Members racing thread

[mckeann]

That's what I'm most worried about as my riding style isn't that efficient. It tires me out quickly as I'm soooo unfit. But It depends how close to your ultimate qualifying pace you are expected to run for 40 mins.

If I drop 3 seconds a lap I could probably go all day, but at flat out pace, 20 minutes is all I've done then it's an unknown

[Fleegle]

mckeann said:

Garage list is out for the 1000km endurance event at Donny with NL.

Graeme4130 is in garage 32 in his '113 events' team, sharing a garage with FWR team.

Gavia, Fleegle and Hebegebe are in garage 6 with team 'Lucking Fast'

I've joined a team called 'Legends' and are based in garage 17.

Is garage 6 near the toilets?

[Gavia]

mckeann said:

That's what I'm most worried about as my riding style isn't that efficient. It tires me out quickly as I'm soooo unfit. But It depends how close to your ultimate qualifying pace you are expected to run for 40 mins.

If I drop 3 seconds a lap I could probably go all day, but at flat out pace, 20 minutes is all I've done then it's an unknown

The key is to find a comfortable pace and run at that. Running 3 seconds slower consistently is better than lap record pace for 20 minutes then going off a cliff with your times or worse crashing

[George29]

mckeann said:

That's what I'm most worried about as my riding style isn't that efficient. It tires me out quickly as I'm soooo unfit. But It depends how close to your ultimate qualifying pace you are expected to run for 40 mins.

If I drop 3 seconds a lap I could probably go all day, but at flat out pace, 20 minutes is all I've done then it's an unknown

3 seconds a lap off your best pace is approx 36 seconds per 20 mins, you'll lose a lot more than that by pitting every 20 mins

[graeme4130]

That's kinda our logic.
Our team are reasonably evenly paced, and we can all do low 1:40's at a push, so if we try and keep around the 1:45 mark, we should be good for 40min stints each
At least, that's how we'll start off and I suspect we'll be ending the race doing 2 laps and coming in
8ish hours is a long time between 3 riders, so as long as keep we keep our enegery levels up and properly hydrated, we should be Ok-ish for the long term, and it's going to be keeping that consistency towards the end of the race that'll pay dividends when the other teams are all battered and struggling to get on their bikes at all.
Luckily the toilets are down by the high numbers on the garages, so at least we're semi close in garage 32 as I expect I'll need at least 2 number two's and possibly 10 number 1's during the race

[graeme4130]

This is the full garage list

[Fleegle]

So they've put the oldest s competing the furthest away from the toilets?? fking madness


There's going to be a few people disappointed by contanimated fuel in their jerry cans

[mckeann]

another worthwhile nightshift at work. Spent 1 hour in the gym, and watched fk knows how many onboard laps of Donny. If only I had started the gym 6 months earlier.

Any of you guys fancy a track walk on Friday night?????

[Gavia]

mckeann said:

another worthwhile nightshift at work. Spent 1 hour in the gym, and watched fk knows how many onboard laps of Donny. If only I had started the gym 6 months earlier.

Any of you guys fancy a track walk on Friday night?????

Bring a pushbike, I'm riding it slowly rather than walking it.

[Gavia]

Fleegle said:

So they've put the oldest s competing the furthest away from the toilets?? fking madness


There's going to be a few people disappointed by contanimated fuel in their jerry cans

Good news is that there's the additional block of loos across the paddock, a well kept secret and they're usually clean too.

[mckeann]

Gavia said:

Bring a pushbike, I'm riding it slowly rather than walking it.

good idea, will try to remember

[stew-S160]

Fleegle said:

stew-S160 said:

Me included. Can't wait.

Booked my ACU test at Brands for Aug 22nd.

Once you have your licence, be careful what rash decisions you make. I'm not sure if the regs/club rules have been relaxed but trying to get a cheeky race in this season could affect your rookie status for next year. It will be worth speaking to the club you're looking at joining for clarification

Ah, good thinking. I may well just do some test days where possible.

[curlie467]

stew-S160 said:

Fleegle said:

stew-S160 said:

Me included. Can't wait.

Booked my ACU test at Brands for Aug 22nd.

Once you have your licence, be careful what rash decisions you make. I'm not sure if the regs/club rules have been relaxed but trying to get a cheeky race in this season could affect your rookie status for next year. It will be worth speaking to the club you're looking at joining for clarification

Ah, good thinking. I may well just do some test days where possible.

Could you just not get your licence signed after completing a race?

[hebegb]

Fleegle said:

So they've put the oldest s competing the furthest away from the toilets?? fking madness


There's going to be a few people disappointed by contanimated fuel in their jerry cans

Do not worry old boy .... ignorance is bliss......what the uninitiated here are forgetting is that there is a little hidden gem ,"select " almost facility in the little alleyway up between garages four and five if I remember correctly....
Fear Not.

[graeme4130]

hebegb said:

Fleegle said:

So they've put the oldest s competing the furthest away from the toilets?? fking madness


There's going to be a few people disappointed by contanimated fuel in their jerry cans

Do not worry old boy .... ignorance is bliss......what the uninitiated here are forgetting is that there is a little hidden gem ,"select " almost facility in the little alleyway up between garages four and five if I remember correctly....
Fear Not.

Is that the one up by race control ?
They'll have tea and coffee up there too

[George29]

curlie467 said:

stew-S160 said:

Fleegle said:

stew-S160 said:

Me included. Can't wait.

Booked my ACU test at Brands for Aug 22nd.

Once you have your licence, be careful what rash decisions you make. I'm not sure if the regs/club rules have been relaxed but trying to get a cheeky race in this season could affect your rookie status for next year. It will be worth speaking to the club you're looking at joining for clarification

Ah, good thinking. I may well just do some test days where possible.

Could you just not get your licence signed after completing a race?

You can do a certain amount of races the previous year and still be a newcomer, check with Bemsee to be sure though.

You have to have your license signed 10 times to upgrade to a clubman so one or two races isn't a big issue

[mitzy]

mckeann said:

I'm really looking forward to this. Kinda nervous that I haven't been to Donny in 5 or 6 years when I was in the novice group. I see we get 20 minutes qualifying, so will need to try hard to learn the track quickly. Need to find and watch some videos

Never mind that, what do you want jaffa cakes or Oreo's ?

[curlie467]

mitzy said:

Never mind that, what do you want jaffa cakes or Oreo's ?

Surely that's a trick question and the answer is both.

[graeme4130]

What race numbers are you all racing under next Saturday ?

Team 113 Events are racing under 113, duh

[hebegb]

mckeann said:

Gavia said:

Bring a pushbike, I'm riding it slowly rather than walking it.

good idea, will try to remember

I'll ride it too Neil, but won't be down til after work so by 8ish ....hope to catch you , if not , no worries ...ps poor old Gav.don't fancy 40 mins an hour of this - more bad luck at Anglesey !