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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    do some work you lot :lol:
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  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    Awesome effort!

    And loving the live tracking

    Having ridden this climb only once and knowing how difficult it is, I cannot image how you are feeling at the moment :shock:
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Poor bastard. Why would anyone do that to themselves?
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • FoldingJoe
    FoldingJoe Posts: 1,327
    itboffin wrote:
    do some work you lot :lol:
    #

    Just trying to get to 1000 post mark before the end of the day!! ;)
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Just gone through 13,000 ft
    Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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  • Stag on
    Stag on Posts: 99
    Great work MRS. Remember, "Sweat is fat crying"
  • FoldingJoe
    FoldingJoe Posts: 1,327
    Stag on wrote:
    Great work MRS. Remember, "Sweat is fat crying"

    Never heard that one - like it. :)

    MRS just reached the support bus after the 4th climb.
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    So which do people think is harder psychologically - 4th or 5th?

    Fourth means you've got a lot of tiredness in your legs with quite a bit more to do.

    But fifth *isn't* the last one, which could be a real block.
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    I think the 2nd because you've just done the first one and it hurt like a bitch and now you know how loooong the day is going to be
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:
    Poor bastard. Why would anyone do that to themselves?
    As I recall most of us asked the same of some poor sod that broke himself repeatedly training to do an ironman.
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  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    5 down - 1 to go. Need to eat though - I'm
    Really running on empty. Last one got really tough. It's very hot
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    meanredspider wrote:
    5 down - 1 to go. Need to eat though - I'm
    Really running on empty. Last one got really tough. It's very hot

    You can do it!!!
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    Excellent, well done. Think how good the beer will taste at the end, never mind the satisfaction of having achieved something truly spectacular.
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    Cotic Solaris
  • FoldingJoe
    FoldingJoe Posts: 1,327
    6 times up Alpe Du Huez - that will be some achievement!!

    Just keep that in your head as you go for the 6th, and the cause that you are doing it for.

    Totally in awe. Nice work thus far.
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  • the_fuggler
    the_fuggler Posts: 1,228
    This is it MRS - you never have to ride up that tarmac again. You can say goodbye to all the little mental markers you've made as you go up. Go for it!!
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:
    Poor bastard. Why would anyone do that to themselves?
    As I recall most of us asked the same of some poor sod that broke himself repeatedly training to do an ironman.
    Yes, well me asking the question was rather the point, if you see what I mean.

    Big fingers crossed for the last ascent though. Feeling hungry is a bit of a worry - the times when I've been riding and ended up not eating enough to feel hungry have not ended well.

    Is the only cut-off now 5pm local time to start the last ascent, or is there a cut off at the top, I wonder. That would be fecking cruel if there were.
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Now that's what you call hill repeats
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Good luck MRS.
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,308
    I prescribe one ice cold lager, per climb, minimum. Followed by a good nights sleep.

    Chapeau!
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  • Ian.B
    Ian.B Posts: 732
    Allez allez MRS!
  • FoldingJoe
    FoldingJoe Posts: 1,327
    Please don't tell me his Garmin has given up the ghost!!
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  • coopster_the_1st
    coopster_the_1st Posts: 5,158
    Awesome effort
    meanredspider wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    Poor MRS, even 6 AdHs won't quite manage this...

    Damn - it's nearer 9x up the Alpe! If I get to 6 by lunchtime, I might give it a go... :shock: :wink::wink::wink:

    Just wondering if the above is still being considered? :D
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    i'm guessing that's a dead Garmin 1000 battery :-)
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Odd as I reckon he (sh)could have charged it when at team bus having snacks
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Finished!!! The full 6. Totally forked!

    Garmin and iPhone died together - only 1 charger! Sorry!
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    Excellent, well done. That is incredible, and insane. I will raise a glass in your honour.
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    Cotic Solaris
  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    meanredspider wrote:
    Finished!!! The full 6. Totally forked!

    Garmin and iPhone died together - only 1 charger! Sorry!

    Great going, congrats!
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • meanredspider
    meanredspider Posts: 12,337
    Thanks guys - and thank you all for your support - I appreciate it so much - you are genuinely a fabulous bunch of guys!
    ROAD < Scott Foil HMX Di2, Volagi Liscio Di2, Jamis Renegade Elite Di2, Cube Reaction Race > ROUGH
  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Loon. Well done, awesome effort
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    I've been drinking beer practically all day in your honour

    Chapeau

    Now I guess youll be spending the rest of this month trying to replace the cals, I recommend deep fried full rack of ribs tower cheese, onion ring n bacon burger, for starters ;-)
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.

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