The Outlaw
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Not sure if anyone else has posted about this but if anyone was thinking of doing this LD tri entries have opened - i had registered my email address with One Step Beyond who said they would give prior notice of when entires would open, in the last email i received it said they would open on 1st Nov. However, i just happen to check the website at dinner today and found a list of confirmed entries so i quickly signed up, bare in mind there are only 1,000 places - So if you were (like me) waiting for Sunday before attempting to enter...dont...log on and enter now...
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Now where did I put that training plan?
Ade
The A52 out of HPP is flat and fast - i thought at first my speedo was buggered as we cruised along at 25 mph.
Maybe this is why it only took 3 miles for us to miss the first real turn off the A52 - busy road.
I won't go through blow by blow the roads but my initial thoughts were that the roads were very busy and a lot of Nottinghams drivers are very good at beeping horns, body language and shouting out of windows. Seriously must have happend at least 5 times.
My other observation was that the course whilst not a hill fest was certainly not pancake flat and had a fair few cheeky hills that will cewrtainly start to tell on us ordinary cyclists on lap 2 and 3. Also the Lowdam to east Bridgeford road on the way back to HPP after the loops is a long uphill drag and will be a real twat after 100+ miles then if thats not enough there are a lot of steepish climbs back up to Radcllife. Not the way you want to warm up for the marathon.
Course was also a bit windy at Hockerton and Kirklington end of the course today and back into HPP along the A52.
Really enjoyed it though 51 miles in just over 3 hours so not a bad mornings work.
Were the comments from the charming motorists of Nottingham welcome encouragement for your efforts, or perhaps carefully constructed witicisms. Surely not the kind of childish Chewbacca impersonation I often hear around here that only conveys the message
' I've seen a cyclist, must make this observation known to the herd, have lost all higher forms of brain function and the ability to communicate - I know "HOOOOUUUUUUAAAAAAARRRGGH!!" - there, that showed them'
Ade