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Member Profile: Nick Loake

Member Since: 2009

South West, England

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Hill Climbs

30 Aug 2010: Quarry Hill, Box - 5mins 35secs

01 May 2010: Greenhill Road (Mt. Lofty) - 31mins 0secs

11 Apr 2010: Greenhill Road (Mt. Lofty) - 31mins 26secs

21 Feb 2010: The old freeway - 32mins 45secs

21 Feb 2010: Old Freeway to Mt. Lofty - 46mins 6secs

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England > South West > Quarry Hill, Box

Burnside - Mount Lofty Loop

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Nick commented on his own time: "via Shurdington"

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27 Jan 2010 11:38 AM posted in 2010 Mutual Communit TDU Challenge

[quote=Corks]It is understandable that many riders (perhaps including yourself) had got caught up in the excitement of an amateur leg as a prologue to a Tour stage, but unless you regularly ride upwards of 3-4 hours (or 4-5 hours if you average say 20-25kph), it is a physiological fact that you will not complete a ride of 120-140km with any dignity – this is BEFORE you even add other extremities to the equation such as heat, wind and adrenalin.[/quote] I think Corks is overstating the need to prepare with long distance rides in advance of an event such as the TDU leg, at least for those of us whose target is simply to get to the end before everyone else has gone home. I agree that you need to work yourself up to a certain level of fitness but beyond that diet and hydration seem to be the key. I only took up cycling back in September and my basic training runs last 30 minutes (Monday to Friday) and up to 1.5 hours on the weekend, I have never trained at a distance over 70km. Since September I have entered and completed the full distances for Amy's Ride; Ride Like Crazy and the TDU stage - in all cases I have arrived at the end with enough dignity to keep me happy (though I must admit that at the end of Amy's Ride I finished with an empty tank). As far as I can see the most important aspect of preparing for a long distance ride is to start the carb loading at the right time and to make sure that you are fully hydrated before the start, when on the ride just keep eating and drinking to the finish. For the record I rolled into Goolwa at 1.15 and had time to soak up the atmosphere along Cadell Street before watching the professionals finish their race at an unbelievably fast pace. It was a great day.

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