Ballbusting in November

[Deleted User]

Well done GB, good stuff. See you on the day.

I've pledged a pirate bike jersey to CITH so am all out of pirate stuff to lend (assuming you don't want my Pirate Tri shorts, and trust me, you don't!)

M...eldy

ask on the kit thread ... someone may have some that they have washed recently 

Cortina5

Good lad GB!

I'm hoping the new kit will be ready in time (unlikely!).

[Deleted User]

Meldy specialises only in selling unwashed kit!

Its a niche market but it keeps her in shoes!

M...eldy

*nothing* could keep me in shoes!!

Dustboy

I have an unused Monaco that weekend, XL, and a spare room ready coz teh lodger we promised it to never turned up.

Cortina5

Sounds like GB is all set.

Gladys - how big is your cycle top?

[Deleted User]

I am 11 stone so I would say Medium?

Cortina5

Perfect!

PSC

I've got a large monoco that I can bring along if you need it... it's not been washed for years

Golden Boots

That would be great if you could please PSC, an XL might be a little too large on me I rhink

[Deleted User]

So, now we've got clothes sorted... who's going to admit to any goals?

Gladys - sub 4 hours (but more importantly beat my bro)

Golden Boots

Make it to the start on time. That all depends on where I will be living!

Jaffa_

Sausage Roll,  piece of cake and 2 cups of tea before Gladys finishes

[Deleted User]

Feckin' lazy git Jaffa! HTFU and do the damn event!

Dustboy

GB said I wuz fat.

Golden Boots

PSC

Golden Boots wrote (see)

That would be great if you could please PSC, an XL might be a little too large on me I rhink

no probs... will shove it in my bag.

Goal is to have fun and finish in daylight. 

Golden Boots

PSC wrote (see)

Goal is to have fun and finish in daylight. 

I would hope so, an 8am start?

Hopefully 3:15, anything closer to 3 and I will be happy seeing as I haven't been on the bike in four weeks!

[Deleted User]

3.15?! That's just silly!

25 min bike laps and then 7.5min miling?! I'll be happy to unlap myself from you! I'll bike past you on your final run with a bit of luck!

Golden Boots

Hoping for 7 minute miling, but haven't ran box hill before so don't know how feasible that is?

All depends on the bike course I think, and how much i end up going stupidly too fast on the first run... duathlons are no fun!

[Deleted User]

No point asking me! I'll be happy with an 8.5min miling average on lap 1 and who knows on lap 2

Cheerful Dave is your man for speedy running up Box Hill.

The first mile of the loop is gently uphill, then there is about 5 miles of downhill, then Bx Hill back up to the start. As a hill its just under 2 miles long at about 4% average gradient.

Golden Boots

Gladys (all over!) M. wrote (see)

As a hill its just under 2 miles long at about 4% average gradient.

Sounds easy when you put it like that , jeez I thought it was only about a 500m climb!

Cortina5

7/mi should be easy to the bottom of the hill. As much as I enjoy cycling up hills, I will be faster running with the bike a la cyclocross

[Deleted User]

I'dl ove to be able to run at 7 mm! Can barely do that over 5km on the track, let alone a proper distance.

Cheerful Dave

An average of 7 min miles for the first run is decent enough, but to average that you'll need to do more like 6:30 miles to the bottom of the hill. It's not really a course where using a garmin to give pacing isn't really much use - you should be aiming to run the first 6 miles well within yourself anyway.

Mind you, I shouldn't be giving advice. I always go too fast on the first run anyway, I think then closest I've got to equal run splits is 4 or 5 minutes, which is pretty pants.

PSC

6:30mm........ THUD!

Golden Boots

CD - are you going for the magical 3 hour mark? What did you do last time?

Cheerful Dave

2:52 last year GB. Happy with anything inside 3, conditions were very good last year so it was a bit quicker than expected. If it's wet 3 will be a struggle TBH.

Golden Boots

Thats brilliant! I wish I had picked my game up a bit now. Not been on the bike since IMW!