pretty pleased with.

    Must admit I am slightly in awe with of how much fitter and more powerful most of you are than me!

    Bugger, what am I going to do tomorrow night?? :mrgreen:
  • Kevo27
    Kevo27 Posts: 95
    Have to echo what has already been mentioned, been good to focus on the turbo and having completion of this as a goal, as well as reaping the benefits from the 9 days however minor they will be.

    Might try this in a week or two… :shock:

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  • markp80
    markp80 Posts: 444
    The Violator video ran about 15 seconds out if sync for me, ahead of the TrainerRoad profile all the way through. I don't know what caused that but as you can imagine it meant the video bore no resemblance to what I was being asked to do. Not that you get much chance to watch the video during those sprint sessions in any case!

    Time for some rest for me now, to let my poor old knees settle down. It's been good though.
    Boardman Road Comp - OK, I went to Halfords
    Tibia plateau fracture - the rehab continues!
  • charliew87
    charliew87 Posts: 371
    It’s over. Looks like 1,437 completed it.

    Bring on the prizes!
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    I think 8/14 of the BikeRadar Team made it - so 57% or so.

    Overall on Trainerroad 58% seem to have made it - so we're just about er average. Well done us !
  • SHADOWMATE
    SHADOWMATE Posts: 85
    Well done everyone whio took part and massive respect to those who completed. I really wanted to take part but, as last year, other things interfered. Tut.
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    with....gears of war.
  • handful
    handful Posts: 920
    cougie wrote:
    I think 8/14 of the BikeRadar Team made it - so 57% or so.

    Overall on Trainerroad 58% seem to have made it - so we're just about er average. Well done us !

    Make that 9/14 :D

    Although I was in the Bike Radar team I wasn't aware there was a specific ToS BR team as well so joined midway and am only showing as having completed 7 hours when I did actually do all of it......honest!

    Very glad to finish early this morning and I'm going to have a lay off from the bike until the weekend now I think!

    I sympathise with those that had to drop out, I nearly did on Stage 7 myself but ended up having a rest day and extending until today.

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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Nice work ! We're officially "Above Average" at Sufferfest.

    There's a tattoo for you.
  • stucumber
    stucumber Posts: 7
    Oooh - this is a bit worrying: even thought the TdS is over, I voluntarily sat on a turbo this evening and bashed out AVDP.

    This is becoming a dirty habit, and I need to break it.
  • michaelede
    michaelede Posts: 152
    I've promised the Mrs I am not going near the bike till next Sunday but I already want to, which is a worry!
  • markp80
    markp80 Posts: 444
    Maybe tomorrow.....
    Boardman Road Comp - OK, I went to Halfords
    Tibia plateau fracture - the rehab continues!
  • michaelede
    michaelede Posts: 152
    Well can't fault Kurt Kinetics customer service, FedEx delivered a shiny new frame today from the USA. 10/10 for effort.

    But looking at the weld that failed, on the new one, it just doesn't look like the load is spread well enough in that area to me. Time will tell but I strongly suspect this one will fail at some point in the future as well.
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    I'm still f****d!

    All my tendons on the rear of my knees and my Achilles are still aching. I had 2 days off after the first 6 stages and then did an 80mile reliability .. or at least 20 mile warm up, 25 miles hanging onto a group of maniacs, and 35 miles home solo into a head wind. But as I said, even after another 4 days off I still dont feel great.

    Have signed up for my first A4 race though, on the 23rd! :)
    All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Jeez - aching tendons dont sound like much fun. Hopefully you'll be pinging by the 23rd ! Good luck !
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    Been moving house every evening this week so hadnt ridden. Went out today and legs felt ok, but i somehow came off and have busted my collarbone. Maximum suffering!
    All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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  • Lookyhere
    Lookyhere Posts: 987
    dw300 wrote:
    Been moving house every evening this week so hadnt ridden. Went out today and legs felt ok, but i somehow came off and have busted my collarbone. Maximum suffering!

    Fuggin hell, that's bad news bud and I hope it mends quickly.
    On the bright side, you can soon start to do back to back ToS's with a days recover between each tour :shock:
  • handful
    handful Posts: 920
    dw300 wrote:
    Been moving house every evening this week so hadnt ridden. Went out today and legs felt ok, but i somehow came off and have busted my collarbone. Maximum suffering!

    I feel for you, although I've never had a broken collar bone I've seen a few being broken and the poor bug*ers really looked in pain! Hope it mends well and quickly.
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  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    Lookyhere wrote:
    Fuggin hell, that's bad news bud and I hope it mends quickly.
    On the bright side, you can soon start to do back to back ToS's with a days recover between each tour :shock:
    handful wrote:
    I feel for you, although I've never had a broken collar bone I've seen a few being broken and the poor bug*ers really looked in pain! Hope it mends well and quickly.

    Thanks guys.

    It's not so bad actually. I always feared the pain involved in breaking a collarbone, but I lay there for a minute to assess what bits hurt most and by that time the adrenaline had kicked in.

    After 3-4 mins i jumped back on the bike and i was apparent i couldn't bear any weight on my left arm, but i was only 2 miles from home at that stage. I've decided you're not a proper cyclist till you break something and continue riding to finish the stage. ;)

    Had a shower (after taking about 10mins to get my base layer off lol) and noticed that shoulder was a different shape from the other, so got food and a brew and went to A&E. They X-rayed and gave me a sling and some co-codamol and an appt with the fracture clinic in 3 weeks time.

    I have more motivation to train now than ever, highly recommend getting injured!*

    *not serious!
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  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    dw300 wrote:
    They X-rayed and gave me a sling and some co-codamol and an appt with the fracture clinic in 3 weeks time.

    Is it just me or is 3 weeks quite a long time? Surely the bones will have started to set/knit by then?!
  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    bernithebiker wrote:
    dw300 wrote:
    They X-rayed and gave me a sling and some co-codamol and an appt with the fracture clinic in 3 weeks time.

    Is it just me or is 3 weeks quite a long time? Surely the bones will have started to set/knit by then?!

    I've no idea, i'm not medically trained and I've never broken anything that ive had to go to hospital for before. :?:
    All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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