Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all! We have been experiencing an issue on site where threads have been missing the latest postings. The platform host Vanilla are working on this issue. A workaround that has been used by some is to navigate back from 1 to 10+ pages to re-sync the thread and this will then show the latest posts. Thanks, Mike.
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Boards Evil200km - 9th of June

12346»

Comments

  • #252
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    Inquitus wrote: »
    And so the Boards Elephant 200 was born!

    I like it. :)

    June 30th?


  • #253
    daragh_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,124 ✭✭✭daragh_


    Inquitus wrote: »
    And so the Boards Elephant 200 was born!

    Sweet mother of Jebus NO.

    Just No.


  • #254
    Morrisseeee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,146 ✭✭✭Morrisseeee


    .............and the challenge is on ;):cool:

    Actually I will do this route at some stage, and without stopping, it is one of my goals !
    I've done most of the climbs (as has seve65) so all that is needed is a long good dry (free) day in the summer, free being the hard part.


  • #255
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    daragh_ - we need a logo. stat. :)

    seriously, is anyone up for it, 30th June? Head down on the Friday evening, start early on the saturday. Back up towards Dubland saturday evening?


  • #256
    Morrisseeee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,146 ✭✭✭Morrisseeee


    lennymc wrote: »
    daragh_ - we need a logo. stat. :)

    seriously, is anyone up for it, 30th June? Head down on the Friday evening, start early on the saturday. Back up towards Dubland saturday evening?

    Good prep for the ROK !!!!!


  • #257
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    Morrisseeee wrote: »
    Good prep for the ROK !!!!!
    if we did it on the 6th July, it would be a good warmup for the ROK. :eek:


  • #258
    fat bloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,929 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    lennymc wrote: »
    i had a look at my strava ride for the wicklow 200, and it looks like i got my SE /SM mixed up with glencree. SE averaged about 115 bpm, SM averaged about 110 and glencree averaged about 99 bpm.

    I think i have good endurance and good recovery. if only I could add good speed :)

    They're mad numbers alright:eek:

    My heart rate max seems to be around 160 as well, which I also thought was relatively low for my age, but to climb those hills at any pace at bpm numbers like that... I mean 99bpm is only 60% of your max. I know if I walked up glencree or sliabh maun my heart rate would be higher than that. And I'd say even descending the other side I'd be higher! When I'm out for a spin my operational HR seems to be oscillate between 120 and 150, and if it's over 150 for very long then I know I'm red-lining the ol engine a bit.


  • #259
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,451 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    lennymc wrote: »
    i had a look at my strava ride for the wicklow 200, and it looks like i got my SE /SM mixed up with glencree. SE averaged about 115 bpm, SM averaged about 110 and glencree averaged about 99 bpm.

    I think i have good endurance and good recovery. if only I could add good speed :)
    seamus wrote: »
    If someone told me they were climbing at 90 bpm, I'd be telling them to replace the battery in their HRM (or replace the HRM) :)

    Pretty much as soon as I hop on the bike, my HR jumps up over 100. Anything requiring a rate under 130 I generally consider to be "effortless", I only start warming up at 140/150. RHR is 45-55bpm depending on the time of day.
    fat bloke wrote: »
    They're mad numbers alright:eek:

    My heart rate max seems to be around 160 as well, which I also thought was relatively low for my age, but to climb those hills at any pace at bpm numbers like that... I mean 99bpm is only 60% of your max. I know if I walked up glencree or sliabh maun my heart rate would be higher than that. And I'd say even descending the other side I'd be higher! When I'm out for a spin my operational HR seems to be oscillate between 120 and 150, and if it's over 150 for very long then I know I'm red-lining the ol engine a bit.


    So its not just me, maybe I'm not the unfit slob I thought I was...

    What is the key here though - is it 'simply' a matter of fitness v's not, plus
    differing physiologys? Sorry to labour the point, but I'm looking for answers to my own problems - high HR's in relatively easy sectors - and Lennymc's stats are reinforcing the issue for me.


  • #260
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    TheBlaaMan wrote: »
    So its not just me, maybe I'm not the unfit slob I thought I was...

    What is the key here though - is it 'simply' a matter of fitness v's not, plus
    differing physiologys? Sorry to labour the point, but I'm looking for answers to my own problems - high HR's in relatively easy sectors - and Lennymc's stats are reinforcing the issue for me.

    As I understand with regard to max HR its just different physiology and it actually has no bearing on how fit or fast you are or are not.


  • #261
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    TheBlaaMan wrote: »
    So its not just me, maybe I'm not the unfit slob I thought I was...

    What is the key here though - is it 'simply' a matter of fitness v's not, plus
    differing physiologys? Sorry to labour the point, but I'm looking for answers to my own problems - high HR's in relatively easy sectors - and Lennymc's stats are reinforcing the issue for me.
    HR is really just a personal thing. There's no easy way to compare two individuals purely on HR and determine that one is stronger than the other.

    Lower RHR usually indicates higher cardio fitness. However, for Max or other "active" heart rates, to quote wiki:
    note that individuals of the same age, the same training, in the same sport, on the same team, can have actual HRmax 60 bpm apart (160 to 220): the range is extremely broad, and some say "The heart rate is probably the least important variable in comparing athletes."

    So while theoretically you would think that if someone can put out the same effort @ 96bpm than someone else @ 160bpm, the former should be able to really hammer it @ 160bpm, for some reason it just doesn't work out that way.


  • Advertisement
  • #262
    TheBlaaMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,451 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    seamus wrote: »
    So while theoretically you would think that if someone can put out the same effort @ 96bpm than someone else @ 160bpm, the former should be able to really hammer it @ 160bpm, for some reason it just doesn't work out that way.


    All that being true, its not too comfortable operating for too long at high HR levels and in that sense 'lower is better'...............but will significantly (say -20bpm) lower heart rates come with better fitness......?


  • #263
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    if anyone is interested, this is my strava from the dunsany gp, A4 race, couple of drags, i was mainly in the group, with a small stint at the front and a sprint finish at the end. I thought i was pushing hard in the sprint, and i did have to push on to keep up at some parts during the race.

    http://app.strava.com/rides/8436780


  • #264
    Morrisseeee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,146 ✭✭✭Morrisseeee


    lennymc wrote: »
    if we did it on the 6th July, it would be a good warmup for the ROK. :eek:

    I'm thinking the only climb you will do on the 7th is the climb out of bed ;)


  • #265
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    Morrisseeee wrote: »
    I'm thinking the only climb you will do on the 7th is the climb out of bed ;)

    im thinking that aswell!! :)


  • #266
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    lennymc wrote: »
    I like it. :)

    June 30th?

    Sounds good, you just need to find a good 200 for July 1st now ;)


  • #267
    lennymc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,458 ✭✭✭lennymc


    Inquitus wrote: »
    Sounds good, you just need to find a good 200 for July 1st now ;)

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056668763

    you fancy it Inquitus?


  • #268
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    lennymc wrote: »
    I like it. :)

    June 30th?


    I can't do that w/e, but I could do the following weekend and give someone a lift down.


  • #269
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    Lenny, my aim on 6 & 7 th is to do 380km over both days with much climbing.
    That route looks class. The day after we could do Mt Leinster over as far as the Slieve Blooms and back (lovely climbing there).


  • #270
    C3PO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭C3PO


    lennymc wrote: »
    if anyone is interested, this is my strava from the dunsany gp, A4 race, couple of drags, i was mainly in the group, with a small stint at the front and a sprint finish at the end. I thought i was pushing hard in the sprint, and i did have to push on to keep up at some parts during the race.

    http://app.strava.com/rides/8436780

    That's amazing .... your heartrate hardly changes throughout the race, even on the climbs! Maybe A4 is just too easy for you and you should feck off to A3 or A2 and leave the rest of us to our heart attacks! :p


  • Advertisement
  • #271
    fat bloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,929 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    Do you have to register and pay for strava to see other peoples' links like Lenny's above? If I click on it I see very little data, only a route map and an elevation graph. No speed or HR etc.


  • #272
    C3PO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭C3PO


    fat bloke wrote: »
    Do you have to register and pay for strava to see other peoples' links like Lenny's above? If I click on it I see very little data, only a route map and an elevation graph. No speed or HR etc.

    Like a lot of people on here I got a series of free upgrades a while back! Think I've got 'till the end of the year as a Premium member!


  • #273
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    fat bloke wrote: »
    Do you have to register and pay for strava to see other peoples' links like Lenny's above? If I click on it I see very little data, only a route map and an elevation graph. No speed or HR etc.

    You just have to register.


  • #274
    Leroy42
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,753 ✭✭✭✭Leroy42


    You need to register and log in, don't need to pay.

    Quite a few boardies have upgraded to premium but mainly because of FOC codes. Can't say I notice any difference between free and premium.


  • #275
    buffalo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,095 ✭✭✭buffalo


    Leroy42 wrote: »
    You need to register and log in, don't need to pay.

    Quite a few boardies have upgraded to premium but mainly because of FOC codes. Can't say I notice any difference between free and premium.

    The only real difference I notice is the suffer score, which isn't that important for me. The other thing people have mentioned is the ability to grade leaderboards by age/weight.

    My premium membership has lapsed. :/


  • #276
    colm_gti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭colm_gti


    Leroy42 wrote: »
    Can't say I notice any difference between free and premium.

    Gives you a suffer score (if you have a HRM) which is cool, and lets you filter the leaderboards.

    Bloke it's about time ye joined strava anyway, get with the times!:pac:


  • Advertisement
  • #277
    AstraMonti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭AstraMonti


    lennymc wrote: »
    100_0446.jpg

    Was just looking over the pic.. doesn't Roger B. (old boards jersey) looks like superman there? :D (he cycles like one anyway..)

    superman2.gif


  • #278
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,160 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Inquitus wrote: »
    Sounds good, you just need to find a good 200 for July 1st now ;)

    Head north and do the Around Down 200 the next morning :D


Advertisement