Saturday spin, 3rd January

blorg

Might make another attempt at the first 100km tomorrow

met.ie wrote:

Cold and dry on Saturday with frost and fog gradually clearing through the morning and with bright or sunny spells developing. Highest temperatures of just 3 to 7 degrees.

Planning on leaving maybe 11am Joe Daly's to allow the frost to clear a bit and heading out over the side of Djouce, Roundwood, Laragh, Wicklow Gap and back via Lacken and Bohernabreena.

This is just a suggestion- postpones the highest ground until a bit later when there is less likely to be ice. Depending on conditions a lower still route might be necessary.

emty

Sounds good.I like our new '09 time:D

Caroline_ie

I would love to say ' I am in ' ... but I'm still in my cast ( another 2 weeks and 3 days to go )

I'll be back

Enjoy the spin!!!!

blorg

Indeed, I think all the 8am lunatics will have to wait until the spring.

Hope to see you back soon Caroline; the really cold weather is meant to last for another 2 weeks or so, best time of year to break something.

short circuit

The title says it all ... missed my 1 point for January by giving up at 88kms. And part of the realisation was that 100km is too much to do on your own ... you get bored .. and it is easier to give up .. was struggling for motivation after 75km and decided it was better to stop than ruin the love of cycling.

Might make to tomorrow's spin for my next attempt at my first 100 for 2009 if Mrs. Short Circuit hasn't made any weekend plans

barrabus

i am in .. the Sierra Nevada for a week
i hope to get my jan century done.

DirkVoodoo

I really hope I can get out, I have been warned against it but I am feeling better. I'll put my name in the "maybe" box (I call for a rebranding of the "wuss" box for 2009).

blorg

barrabus wrote: »

i am in .. the Sierra Nevada for a week
i hope to get my jan century done.

Ha, enjoy that. Don't get all el tonto with the smugness mind...

blorg

Looks like a lovely day for a cycle and not even that frosty here (Ranelagh.)

Supercell

Yep, its a dry cold, roads are nice and dry, was out myself earlier

smithslist

Supercell wrote: »

Yep, its a dry cold, roads are nice and dry, was out myself earlier

+1 but be prepared for the COLD!!!!

TinyExplosions

Only just conscious.... quiet evening turned into me imbibing all the drink

Chips Lovell

blorg wrote: »

Ha, enjoy that. Don't get all el tonto with the smugness mind...

I'll let you enjoy the fact that I only did 80km this morning. Had to turn back because of a bit of a blizzard.

emty

117.32k, will post some pics in a while.

blorg

108km for me. It was a hilly one, the Wicklow Gap being the centrepiece. 1,604m climbing.

Ryaner

blorg wrote: »

108km for me. It was a hilly one, the Wicklow Gap being the centrepiece. 1,604m climbing.

Do you have a link to a google maps version of the route? Hoping to get down to Wicklow once my new bike arrives.

blorg

Ryaner wrote: »

Do you have a link to a google maps version of the route? Hoping to get down to Wicklow once my new bike arrives.

This is the route, it's a bit tricky to plot on Google Maps as Google thinks there is a break in the road between Johnny Foxes and the Devil's Elbow and will not plot down there. I can provide a GPX or a Google Earth KML though if that would be more helpful.

rughdh

Well done lads! I could only manage 37.5k myself. Ah well, 28 days left for this months 100k.

Ryaner

blorg wrote: »

This is the route, it's a bit tricky to plot on Google Maps as Google thinks there is a break in the road between Johnny Foxes and the Devil's Elbow and will not plot down there. I can provide a GPX or a Google Earth KML though if that would be more helpful.

Picture does it thanks. Its over 50K for me to go direct to National Park so I think it'll be another month or two before I'm down that way.

Mr. Skeffington

Hey Blorg, like your maps and elevations, impressive, what hardware / software do you use to produce them?

Some spin by the way, that is a century and a half with all of the climbing! Good start to 2009. How long was the spin time wise?

emty

Some pics from today's spin.For some reason they seem to be all of Blorg:P


Would like to wish Blorg,Mrs Blorg and Unionman a very happy birthday!!!

TinyExplosions

Happy birthday folks!

Raam

Mr. Skeffington wrote: »

Hey Blorg, like your maps and elevations, impressive, what hardware / software do you use to produce them?

SportTracks and a Garmin Edge 705.
I use both myself.

blorg