RideLondon 2018
Discussion
80sMatchbox said:
I've put my name in the hat 4 times and have never got a place..
Anyway, next year it clashes with the Dunwich Dynamo which is always going to take first place for me.
I could apply and defer my application if by some miracle I got accepted this time.
I applied twice last year & i got a commiserations book & a congratulations book,Anyway, next year it clashes with the Dunwich Dynamo which is always going to take first place for me.
I could apply and defer my application if by some miracle I got accepted this time.
Just a thought.
Since it's run by the same people that do the London Marathon, it's prone to the same nonsense of a ballot!
Surely the way to do it is to turn on the website and take the first 20K entries!
That way you reward the people who will make an effort to get up early and apply. The same people that are likely to train for it.
You still have 10K places to sell to charities so anyone that wants to go in that way can sign up more leisurely and raise money.
In contrast I recently entered a Triathlon for next year (Roth) which sold out in less than a minute. (5K entries only!) I was lucky because I knew what time the site opened and I was sitting READY at the moment it went live. It's not difficult it just requires some foresight.
Surely the way to do it is to turn on the website and take the first 20K entries!
That way you reward the people who will make an effort to get up early and apply. The same people that are likely to train for it.
You still have 10K places to sell to charities so anyone that wants to go in that way can sign up more leisurely and raise money.
In contrast I recently entered a Triathlon for next year (Roth) which sold out in less than a minute. (5K entries only!) I was lucky because I knew what time the site opened and I was sitting READY at the moment it went live. It's not difficult it just requires some foresight.
Still trying to decide if I am going to enter again for next year. Really enjoyed this year, but because I have a young family I had to get up very early on a weekend to train for it, which I did not enjoy so much.
But then my official time was 5:18 this year, so would be great to achieve a sub 5 hour time
But then my official time was 5:18 this year, so would be great to achieve a sub 5 hour time
Saw this email. Though think it was a one time thing for me just to get a taste of the closed road element. I feel like I really made the most of that also. So not sure how it could be any better another year for me.
The only issue being that if I want to ride on that day I have to ride into Kent given I live on the route almost, I hate Kent!
The only issue being that if I want to ride on that day I have to ride into Kent given I live on the route almost, I hate Kent!
okgo said:
Saw this email. Though think it was a one time thing for me just to get a taste of the closed road element. I feel like I really made the most of that also. So not sure how it could be any better another year for me.
The only issue being that if I want to ride on that day I have to ride into Kent given I live on the route almost, I hate Kent!
Nothing wrong with Kent (although the hills around Biggin Hill/Ide Hill can be a little difficult!)The only issue being that if I want to ride on that day I have to ride into Kent given I live on the route almost, I hate Kent!
clubsport said:
Those Kentish hills are a great training area to prepare for Box and Leith when the day comes.
I was surprised at the hype of the Surrey hills after I had ridden them.
They aren't the big ones! Whitedown and Barhatch are near by, both much harder than Leith. And another route up the side of Leith called Tanhurst Lane, worth a try. There's a few near the M25 too around Caterham/Westerham...I was surprised at the hype of the Surrey hills after I had ridden them.
I've applied every year, not got in on the ballot once. Applied again, for me it's too good an event not to at least try, and I haven't done it since the storm year.
clubsport said:
Those Kentish hills are a great training area to prepare for Box and Leith when the day comes.
I was surprised at the hype of the Surrey hills after I had ridden them.
Kiethon, good news from the "institute" I hope?
There are a fair few steep climbs in the Surrey Hills. Obviously you cannot send 18,000 cyclists up them though as the whole event would be absolute carnage. It is a well thought out route IMO. Newlands is easy but whittles down the front group by maybe half. Leith Hill is fairly steep and goes on a while and whittles down the front group again by a large number, and by that points given the calibre of people we're talking about, the fairly tame box hill starts to bite, and again the group was whittled down even further with this, especially given the final hill doesn't have a fast downhill straight after it.I was surprised at the hype of the Surrey hills after I had ridden them.
Kiethon, good news from the "institute" I hope?
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