94.7 - General Discussion

Guest

Cool. I'm going to try and find a paper but since it's raining out all the corner vendors have disappeared.

Guest

Time: 03:02:01.0
Position: 1701
Average speed: 31.22

I'm happy with that

Sean, I don't see any category positions yet, not in the Star either

Vo2

Ooi Acid, missed sub3 by 2 minutes >
Next year, I wanna do your time

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Guest

I've just got the paper.
I'm not sure how you can say with absolute certainty that it's me Vo2. Took me about 2 minutes to find what I think may be me. But with my face only 2 to 3 mms high at newspaper resolution, it's very difficult to be sure.

Vo2

I'm sure its you. Aint that the cycle jersey you wore?

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Ah well, whats two minutes anyway, I'm still in search of my elusive sub-3 (No luck yet :'()
But in saying that, I know I'll go sub-3 at the Hyper to Hyper. (I just have to retro fit my bike with a re-entry shield 'cause I'm gonna blast that one
You can do the time I did as well, it's taken me three years of training to get here, I've trained specifically for this race now for the last 8 months. I found my weak point was hills... so I became well aquainted with the Krugersdorp Hill and Conrad drive in Blairgowrie (Up and Down, Up and Down, Up and Down :P) Can you believe that my first 94.7 took me 4hr26min . Get a goal VO2 and run with it, I gave everything for this years race, but I stuck to my goal and I feel I achieved it (Even taking those pesky 2 minutes into account >)
So next year I'll go for a decent sub-3, I'm also toying with the idea of the Ironman in Cape Town (2003) and possibly Comrades in a few years time (I'll have to see how my body responds to Ultra Distance Running :P)

Set a goal for next year NOW, write it on your fridge, set as your wallpaper and your screensaver. Live it every day, you WILL achieve it!!

Guest

Did that for this race too. I wanted sub 4's and managed 3:27 but I feel my legs were good for 3 hours, my body was not.

Hyper to Hyper is relatively flat and if you can stay out of the wind a sub 3 is easy. I managed a 2:50 last year and I'm going for a 2:30 and under this year. But I think because its so fast it's more difficult to improve.

My first 94.7 was 5:15

Guest

If we're looking at the same person, then I can only see a shoulder and bit of chest. But it does look like the same sleeve.

I tested it by asking some colleagues if they could see me near the BMW and no one was positive.

Guest

Acid,
3hr 94.7 = 2hr25 H2H easy

Trust me

Guest

Heres a scenario:

Lets say you're doing the 94.7 . You have Armstrongs legs with Lange's weight. A group of you line up in F group and you time trial it till the finish. Your time when finishing is less than the time of the winner. Do they then declare you the winner are are you just honoured with have the best time ?

I know this is a very rare case and probable will never happen, but what happens if it does ?

Just curios

Guest

You will win the open seeded group because you aren't licensed.

Vo2

K, if you don't wanna be in the newspaper, it's fine with me ;D

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Guest

It's probably me.  

ouzo, as an example:
There was a girl racing with us in the A group and even stayed with us through all the attacks. I'm not sure what happened to her as I got dropped at the halfway mark (which we went through in 1hr13). Now there's no doubt that she finished at least 15 minutes ahead of the licensed ladies (2hr52) but she doesn't win the ladies because she was racing in the open seeded category and being pulled along by us guys.

Basically, licensed racing is all about winning (tactical) and not much to do with setting the best time.

Vo2

I believe there's a lady that was seeded in the C-group, that came in at 2hr45.

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