Argus 2003 - Results and Discussions

ouzo

BigH, I dont think we will be training together all the time, just the occasional rides. I will still try and train as per usual, just fitting in different rides to train with her.

The idea is to coach her through the first Argus and thereafter she can ride on her ace if she feels she likes it.

A Tandem is not yet out of the question, but from what I can gather you need a strong relationship to do that.

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Martinp

Compared to some of the stories I've heard, my ACT '03 was positively boring!

No punctures, no near misses, no dropped water bottles/pumps, no mechanical damage, no melted energy bars.

The highlight of my ride was stopping to water the fynbos on Smitswinkel.....what a view...had to drag myself away and get up the hill.

My only gripe was the start. If they are going to take your time from the gun, then they need to ensure that you are afforded the opportunity to trigger the mat asap!

My hrm said 3:58; the MTN Info Service still says 3:59 and the ACT results page 4:01.....guess which one I prefer!!

Had one too many at the end, and tripped over my bike, whilst collecting it from the bike park. I nearly p*ssed myself laughing when the paramedics were insisting on taking me for a check-up...guess they were just doing their job.

Another brilliantly organised event, but next year I'll fly down, that road trip is just too long and dangerous.

reynhardt

Hi everyone.. back after a long absence from cyclingforums!

I started the argus on Sunday with a lot of apprehension, since two weeks before the big day I did a scuba course which took up my whole week.. so no training at all for seven days. Then in the week leading up to the big one I picked up a nasty cold, which side-lined me for three days... so my first ride in 2 weeks was on Thursday before the argus... scary stuff, I wasn't feeling to confident.

Anyway... the morning of the argus I made peace with the fact that I'm not going to improve on my previous time. From the start I felt as uncomfortable as hell... my heartrate was sitting at 182bpm going up Eastern Blvd... and I was just trying to keep up with the bunch!
Finished a respectable 3:09 (at least I think so)... so an improvement of 10mins on last years time... totally surprised me! I guess when you don't worry too much about your time you actually start enjoying the day.... even though I'm sure the cool weather must have been bliss for everyone!!!

Lazy legs

Sorry for the long absence (whole off last week) had a problem with our IT guy who blocked my internet access!
Well done to all of you!
reynhardt, I agree with you, if you relax things seem to go much better, I only did about 650km training since the end off Jan. as training this year and was just hoping to improve on last years time. I thought that if we had cooler weather this year it shouldn't be impossible, but the amount of training I've put in scared me, so I decided to just go and do it and ENJOY the trip. It worked and I cut 38min. of last year’s time!

Pity we won’t see OKW (ons kak weer/ we sh*t again) again, I wonder if the organizers won't consider alternating the 2 routes like they do with the "Up & Down" runs @ the Comrades? It would be nice to do OKW one year and Chapman’s the next. Maybe we should suggest something like that or run a poll to see how the other cyclist feels?

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FAILURE
It lies in the perception
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Mampara

My race was pretty good except for a punture coming back on the blue route. I lost about 5 minutes and ended up with a 3:22. It was my first one so I think I did pretty well. I did not think Ou kaaps was that bad. Returning ove Edinburgh drive and Hospital hill was my killer.

Leon

Come Guys help me out here

If I go into the cycletour website and look up my results I only get a time and no position.
This after a week !

Am I doing something wrong or are the positions still outstanding !?

Leon

Martinp

Leon,

Surely, at some point during the race, you looked down at your feet and ankles?

Remember that yellow lump of plastic attached to your right ankle?

It was a WinningTime chip!! Does this satisfactorily answer your question?

WinningTime have still not proven themselves to the cycling public and this latest round of missing results merely reinforces the public's perception of their poor and tardy service.

Lazy legs

dito

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Mike

FAILURE
It lies in the perception
Not in the situation.

Ronnie

The Argus web site says the following on the results pages:

"Please note that although provisional positions have been calculated for the results produced by WinningTime, the organisers have chosen not to display these until queries have been finalised. Final positions will be displayed on the site from midday, Monday 31 March."

So ... not a WinningTime problem.

Lazy legs

We've waited this long, what's another couple of days!

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Mike

FAILURE
It lies in the perception
Not in the situation.

Jaco

Well done all of you!

My Argus was significantly better than the previous year - no snapping of spokes, punctures etc .... was nearly involved in a crash between Fishhoek and Simonstown but managed to go past on the side.

Managed to complete the event in 3:24. The fact that I started in group L (as appose to BB last year) also helped a great deal. Hopefully next year I can start in H or so.

Mampara

Go and have a look here. http://www.pedalpower.co.za/seeds.asp .
It looks like they have already started working out in wich group you will start in the 2004 Argus using '03 results. Offcourse it's not final but it's very interesting and they have more info than cycletour.co.za

gw709

That is actually your indicative seeding for Pedal Power events in the Cape - your current seeding is re -evaluated very two years (next in July 2003) or you can ask for a reseeding earlier than that if your riding improves / goes backwards

It is not your Argus seeding which is based on your best result in a seeding event (details of these on cycle tour site)

hope that makes sense

RalleighOke

Hey guys (and chi....girls), go to www.actionphoto.net and go and view your picture (if you had you number on).

PS: I found this very interesting. Did you know that the owner of WT is also the Chairman of the PPA, co-chairman of the Cape Argus Cycle challenge and I'm not sure if it is a member or trustee of the Cape Cycling trust (or something like that). I read this in the new Bicycling magazine.

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