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https://rbentonline.org/YaBB.pl General Category >> Ride Reports >> Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage https://rbentonline.org/YaBB.pl?num=1234645814 Message started by FlyingLaZBoy on Feb 14th, 2009, 3:10pm |
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Title: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Feb 14th, 2009, 3:10pm Well, Greg is about 8-1/2 hours into the Sebring 24 competition... It looks like the weather is fine, albeit a bit warm, perhaps -- he told me that this is truly a VERY flat course, with good road conditions. Qualifying mileage for RAAM for him is 425... But he also said last night that he felt like 300 miles would be a good mileage for him -- SO ... Place your bets, place your bets... I know it's kinda late, and a lot of folks may not see this post in time, but, since the ride ends at 6:30 tomorrow morning.... No entries will be accepted after a posting time of 5AM. And please, no "inside information" from a phone call with Greg seeing how he's doing -- let's be honest, here! The poster guessing closest to Greg's final mileage will win.... sumpthin', I have no idea what right now..... My entry is 377 miles |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by freakflyer9999 on Feb 14th, 2009, 6:11pm Well, I'll just go for an even 400 miles. [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]Go Greg. [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif] |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by Mrs Strada on Feb 14th, 2009, 9:09pm I'm going to be very positive and say Greg will get in 426 miles and come home RAM qualified . We have been thinking of Greg , Sharon and Vicky all day cann't wait to hear ride reports. Peggy |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Feb 15th, 2009, 7:36am Just talked to Greg -- He said there were over 200 riders participating. Apparently the winds were pretty brutal, and he discovered that, while a flat course is nice in that you don't have a lot of climbing, there are also no DOWNHILLS to coast on -- so you're basically pedaling 100% of the time! Greg wound up with 304 miles, Sharon 362, and Vicki around 340... John S had around 408, and Jim Kern was up around 460, but those guys were in a "drafting" category -- Greg was RAAM qualifying, which is non-drafting. However, apparently Greg was 1st in his age group!!! WTG, pal.... [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif] [smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif] |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by Kwijybow on Feb 15th, 2009, 8:20am Awesome! |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by catroad254 on Feb 15th, 2009, 2:04pm http://www.altavistasports.com/ Good job by all of our recumbent(and not) friends! |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Feb 15th, 2009, 2:52pm Oh, my goodnesss.......... [smiley=notworthy.gif] OVERALL RESULTS HANDCYCLE RAAM Place No. Name Age Laps Time Miles ===== ===== ======================= === ==== ======== ===== 1 56 Thomas Lange 50 68 23:57:40 403.8 |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by Killer Bee on Feb 15th, 2009, 4:36pm Congratulations to Greg & all riders who participated at Sebring. Job well done Greg! [smiley=thumbsup.gif] |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by duncanjames on Feb 15th, 2009, 7:34pm Congratulations Greg! Nice run. |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by Bud_Bent on Feb 16th, 2009, 8:53am Congrats, Sebring riders! |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by aikigreg on Feb 16th, 2009, 4:50pm That handcycle rider was a machine, and his rig was the coolest I have ever seen. He has maybe a 10% recline, 3 big fully faired wheels, and he never stopped except to refuel. Everyone was abslutely awestruck by the entire cadre of handcyclists, of which there were maybe 8 or 9. My report to come. |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by aikigreg on Feb 16th, 2009, 10:11pm RECUMBENT MALE RAAM AGE GROUP: 35 - 39 Place No. Name Age Laps Time Miles ===== ===== ======================= === ==== ======== ===== 1 52 Greg Gross 37 43 22:29:25 303.6 Oh lord, I’m so sore…What a whirlwind trip. We finally got everyone loaded and on the road about 6pm Thurs. There are a billion stories to tell, but I’ll have to save most of em. Highlights: FINISHING Meeting my minimum goal I set for myself. Coming in first and setting the record for my age group Seeing Sharon get back on the bike after nearly DNFing and medaling Seeing Vickie ride one of her best rides and also medaling and setting the record. Seeing old friends like Bill Hannon and Doug Jacobs, John Schlitter and Rich Pinto, Doug “Eetmochicken”, and others. Getting to meet the rest of Team Bacchetta including David Bradley, Larry Graham, Troy Timmons, and others. I spent a lot of time in the B tent after my ride. Macking on Sarah Kay ;) Finally getting to meet Tim Woudenburg face to face and having dinner and sharing. It really stunk when his wheel gave up the ghost because he was way ahead. NO GRATES ON THE FRICKING TRACK. It was a great surface though on all three laps. Having nutrition and drugs SPOT ON. New battery system lasted the entire night, was very light, and bright as well. Garmin lasted almost 18 hours I think. John Schlitter at about 9pm: “Greg! I didn’t know you were signed on for the 24 hours – nice job!” Learned I can go a hundred miles or more without setting foot to ground. Triple century baby! Negatives: Went out faster than I should have. I knew I wasn’t going to hit the RAAM qual goal, but for some reason I stayed in that mindset for the 102 mile loop and it cost me big time. We had 15mph wind IN BOTH DIRECTIONS (it switched just before I made it to the turnaround. I didn’t recognize this though and instead of slowing down I ground out to stay as close to 20mph as possible, and blew my knees, ankles, and feet, Had reattached my seat foam without covering the entire bottom of the seat accidentally. It felt halfway through the tide that I was getting recumbutt and I had no idea why. By mile 90 I was in terrible shape and just turned the pedals on the way in. The pain eventually went away when I redid the foam but the muscle power was lost from then on. My feet also of course got worse. That was a bit more manageable, but add the knee soreness form puishing too hard, and the sudden onset of Achilles tendon pain – which I have no idea why – and it made me need to stop and rest about every 20 miles. The two screw heads in my big toe swelled up and looked like little acorns glued to my toe. Thankfully Sharon brought that stuff that numbs sore gums so I stole some and used it there to eak out more miles. I used a texas catheter and did something wrong. I won’t go into details, but let’s say I got rid of it as soon as the 102 miles was over. I thought I’d given myself a UTI, but I guess I just irritated the plumbing. Had to pee every 12 miles after that. Schlitter gave me IBS jokes all through the awards ceremony. I retaliated by taking his seat next to Sarah Kay ;) The WIND. I was waiting for it to let up at dark like it does here. On Friday there was ZERO breeze. By liftoff Saturday it was steady and only lessened briefly at 2am. Lessons learned: 250 miles is a magic number – a negative one. This is where all three of us got tired and stopped eating and drinking like we should. It affected our performance and let my stomach finally stop me from riding. This last part really hurts me to say. I think I have found my wall. I’d like to blame it all on the first hundred miles of stupidity, but I’m not so sure. I may have seen where my own personal ceiling lies, and I’m not happy about it. It may be that my arthritis is going to get the best of me. I don’t much like that thought. I’m not ready to see the end of my potential. My final thought – we all need to caravan there next year. I believe I can say without any reservations, that Paul and Steve and Peggy could RAAM qualify, and that Bud could hit 400 miles or more and qualify as well. I think I could work my way to 375 maybe. Pickl could probably even squeeze out a century! If we brought the whole LSR bunch we’d set records to stand many a year! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/aikigreg/sebring%202009/mevickiesharon.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/aikigreg/sebring%202009/medal.jpg |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by Kwijybow on Feb 17th, 2009, 11:17am Hi Greg, Great Job my Friend! I think you will find that your personal ceiling will be reset a bit higher now! Take Care, Nelson. |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Feb 17th, 2009, 12:09pm aikigreg wrote:
Your posture will improve as you raise that ceiling.... [smiley=rolleyes.gif] [smiley=thumbup.gif] (Anybody else see "Being John Malkovich"?) http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/flyinglazboy/Being_John_Malkovich-1.jpg |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Feb 17th, 2009, 3:32pm aikigreg wrote:
While I appreciate your confidence, didn't John "Superman" Schlitter himself only do 400 miles this year???? You made an interesting point about a flat course causing you to pedal 100% of the time... What the heck, we've got a year.... |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by aikigreg on Feb 17th, 2009, 3:52pm Given that I was on the track most of the time, I can say with confidence that Schlitter spent quite some time off of it. Perhaps that had something to do with SK only doing the 12 hour race and being lonely in the hotel room, I dunno! [smiley=shrug.gif] I also think he wanted to step back and give Troy, Jim Kern, and some others a chance to shine, which they certainly did. I don't think he was "gunning for it" as it were. |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by Turtle on Feb 17th, 2009, 8:03pm Peggy told me all about the handcyclist. OMG! In the course of half a year I might be able to do THAT and the guy's 5 years older than me!!! Thanks for sharing. |
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Title: Re: Sebring 24 hours -- Guess the Mileage Post by aikigreg on Feb 18th, 2009, 9:06am Oh, and somehow in all this I forgot to thank Bud, who loaned me a rack to fit Vickie's car....thanks a lot, Bud! |
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