Fitness 2016

[alfred russel]

Third day done, wasn't a pretty sight at times.
Just had my feet all bandaged up, off to bed.

Congrats!

You have to update us on when the last signs of blisters go away. My hunch is it will be a long long time. 

[Razgovory]

I lost 16 pounds!  I cut out soda and sugary drinks at the beginning of this summer.

[11B4V]

I lost 16 pounds!  I cut out soda and sugary drinks at the beginning of this summer.

Helps a lot.

[Liep]

I lost 16 pounds!  I cut out soda and sugary drinks at the beginning of this summer.

Not really a weight loss that fits in the fitness thread , but congrats on a good choice!

[Liep]

Must be a fun sort of ride those 29ers (? my assumption).

It's a 26" but with 80mm rims and 4 inch tyres

Kudos for building a new wheel, I had a mate who was a natural genius at doing building and truing wheels, me not at all.

Also you've reminded me I've a ton of bike maintenance to do, or should I just prevaricate and go on an evening ride tomorrow instead? 

My wheel held up fine on a 30km ride today, but the bottom bracket gave a ticking sound at each pedal turn, more maintenance coming up! But tbh, with the weather being this nice it's hard to stay home fixing a bike when I've two others that work just fine.

[mongers]

Must be a fun sort of ride those 29ers (? my assumption).

It's a 26" but with 80mm rims and 4 inch tyres

Kudos for building a new wheel, I had a mate who was a natural genius at doing building and truing wheels, me not at all.

Also you've reminded me I've a ton of bike maintenance to do, or should I just prevaricate and go on an evening ride tomorrow instead? 

My wheel held up fine on a 30km ride today, but the bottom bracket gave a ticking sound at each pedal turn, more maintenance coming up! But tbh, with the weather being this nice it's hard to stay home fixing a bike when I've two others that work just fine.

Good news on the wheel you've now got a new skill, just don't mention it too much to mates!

I've had a clicking noise from one bottom bracket for about 3-4,000 miles now, I guess I need to do it, but like you the weather is against it.

Plus it's so corroded down there, I risk trashing the frame. 

[Liep]

Yeah, it doesn't sound like it's going to destroy the bracket but it annoys me.


And, ugh, I hate loosening anything on older bikes. Ride through it

[mongers]

Yeah, it doesn't sound like it's going to destroy the bracket but it annoys me.


And, ugh, I hate loosening anything on older bikes. Ride through it

Yeah wise council, just need to do another 1,500 miles and then I'll be happy to tackle the job/trash the bike trying. 

[Liep]

After enjoying watching it rain in France outside in sunny Denmark I tackled the problem head on. Found nothing wrong with the bracket (one of those new ones you can't/shouldn't open )but the chain ring had a little sway so my theory is that the chain caught on the front derailleur each time the chain ring bulged out so I adjusted the front derailleur. Will test tomorrow.

[Maladict]

So, I made it. Last day consisted of unexpectedly cold temperatures caused by a 2.5 hour long downpour in the early morning, followed by blistering heat in the afternoon.
Going by number of dropouts this was the hardest edition ever.

That said, it is an unbelievable experience. It's basically a 200km long party. After the 4 AM sendoff by thousand of drunk students and teenagers, when you get to the first villages around 5 the locals are up and partying in the street. Half a million people flood into the city on the last day to watch the final stretch to the finish line and then party some more in the evening. I opted out of that part as I couldn't move much (at all) anyway.

Did stick around to see the final stragglers come in. A woman who must have been at least 80 was dragged over the finish line by bystanders two minutes before the cutoff time. Good stuff.

[mongers]

So, I made it. Last day consisted of unexpectedly cold temperatures caused by a 2.5 hour long downpour in the early morning, followed by blistering heat in the afternoon.
Going by number of dropouts this was the hardest edition ever.

That said, it is an unbelievable experience. It's basically a 200km long party. After the 4 AM sendoff by thousand of drunk students and teenagers, when you get to the first villages around 5 the locals are up and partying in the street. Half a million people flood into the city on the last day to watch the final stretch to the finish line and then party some more in the evening. I opted out of that part as I couldn't move much (at all) anyway.

Did stick around to see the final stragglers come in. A woman who must have been at least 80 was dragged over the finish line by bystanders two minutes before the cutoff time. Good stuff.

Wow, well done Mal. 

Genuinely an epic experience.   

[Maladict]

Congrats!

You have to update us on when the last signs of blisters go away. My hunch is it will be a long long time. 

Blisters are a minor inconvenience

[lustindarkness]

Dammit Mal, I was going to complain about my morning run. 

Congrats.

[alfred russel]

Blisters are a minor inconvenience

I agree. 

[11B4V]

It's not that epic really, it's just that I'm not very good at endurance stuff.
This is it, 4x50km two weeks from now:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Four_Days_Marches_Nijmegen

I did that when I was stationed in Germany. Great time.